Dr. Jeremiah Mutuku Muneeni

Academic Qualifications

Refereed Journal Articles

1. Muneeni, Mutuku. Supreme Court judicial system conceptualized by the Igbo, Achebe’s community, not the West. Saturday Nation, 18 th March 2023
2. Muneeni, Mutuku. Gone for a Decade: lessons from Achebe’s Tragic Heroes. Saturday Nation, 19 th March 2022
3. Muneeni, Mutuku. Let’s Appease Achebe’s Spirit by Living up to his Lofty Ideals. Saturday Nation, 20th March 2021
4. Muneeni, Mutuku. Remembering Achebe, the Father of African Literature. Saturday Nation, 21st March 2020
5. Muneeni, Mutuku. Text Discernment Crucial for Good Literary Criticism. Saturday Nation, 10th August 2019
6. Muneeni, Mutuku. 57 Years later, Africa not Sure of Common Language. Saturday Nation. 15th June 2019
7. Muneeni, Mutuku. Metaphor in “The Invisible Weevil.” Saturday Nation 1st June 2019
8. Muneeni, Mutuku. Gender Parity in Achebe’s Books Saturday Nation 20th October 2018
9. Muneeni, Mutuku. Six Years down the line, Prof. Imbuga’s Personality Still Unrivalled. Saturday Nation 1st December 2018
10. Muneeni, Mutuku. Why universities have Stuck with Shakespeare. Saturday Nation 26th January 2019
11. Muneeni, Mutuku. Achebe’s Message: Africa had a System of Governance. 8th September 2018
12. Muneeni, Mutuku. How Achebe’s Four Books have Traced Africa’s Transition. Saturday Nation, 18th March 2017
13. Muneeni, J., Makokha J.K.S., Mbithi E.K. Transmutation and Temporality: Shifting figures of Jeniffer Makumbi’s Historical Novel Kintu (2014). International Journal of Linguistics, literature and Translation. Vol. 4 (2) 2021 (215-222)
14. Muneeni, Jeremiah. “Female Assertion as an Antidote to Male Dominance: Mother Archetypes in Achebe’s Novels – Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, and A Man of the People”. Editon Consortium Journal of Literature and Linguistic Studies Vol. 1, (Issue 1-2) 2019
15. Muneeni, J. Mutuku. “Towards Afrocentricism in Africa: Is Afro-language and Antidote to Africans’ Double- Consciousness?” Journal of Education and Social Sciences: Special Edition Vol. 1 2020 (113-123)
16. Muneeni, J. Mutuku. Pio Gama Pinto Another World? East Africa and the Global 1960s:Leverhulme Trust: University of Edinburg. UK (1st May 2020)
17. Muneeni J. Mutuku. “Mother Supremacy Motif in Chinua Achebe’s Novels: Empowering Women to Transform Education through Religion.” SAUT Multi-Disciplinary Journal of Education Vol. 1(2) November 2019. (75-85)

Book Chapters

1. Muneeni Jeremiah: The Nneka Principle in Achebe’s Novels: An Archetypal Reading ISBN 978-3-330-65011-4 Scholars’ Press: Germany, 2017

Conference Papers

1. Mitigating the Late entry of African Women Writers into the Writing Arena: Women’s Push for Equality, Equity and Inclusiveness Presented during African Humanities Conference held at the University of Dar es Salaam Tanzania on September 13-15, 2023
2. Lingua Franca or Hybridlingua? : The Disconnect of Euro-American Languages’ Integration with Indigenous African Language s presented during International Virtual Conference of ISA-RC25 on July 15 th - 17 th 2022
3. “Towards Afrocentricism in Africa: Is Afro-language and Antidote to Africans’ Double- Consciousness?” Presented on 19th – 21st 2020 during International Mother Language day Conference Celebration & Conference held in Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
4. “Mother Supremacy Motif in Chinua Achebe’s Novels: Empowering Women to propel Education through Religion” Presented on June, 27th – 28th 2019 during 2nd International Conference in Faculty of Education St Augustine University of Tanzania – Mwanza
5. “Linguistic Elements and Meaning: Imagery as a Tool for Communicating Ideologies in Poetry” Presented on April 20th – 26th 2019 during 2nd Annual Conference Machakos University
6. “The Paradigm Shift: Problematizing the Language of Writing African Literature” presented on February 20th – 22nd 2019 during International Mother Language Day Celebration & Conference held in Kenyatta University – Kitui Campus
7. “Female Assertion as an Antidote to Male Dominance: Mother Archetypes in Achebe’s Selected Novels” presented on October 23rd – 25th 2017 during 1st International Conference in Faculty of Education St Augustine University of Tanzania – Mwanza.
8. December 11th – 13th 2014 International Seminar “Researching on African Literatures” held at Pwani University
9. November 13th 2011: Department of Literature Kenyatta University Seminar. Title of the Paper: Voice of the Voiceless: Victor Hugo’s Revelation of the Plight of the Proletariat in Les Miserables
10. May 6th 2010; Kenyatta University Departmental Seminar held in the Department’s Research Center.Title of the Paper: Changing the Canon: From Eurocentricism to Afrocentricism in Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease
11. African Humanities Conference between 13 th and 15 th September 2023 at the University of Dar es salaam, Tanzania
12. International Mother Language Day Conference on 19th February 2021 at Culture Center Kenyatta University, Main Campus
13. February, 19th -21st 2020: International Mother Language Day and Celebration “Indigenous Languages Matter for Development, Peace Building, and Reconciliation” Held in Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
14. June, 27th – 28th 2019: 2nd International Conference in Faculty of Education St Augustine University of Tanzania – Mwanza
15. April 20th – 26th 2019 2nd Annual Conference Machakos University
16. February 20th – 22nd 2019 International Mother Language Day Celebration & Conference “Hallowing Mother Language and Cultural diversity in Africa” Kenyatta University – Kitui Campus
17. October 23rd – 25th 2017: 1st International Conference in Faculty of Education St Augustine University of Tanzania – Mwanza.