Contact details
Department of Language and Literature
School of Arts & Social Sciences (SASS)
P.O. Box 190-50100
Kakamega, KENYA
Office no. SPD Block B Room
Kakamega-Webuye Road Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-6719
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Dr John K. M’Raiji
Dr.John K. M'Raiji is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Language and Literature - School of Arts & Social Sciences (SASS) at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.He holds a PhD in African Languages and Literature from University of Botswana, Master of Arts in Swahili Studies from University of Nairobi and a Bachelor of Arts from University of Nairobi.
Selected Publications
- Mwongela, Francis,* Wenje Peres, Anyonje Lydia & M’raiji, John Kirimi. (2019).The potential of social media as a communication tool among co-operatives in Kenya: A review: International Journal of Media, Journalism and Mass Communication (IJMJMC). Volume 5, Issue 2, 2019; p. 1-15. ISSN 2454-9479: Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.20431/24549479.0502005 www.arcjournal.org
- Mwongela, Francis,* Wenje Peres, Anyonje Lydia & M’raiji, John Kirimi. (2019). Assessing adoption of new communication technologies for the co-operative development in Kenya: International Journal of Media, Journalism and Mass Communication (IJMJMC). Volume 5, Issue 3, 2019; p. 1-12. ISSN 2454-9479: Available:
http://dx.doi.org/10.20431/2454-9479.05030051 www.arcjournal.org - Mwongela, Francis,* Wenje Peres, Anyonje Lydia & M’raiji, John Kirimi. (2019). Hate content on Kenyan social media space: How the social media is propagating the spread of hate messages in Kenya: International Journal of Media, Journalism and Mass Communication (IJMJMC). Volume 5, Issue 3, 2019; p. 1-12. ISSN 2454-9479: Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.20431/2454-9479.0503002 www.arcjournal.org
- M’raiji, John Kirimi* & Gadilatolwe, Norman Shaw. (2017). Taboos as a socialization, acculturation and communication strategy among the Bayei of Botswana. Marang: Journal of
Language and Literature, Volume, 29. 2017, p. 42-56. Available: http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/marang/issue/view96 - M’raiji, John Kirimi, Wangari, Mwai & Mwenje, Margaret. (2017). The construction of female psychology in Swahili women’s nuptial poetry-unyago. Journal of Educational and
Developmental Psychology Volume 7, No 1, p. 241-248. Available: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jedp/article/view/67153 - M’raiji, John Kirimi. (2016). An overview of occultism in the literary works of Unity Dow and Emmanuel Mbogo. Journal of the Linguistics Association of Southern African Universities, Volume 4, no 4, p. 9-19: Available: http://ubrisa.ub.bw/handle/10311/1725
- M’raiji, John Kirimi (2011). “The use of folklore, indigenous knowledge (IK) and indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in environmental conservation among the Mijikenda of Kenya.” South African Journal of Folklore Studies Volume 21 (2), p. 26-35: Available: http://fliphtml5.com/oobp/eivs/basic
- M’raiji, John Kirimi. (2007). Mainstreaming ritual theory in orature and drama: Maseno University Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Journal. Volume 2, No. 2. ISSN 1819-6977, p. 51-59.
- M’raiji John Kirimi. (2016). Kamankuura and other stories: A collection of Meru oral narratives. LAP Lambert Publishing. Verlag Saarbrucken. ISBN: 978-3-659-89953-9:
Available:https://www.amszon.com/kamankuura-Other-Stories-CollectionNarratives/dp/3659899534 - M’raiji, John Kirimi (2015). Experimentation and perspectivism in Wame Molefhe’s “Go Tell the Sun”. Barolong, S; Darlington, S; Lopang, W; Mafela, L & McAllister (eds,):
Amantle! A collection of essays on Botswana Literature. ISBN: 978-99968-421-6-0, p. 26-39. - M’raiji, John Kirimi (2016). The transformation of Swahili unyago and female genital mutilation into an alternative rite of passage: A poststructuralist approach: Available: http://ubrissa.ub.bw/handle/10311/106
