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Conversations and Interviews

The following Conversations and Interviews, drawn from the Ituĩka workshop on Literary Translation and Creative Writing, is our documentation of the work that happened in Naivasha on the 11th and 12 of November 2021. The workshop was first of its kind to focus explicitly on Kenyan languages other than English and Kiswahili. To remember this important and defining event in Kenyan literary ecology, we share the sessions, conversations, and interviews as an archival project for remembrance and research.

Assimilation among African Languages. Karimi Nyaga reflects #Ituika

Doreen Karimi Nyaga looks at the challenge of assimilation of African languages spoken by fewer people into the widely spoken languages around them. In her case, she has been actively ...promoting Kiembu language through writing and translation, and hoping that more writers do the same so that its not assimilated into the Gikuyu widely spoken around them.[+] Show More
Assimilation among African Languages. Karimi Nyaga reflects #Ituika
Assimilation among African Languages. Karimi Nyaga reflects #Ituika
Doreen Karimi Nyaga looks at the challenge of assimilation of African [...]
We are rich in our African Languages and we can do great things with them. Peter Mburu reflects.
We are rich in our African Languages and we can do great things with them. Peter Mburu reflects.
Dr. Peter Mburu Kuria has done extensive work in Gikuyu orthography [...]
Self-discovery while translating in African Languages - John Titi Namai reflects. #ItuĩkaWorkshop
Self-discovery while translating in African Languages - John Titi Namai reflects. #ItuĩkaWorkshop
John Titi Namai reflects on his first attempts to translate into his [...]
The importance of exemplars in African language writing - Kefah Onchanga reflects. #ItuikaWorkshop
The importance of exemplars in African language writing - Kefah Onchanga reflects. #ItuikaWorkshop
Kefah Onchaga, who wrote in Kiswahili and subsequently translated his [...]
Publishing in Ekegusii - what are the limits? Georginah Nyatichi Makini reflects.
Publishing in Ekegusii - what are the limits? Georginah Nyatichi Makini reflects.
Georginah Nyatichi Makini, who is a pursuing a PhD in Kiswahili and [...]
On writing and translating into Kikamba - Paul Nganga reflects on the Ituĩka workshop
On writing and translating into Kikamba - Paul Nganga reflects on the Ituĩka workshop
Paul Nganga reflects on his experience at the Ituĩka Writing and [...]
Sahara Abdi on the challenge of translating from Somali to English - - The Ituĩka Workshop
Sahara Abdi on the challenge of translating from Somali to English - - The Ituĩka Workshop
Sahara Abdi, who wrote in Somali and will translate into English and [...]
Bonface Nyamweya on the Interaction between African Languages - The Ituĩka Workshop
Bonface Nyamweya on the Interaction between African Languages - The Ituĩka Workshop
In this interview from the Ituĩka Writing and Translation Workshop, [...]
Dr Doseline Kiguru on Literary Activism in Sub-Saharan Africa - The Ituika Workshop
Dr Doseline Kiguru on Literary Activism in Sub-Saharan Africa - The Ituika Workshop
Dr. Doseline Kiguru put the Ituika workshop in context of the larger [...]
Introductory Session - The Inaugural Ituika Writing & Translation Workshop
Introductory Session - The Inaugural Ituika Writing & Translation Workshop
In this introductory session, participants of the Ituika Writing and [...]
Challenges and Opportunities - Ituĩka Writing and Translation Workshop
Challenges and Opportunities - Ituĩka Writing and Translation Workshop
The participants of the inaugural Ituĩka Writing and Translation [...]
Prof Mukoma Wa Ngugi on the craft of writing - Ituĩka writing and Translation Workshop
Prof Mukoma Wa Ngugi on the craft of writing - Ituĩka writing and Translation Workshop
Prof Mukoma wa Ngugi's interest in writing in African languages and [...]
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