The Department of History and Archaeology successfully hosted the first in a number of series of seminars dubbed "Muted Histories" . The seminar was held in a blended mode with the speaker of the Day and a physical audience being at the UoN Towers, 4th Floor room MLT 03 while an online audience was participating via Zoom. The event was held on Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 2.30 pm.
In the wider context of African historiography, Kenya’s history has come a long way. The 1960s was dominated by the overly nationalist thinking whose main project was the repudiation of colonial denial of the existence of African history based on oral traditions. This emphasis on the new relevance of orality, as a significant source material, laid the foundation for the budding local historical scholarship that was conspicuous by its absence in Kenya’s colony.
The Department held Masters Project defenses for three of its students on Thursday, March 03, 2022 at
2.30 pm in the University of Nairobi Towers, Mini Lecture Theatre 01.
The students presented their topics as indicated here below:
