Dr. Norah Bonareri Atambo

Lecturer, Department of Literature & Linguistics

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Muhoro A. K & Atambo N. B (2026). Politeness through Multimodality in Teacher’s WhatsApp Communication in Nyandarua County, Kenya. East African Journal of Arts and Social Sciences (EAJASS) 9(1) 820-832
  2. Atambo, N . & Kiguru, E. (2026). Ideologies of Academic Achievement, Struggle,Ethics and Authority on University Students’ WhatsApp Group Discourses. (Forthcoming)
  3. Atambo, N ., Ogutu, E., & Kiguru, E. (2026). Language, Gender and Power: Women Politicians in Kenya and the Reconstruction of Political Agency (Forthcoming)
  4. Atambo, N ., Ogutu, E., & Kiguru, E. (2026). Language, Gender and Power: The ‘Us’ vs ‘Them’ Dichotomy in Political Campaigns in Kenya (Forthcoming)
  5. Atambo, N., Ogutu, E., & Kiguru, E. (2021). Language, gender and power: Lexicalisation of women in the national assembly and other top political posts in Kenya (2013-2017). Journal of Linguistics and Foreign Languages, 2(1). Retrieved from https://royalliteglobal.com/jlfl/article/view/506
  6. Atambo, N ., B. & Chai, J., F. (2013), “Walking a Cultural Tightrope: Linguistic Strategies Employed in Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) Programmes in Kenyan Secondary Schools” Ruwaza Afrika , Journal of Contemporary Research in Humanities and Social Sciences 2 (1) 262-276
  7. Atambo, N ., Ogutu, E., & Kiguru, E. (2021). Language, gender and power: Lexicalisation of women in the national assembly and other top political posts in Kenya (2013-2017). Journal of Linguistics and Foreign Languages , 2 (1). Retrieved from https://royalliteglobal.com/jlfl/article/view/506
  8. Atambo, N ., Ogutu, E., & Kiguru, E. (2022). Language, Gender and Power: The ‘Us’ vs ‘Them’ Dichotomy in Political Campaigns in Kenya (Forthcoming)
  9. Atambo, N ., Ogutu, E., & Kiguru, E. (2022). Language, Gender and Power: Women Politicians in Kenya and the Reconstruction of Political Agency (Forthcoming)

Book Chapters

  1. Atambo, N. (2026). The Kisii Ethnic Background. In Dirk Berg-Schlosser & Winnie Mitullah (eds). Kenya’s Road to Democracy: A Historical Sociological Analysis. (Forthcoming)
  2. Atambo, N., Ogutu, E., & Miriti, G. (2022). Making Sense of, and Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya: A Linguistic Perspective. In Hameed Tunde Asiru and Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo (eds.) (De) constructing corona: the language of conspiracy, power & indifference in Covid-19 health discourses. Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH

Conference Papers

  1. Title of Paper: Language and Gendered Political Discourses: How do Women Politicians in Kenya Reconstruct their Political Agency
  2. Title of Paper: Making Sense of, and Coping With the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya: A Linguistic Perspective
  3. Title of paper: Language, Gender and Power: The Discursive Construction of the Kenya National Assembly Politicians (2013 – 2017)
  4. Title of paper: Language, Gender and Power: The Discursive Construction of the Kenya National Assembly Politicians (2013 – 2017) Presenter: Norah B. Atambo, Seminar: Kenyatta University Post-Graduate Seminar Date: 18 th July 2019