Gichingiri J. Ndigirigi, Ph.D.
Teaching Interests
- African Literature: fiction and drama/theater;
- Caribbean Literature: fiction and drama;
- African American drama/theater.
Research Interests
- African, African Diaspora literatues/drama/theater;
- Postcolonial and transnational studies.
Selected Publications
Book
- Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Drama and the Kamiriithu Popular Theater Experiment, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2007.
- Guest editor: Mutiiri. 8, 2007.
Articles
- "The Crisis of Representation in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Wizard of the Crow". JALA (Journal of the African Literature Association). 1.2. Summer 2007.
- "What Is My Nation: Visions of a New Global Order in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Wizard of the Crow." Journal of Global Initiatives. 2.2. 2007.
- "Kenyan Theater after Kamiriisthu," The Drama Review, Vol. 43, #2 (T162), Summer 1999.
- "Kamiriithu: Kimuri kia Abirika," Mutiiri (Journal of Culture), #5, 1997. (An earlier Gikuyu language version of the article eventually published in The Drama Review).
- "Kamaru Mwarimu wa Muingi," Mutiiri (Journal of Culture), Manja 1, Iruta, Jan-Apr. 1994. (A critique of the music of Kenya's leading musician from the 1960's to 1990's).
- "Character Names and Types in Ngugi's Later Fiction," Ufahamu, Vol. XIX, Nos. II & III, Spring/Fall 1991.
Contact Information
Gichingiri J. Ndigirigi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and English
University of Tennessee
318 McClung Tower & Plaza
Knoxville, TN 37996-0490
Office: (865)974-6942
Fax: (865)974-8669
E-mail: jndigiri@utk.edu