Dr. Esther Katheu Mbithi

Lecturer, Department of Literature & Linguistics

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. January 2025: “What is ‘ she ’ like? A reading of research articles that focus on female characters in the fictional works of female authors.” Research article in peer-reviewed journal, Wiener Zeitschrift Für Kritische Afrikastudien/Vienna Journal of African Studies STICHPROBEN 47 https://stichproben.univie.ac.at/en/
  2. November 2022: “The ‘rural-urban’ mix in the use of prepositions and prepositional phrases by students of literature in Kenyan universities.” Research article in peer-reviewed journal, Multilingual Margins: A journal of multilingualism from the periphery. Vol. 9 No. 1. 74-82. https://doi.org/10.14426/mm.v9i1

Books

January 2025: Authored Which Word? A simplified guide to English Grammar . Bleeding Ink Scribes. Nairobi. ISBN: 978-9914-37-475-9.
September 2010: Authored The Aboriginal Woman’s Voice in Canadian Literature , revised Ph.D. Thesis published by Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-8383-6784-2

Book Chapters

  1. January 2024: Co-author of “Something Strange Here; Where Mother Language Meets Literature.” in K. Ngure, S. Kamau and M. Nzunga. Hallowing Mother Language and Cultural Diversity in East Africa. Pp 134-141.
  2. December 2009: “Teaching Franco-phoneLiterature in Translation,” a chapter in book edited by Prof. Chesaina entitled The Teaching of African Literature in the 21 st Century .