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'''Ciarunji Chesaina''' (born 1947) in a Kenyan folklorist, professor, and diplomat. She is best known for her work studying the history, ethnography, and folklore of peoples across Africa, particularly among the [[Nilotic peoples|Nilotic]] and [[Bantu peoples|Bantu]] groups. She also represented Kenya as the high commissioner to South Africa from 2000 to 2003.
== Biography ==
Ciarunji Chesaina was born Jane Ciarunji Geteria in 1947. She attended [[Alliance Girls High School]] in [[Kikuyu, Kenya|Kikuyu]], Kenya. Chesaina graduated from Uganda's [[Makerere University]] with a bachelor's degree in French and English in 1971. She subsequently studied in the United States, where she received a master's in education from [[Harvard University]], and in the United Kingdom, where she obtained a Ph.D. in literature from the [[University of Leeds]] in 1988.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Chesaina lectured at [[Kenyatta University]] beginning in the 1970s, then joined the faculty of the [[University of Nairobi]] in 1991. She teaches literature, particularly African literature, women's literature, and oral literature.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=":0" />
Since the 1970s, she has been influential in helping engrain Kenyan literature in the nation's education system.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> As a folklorist, she has contributed significantly to the study of various African ethnic groups, in particular the [[Kalenjin people]] and [[Embu people]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She has also advocated in favor of compensating [[oral history]] research subjects for their participation.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Chesaina temporarily left her post at the University of Nairobi for three years, from 2000 to 2003, to serve as Kenya's high commissioner to South Africa.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In 2018, she published an autobiography titled ''Run Gazelle Run''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Selected works ==
* ''Oral Literature of the Kalenjin'' (1991)
* ''Perspectives on Women in African Literature'' (1994)
* ''Hope on the Horizon: Essays on the Status and Liberation of African Women'' (1994)
* ''Pokot'' (1996)
* ''Oral Literature of the Embu and Mbeere'' (1997)
* ''Teaching of African Literature in the 21st Century'' (editor, 2009)
* ''The Significance of Oral Literature in Children’s Development: Social & Psychological Issues'' (2009)
* ''Run Gazelle Run'': ''An Autobiography'' (2018)
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:Kenyan women writers]]
[[Category:Kenyan academics]]
[[Category:Kenyan historians]]
[[Category:Harvard University alumni]]
== Biography ==
Ciarunji Chesaina was born Jane Ciarunji Geteria in 1947. She attended [[Alliance Girls High School]] in [[Kikuyu, Kenya|Kikuyu]], Kenya. Chesaina graduated from Uganda's [[Makerere University]] with a bachelor's degree in French and English in 1971. She subsequently studied in the United States, where she received a master's in education from [[Harvard University]], and in the United Kingdom, where she obtained a Ph.D. in literature from the [[University of Leeds]] in 1988.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Chesaina lectured at [[Kenyatta University]] beginning in the 1970s, then joined the faculty of the [[University of Nairobi]] in 1991. She teaches literature, particularly African literature, women's literature, and oral literature.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=":0" />
Since the 1970s, she has been influential in helping engrain Kenyan literature in the nation's education system.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> As a folklorist, she has contributed significantly to the study of various African ethnic groups, in particular the [[Kalenjin people]] and [[Embu people]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She has also advocated in favor of compensating [[oral history]] research subjects for their participation.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Chesaina temporarily left her post at the University of Nairobi for three years, from 2000 to 2003, to serve as Kenya's high commissioner to South Africa.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In 2018, she published an autobiography titled ''Run Gazelle Run''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Selected works ==
* ''Oral Literature of the Kalenjin'' (1991)
* ''Perspectives on Women in African Literature'' (1994)
* ''Hope on the Horizon: Essays on the Status and Liberation of African Women'' (1994)
* ''Pokot'' (1996)
* ''Oral Literature of the Embu and Mbeere'' (1997)
* ''Teaching of African Literature in the 21st Century'' (editor, 2009)
* ''The Significance of Oral Literature in Children’s Development: Social & Psychological Issues'' (2009)
* ''Run Gazelle Run'': ''An Autobiography'' (2018)
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:Kenyan women writers]]
[[Category:Kenyan academics]]
[[Category:Kenyan historians]]
[[Category:Harvard University alumni]]
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