Kineene wa Mutiso (University of Nairobi, Kenya)

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Dr. Kineene wa Mutiso
Senior Lecturer
Department of Linguistics and Languages
University of Nairobi
P.O. Box 13316-00200
Nairobi
Kenya
  
phone:  (254)-722988583
e-mail: ktisomu@yahoo.com


I teach Swahili literature and Linguistics. My research interests are: 
Swahili poetry, especially the pre-twentieth poetry, the use Arabic script 
in Swahili manuscripts, Swahili oral literature, Swahili Islamic 
literature, lexicography, symbolism in Swahili culture and language and 
gender, translation (Swahili-English-Swahili and Kamba-English-Kamba).

I have been a Kiswahili-English-Kiswahili and Kikamba-English-Kikamba 
translation consultant for the Forum for the African Women Educationists 
(seven years), League of Kenya Women Voters (four years), NAP+Network of 
African People Living with HIV/AIDS (five years), Save the Children Fund 
(two years), Kenya Film Cooperation (two years), Kenya Red Cross Society 
(one year), ABB Kenya Ltd (two years), Acarya of the International Society 
for Krishna Consciousness (one year), Nestle(K) Ltd (one year), Ministry 
of Education, Science and Technology, etc.

Publications 

Books

1.  Utenzi wa Hamziyyah (The Hamziyyah Epic. A detailed analysis of a 
Swahili Islamic epic), Institute of Kiswahili Research, University of 
Dar-es-Salaam, Dar-es-Salaam, 2005; 360 + 15 pp
2.  First Kiswahili- English Food and Drinks Dictionary, Bookman 
Consultants Ltd, Nairobi, 2002 (It is the first dictionary on food and drinks,
in both Swahili and English), 74 pp
3.  Mwongozo wa Visiki (Literary Criticism), Longhorn (K) Ltd, Nairobi, 
September, 1997, 120 pp
4.  The Catharsis (A collection of poems in English), Shinhan Publishing 
Media Co. Ltd., Seoul, 1992, 90pp
5. Swahili-English-Korea Dictionary of Proverbs (with Yang Chul-Joun), Myongji 
Publishers, Seoul November 1988, 399 pp
6. Utamaduni wa Mkorea, A collection of articles on Korean and Swahili 
culture in Swahili and Korean), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies 
Press, March 1987, 161pp
7. Mizani Yangu (A collection of poems in Swahili. It has been a Kenya 
Teachers College Textbook since 2000), Kenya Literature Bureau, September 
1986, 58 pp. 
8. Uhakiki Wa Malenga wa Mvita (Literary criticism), Hankuk University 
Press, March 1st, 1986, 132pp


Selected articles and book contributions

1. "The Universal Nature of Forbidden Language: The case of Kiswahili and 
English," DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Conference Proceedings 
17th-18th March 2005, pp.77-99 
2. Contributor in Tamthiliya ya Maisha (Drama of Life, an Anthology of 
Swahili poems edited by Dr. K.W. Wamitila), Vide-Muwa Publishers Ltd, Nairobi, 
2005, pp. 26, 28-29, 48-49
3. "A Standard Swahili-Swahili Dictionary," (A review), Sunday Nation, 
January 16th, 2005, p. 12
4. "al-Busiri and Muhammad Mshela: Two great Sufi Poets," Swahili Forum 
XI/2004, pp. 83-90, University of Cologne
5. "Sufii al-Busiri," AAP (Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere) Swahili Forum 
IX 72/2002, pp. 19-24, University of Cologne             
6. "Kasida ya Hamziya," AAP (Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere) 68/2001, 
Swahili VIII, pp. 81-115, University of Cologne       
7. "Mbinu za Kufundisha Ushairi" (A Stylistic Approach to the teaching of 
Poetry), Ufundishaji wa Lugha, Fasihi Pamoja na Utahini katika Shule 
za Upili, pp. 31-40, Kenya Kiswahili Association, 1996.
8. "Hurafa na Uyakinifu juu ya Majagina wa Kifasihi Part 1.( Myth and 
Reality: On Literary Heroes part 1)," NGAO Toleo 44 (NGAO Vol.44), Wizara 
ya Habari na Utangazaji (Ministry of Information and Broadcasting), 
Naivasha, March 1996, p. 7
9. "Utamaduni ni Nini?. (What is Culture?)," Sauti ya Umma Na. 24 (Sauti 
ya Umma Vol. 24), September , 1996; pp. 28-29. 
10. "Tangazo. (News)," Writers' Forum Vol.1, University of Nairobi, May 
1992, p. 55.
11. "Harusi (Wedding)," Writers' Forum Vol.1, University of Nairobi, 
April 1992. p. 54.
12. "Catalogue of Pain," Anvil, University of Nairobi, April 30th, 1992, p. 5
13. "Tell us" & "Labelling," The Korea Times, Seoul, July 30th, 1991, p. 6