Mugo, Micere Githae
MUGO, Micere Githae
MUGO, Micere Githae. Kenyan, b. 1942. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Plays/Screenplays, Poetry. Career: Poet, playwright, and scholar. University of Nairobi, senior lecturer, associate professor, and dean, until 1982; St. Lawrence University, visiting professor, 1982-84; University of Zimbabwe, associate professor, 1984-92; Syracuse University, associate to full professor, 1992-. Publications: Daughter of My People, Sing! (poetry), 1976; The Long Illness of Ex-Chief Kiti (play), 1976; (with Ngugi wa Thiong'o) The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (play), 1976; Visions of Africa: The Fiction of Chinua Achebe, Margaret Laurence, Elspeth Huxley, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o (criticism), 1978; Zimani and Sifiso, 1988; (ed) Zimbabwe School Readers' Series (various titles), 1988; Orature and Human Rights, 1991; (author of intro) E. Ngara, Songs from the Temple: Poems, 1992; My Mother's Poem and Other Songs: Songs and Poems, 1994. Contributor of poetry and short stories to journals. Address: c/o East African Educational Publishers, Brick Court, Mpaka Road/Woodvale Grove, PO Box 45314, Nairobi, Kenya.