Theme: Mau Mau: Transitions & Contours of the Postcolonial State."
Host: Department of History and Archaeology, University Of Nairobi
Venue: Physical: University of Nairobi Towers, 4th Floor, MLT 04
Zoom registration link.
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Events
We invite to the launch of a book by George Gona, PhD titled, SPIRITED, the life of Wahu Kaara. The chief guest will be Hon. Yusuf Hassan, Mp Kamukunji.
Our next hybrid - online & onsite - staff seminar in the on-going series on "Bringing down History & Archaeology from the Ivory Tower" will be on Thursday November 30th, 2023, 2.30pm East African Time. Our speaker will be Dr. Ben Nyanchoga. He will be speaking on …
WELCOME TO THE UON RESEARCH WEEK 2023
Research and Innovation is a core pillar of the University of Nairobi in our Strategic Plan, which contributes to the development of society through the creation, preservation, application, and dissemination of knowledge which we continue to…
David Neville Masika is a Tutorial Fellow in the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Nairobi. He is a PhD candidate in the same university. His research interest is on The Political Economy of Wars. His other area of interest is global issues that affect world peace…
Alina Oswald is a doctoral candidate in African history at Humboldt University Berlin (HUB) interested in (auto)mobility and its infrastructure, transport, and labour in Kenya. Alina pursued a MA at HUB and a BA at Free University. As a research affiliate at the…
Mr. Gilbert K. Wafula is a Lecturer in the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Nairobi. He holds a BA degree in Archaeology from the University of Nairobi and an MA degree from the University of London (UCL Institute of Archaeology).
October 2022 marks the 70th anniversary of the declaration of State of Emergency in Kenya by the colonial government. The declaration followed from the need to crush the rise of an armed Mau Mau movement, an anti-colonial…
Simon Kipyegon Cherutich is a Principal Deputy Director Security at the University of Nairobi, a PhD student in Armed Conflict & Peace Studies in the department. He holds a Masters Degree in Peace & Conflict…
The Department of History and Archaeology here in Nairobi was one of the most established centres of historical scholarship in Africa from the 1960s onwards. It had vibrant research program…