Ken Walibora Biography
Ken Walibora is a writer, speaker and a media personality. He is the group quality manager, Kiswahili Media at Nation Media Group (radio, Tv, Online and Print). He is popularly known for his book ‘Siku Njema’
Ken Walibora Education Background
2009: Graduate student at The Ohio State University, Ph.D in Comparative Cultural Studies
June 2006: Graduate student at The Ohio State University, M.A Comparative Cultural Studies
2004-2009: Undergraduate student at the University of Nairobi, Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Swahili Studies
Ken Walibora Job History
August 2013: Anchor at QTv Mwisho Juma ( A kiswahili news programme that airs every Saturday and Sunday at 8 pm)
June 2013- Present: Group quality manager, Kiswahili Media at Nation Media Group (radio, Tv, Online and Print)
August 2009- May 2013: Assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin- Madison.
October 1999- April 2004: Swahili News Anchor at Nation Media Group
1996-1999: Swahili Radio News Anchor, News Editor and Translator at Kenya Broadcasting Corporation.
1988-1996: Probation officer, Ministry ofHome affairs, Kenya
1985-1986: High school English and Swahili teacher
Ken Walibora Books
- Siku Njema
- Naskia Sauti ya Mama
- Ndoto ya Almasi
- Mbaya Wetu
- Chapuchapu
- Hazina Bora
- Kidagaa Kimemwozea
- Kufa Kuzikana
- Damu Nyeusi an Hadithi Nyingine
- Upande Mwingine
- Innocence Long Lost
- Homa ya Nyumbani
Ken Walibora Awards and Nomination
Ken Walibora Literary and Media Awards
- The Dr. Brenda Pfaehler Award of Excellence from Center for EducationalOpportunity (CEO), UW-Madison.
- Recipient of Wallah bin Wallah Award 2011 for contribution to Swahili Studies.
- Winner of the 2009 Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature for Hasira Hapana!
- Runner up in 2008 Wahome Mutahi Prize for Literature for Ndoto ya Almasi.
- Runner up in 2007 Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature for Innocence Long Lost.
- Runner up in 2005 Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature for novel Kufa Kuzikana.
- Runner up in 2004 National Book Week Award for Swahili novel Kaka Tupu.
- Winner of the 2003 Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature for novella Ndoto ya Amerika.
- Winner of 2003 writers’ category of best Kenyans under forty, in the “Top 40 under 40” viewer survey by the Kenya Television Network (KTN).
Ken Walibora Academic Awards
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School Summer salary award for 2012
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School Summer salary award for 2010
- The Ohio State University’s Presidential Fellowship Award of $18,000 monthly for 12 months (2008-2009).
- Edward J. Ray Travel Award for 2008 ($750).
- Office of International Education (OIE) travel award for 2007 ($300)18
Nominated for The Ohio State University’s 2007 Graduate Associate TeachingAward.
- Graduate School Small Grant 2007 ($500).
- Edward J. Ray Travel Award for 2007 ($750).
- Runner up in the graduate category of Nation Council for Black Studies (NCBS)essay contest for 2007($250).
- Edward J. Ray Travel Award for 2005 ($750).
- Graduate School Small Grant for 2005($450).
- Office of International Education (OIE) travel award for 2005 ($1000)
- The Ohio State University Fellowship for MA in African American and AfricanStudies 2004-05.Additional Awards
- Runner up in the graduate category of Nation Council for Black Studies (NCBS)essay contest for 2009 ($250).
- Runner up best Swahili News Anchor award from Kenya Union of Journalists(2003).
- Nominated in best Swahili TV news anchor category in the Coca-Cola sponsored Chaguo la Teeniz , 2002, 2003, 2004
Ken Walibora Proffessional Affiliations
2011- Present: Translation Caucus of ALA (TRACALA)
2009-present: African Studies Association (ASA)
2008-present: Modern Language Association (MLA
2007-present: African Literature Association (ALA)
2006-present: Project Narrative at Ohio State University
2005-present: Association of Teachers of African Languages (ALTA)
2005-present: National Council of Black Studies (NCBS)
1996-present: Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ)
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