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Wanjiku Kabira is an associate professor of literature at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She has specialized in the fields of Oral literature, African-American literature and Caribbean literature. She has been actively involved in women affairs and in gender issues. Wanjiku has served as in various capacities notably as a. Vice-Chair in the Kenya Constitutional Review Process (2000-2005) b. Chair Person Women Political Alliance ((1) )(2002-2011) c. Director Collaborative Center for Gender and Development(1995-2009)((2) ) d. Chair, department of Literature, University of Nairobi == Work == Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira is a published author of young adult books. She has published widely on literature, women and on gender issues. One of her most notable book is '(A letter to Mariama Ba ) which was a response to 'so long a letter' a book written by Mariama Ba. Her work with women saw the founding of the African Women Studies Centre at the University of Nairobi in June, 2011, and in her tireless work with the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission. Her book, A Time for Harvest, traces the women’s journey in the struggle for a new constitution in the past 20 years, beginning from 1992 to 2012. She reminds the 16 women MPs of 290 that their mere presence in Parliament will be fruitless if it is not properly utilised.〔 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000122190/scholar-who-walked-out-of-a-convent-to-study-in-the-us?pageNo=1〕 Other published credits of Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira include ''Agikuyu'' (Heritage Library of African Peoples East Africa). Professor Wanjiku Kabira also has written many books about women and gender issues some of which include: ''Our Secret Lives''; ''They Have Destroyed the Temple''; ''Celebrating Women's Resistance'' ; " (The Oral Artist )". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wanjiku Kabira」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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