ORATURE... tomorrow 🥺

Remembering Prof Micere Githae Mugo:

There are two planned events on 8th and 9th August to remember and honour the playwright, artist, author, activist, professor of Orature and an advocate for 'UTU'- the ideology of Humanity. 'I am because we are.'

(1) Tuesday 8th August:…

This semester, I'd be studying Afro- American/Caribbean Literature and the Nigerian Novel. Side attractions include Research Methodology, Orature and Multimedia and I'd be studying Olú Obáfẹ́mi in the special author category.

Stressfully excited for this new chapter.

M. Sixto, Born in Gonaïves on May 23, 1919, Maurice Sixto was a journalist, translator, literature teacher and one of the most popular Haitian orality professionals.His name has remained famous in the history of Haitian orature thanks to his many stories told mainly in Creole.

Dr. F. Jesse et al.'s discovery of Darfurian axes in the Tilemsi valley as well as the changes in Hodh depression settlement structures in the first millenium BCE documented by Peter Breunig et al. corrobate with Yéréré orature.

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Kudos to Nevaeha Imani for her fabulous LHS History Club presentation on African American Folklore and Orature

Former Vice President Kijana Wamalwa was a granary of talents. The rotundity of his expression and eloquence will remain the admired traits for generations yet unborn. The excellence of his delivery as sheltered in orature has scarcely found example. Kenya has had sons.

Get your hands on the essential read, 'Luo Proverbs & Their Meanings' by Okumba Miruka & Jens Aagaard Hansen. Help preserve & promote local literature, including Orature as defined by Prof Austin Bukenya

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Women Speak, Women Write.
Global look at writers, poets, storytellers, orators, historical orature. Wed 3 Apr at 6pm PT / 9pm ET
(AUS = Thu 4 Apr noon AET)
Regular, $20: py.pl/12VPoI
Supporter, $25: py.pl/1pzUnb
Low-income, $15: py.pl/6oTmcnWV9B9

'It is with a heavy heart that we learn of the death of this giant of Orature and Folklore studies in East Africa. Professor Muigai wa Gachanjan has left for the big kraal above.'

- B. Matundura

Met Natasha Museveni Karugire in my dreams, where humility _lives-
Sun beats warmth, as do your _lips showcase _orature;
let me graze slowly upon your _nurture,
Versus _nature;
Queen of _literature;
it presents you as the lioness of the _savanna:
An icon in Uganda:
At largely Africa:

#CelebratingShujaaMicere
Mark the dates, August 8th & 9th for memorializing the fallen heroine of artivism, orature, literature, Utu advocacy and social justice at Prof Micere Githae Mugo's old citadels; the Taifa Hall of the University of Nairobi and the Kenya National Theatre.

Thank you The Orature Collective for inviting me to commune with you as you memorialized Professor Micere Githae Mugo last night. To those who came before us ❤️

You are invited for a Public Lecture on 'Appreciating Prof. Micere Mugo's Work on Orature, Literature and the Quest for Human Rights'

📅Date: Thursday, August 3
⏰Time: 3.30pm - 5.00pm
📍Venue: USIU-Africa Library
🔗Zoom Link: usiu-ac-ke.zoom.us/j/96359481430

🗣️Keynote Speaker: Prof.…

Dr. Okumba Miruka, speaking on Bukenya's work on orature.
#Bukenya80

“May the tale hit the door, hit the bedroom, hit the wall.”

Today, at the courtesy of the Orature Collective, at the Nairobi international Bookfair I got to hear a reading of one of my favourite short stories, Local Samurai's A New Earth Published in The Shallow Tales Review ✨✨

[ theshallowtalesreview.com.ng/a-new-earth/ ]

Thinking through #Orature , #Story #Scenarios #Future #Peacebuilding #Leadership through the AD2040 #Nairobi #JustCity project

How might we create communities of research around issues that matter to us?

I remember dedicating my term paper in Orature— on The Osun Osogbo Festival; to Àdùnní. She was a legend in her own right. 🤍🥺

Dr. Mshai Mwangola at #Bukenya80 reading excerpts of Mwalimu Bukenya's work. As an oraturist, she credits him for showing her that orature can be research and not just a subject of research.

#reading from the books of Kossi Komla-Ebri performed by The Orature Collective at the opening event of Macondo Literary Festival yesterday!