Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies-University of Nairobi

27/01/2022

PHD POSITIONS: MEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY FOR EAST AFRICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

27/01/2022

Dr. Humphrey J. Ojwang Donates Monograph to Library Department
Dr. Humphrey Jeremiah Ojwang, a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies has donated a monograph to the Library Department.

The digital copy monograph titled “A Study of Luo Ethnobotanical Terminology with Implications for Lexicographic Practice” seeks to determine the derivation and meaning of Luo Ethnobotanical terminology within a culture-specific configuration. It focuses on the systematics of Ethnobotanical nomenclature and seeks to identify the patterns followed in naming plants in the Luo speech community.

Dr. Ojwang is the Thematic Unit Head overseeing the areas of Language, Culture, and Society at the Department. He is a member of the Kenya Museum Society as well as the East African Natural History Society (Nature Kenya).

His areas of research focus are – Indigenous languages and knowledge systems, Ethnobotanical Terminology and Lexicography, as well as Linguistic Anthropology.

A hard copy of this monograph is available at the Kenya Museum Society Bookshop (ISBN: 978-9914-40-386-2), or you can view it on the University of Nairobi Digital Repository via http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/155971

13/01/2022

The Office of the Dean of Students and Career Services has produced the First Issue of the Student Life Magazine that covers Student Life in campus and Career News strides and achievements aimed at molding students holistically and enhancing their employability.
https://studentlife.uonbi.ac.ke/sites/studentlife.uonbi.ac.ke/files/2022-01/Student%20Life%20Magazine%20-Issue%201.pdf

06/01/2022

JANUARY 2022 EXAM TIMETABLES_

10/12/2021

ANNOUNCEMENT ON COLLECTION OF GOWNS - DECEMBER 2021 GRADUATION

29/11/2021

Alumni Series talk

25/11/2021

12/11/2021

DR. STEVIE NANGENDO PASSES ON.

Dr. Stevie Nangendo, a senior lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies passed away on 24/10/2021

Dr. Stevie Nangendo graduated from University of Nairobi, Dept of History in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He furthered his studies in Byrn Mawr College USA and graduated with a Master of Arts and PhD in 1987 and 1994 respectively.

He joined UON as a Junior Research Fellow in March 1991 where he worked diligently and rose to the position of a Research Fellow in October 1993 on probationary terms and later confirmed on permanent and pensionable terms in September 1996.

Dr. Stevie Nangendo was an exemplenary scholar this made him to be nominated for various awards including Rockefeller African Dissertation Internship Award in 1990 and Common Wealth Fellowships Tenable in UK 1999 among others.

He had over 15 publications and research papers; which enabled him to be awarded various grants. He also supervised a lot of Theses/Dissertations for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students.

Dr. Nangendo was buried on 06/11/2021.

05/11/2021

REVISED SUPPLEMENTARY EXAM TIMETABLES NOVEMBER 2021

01/11/2021

LATEST REVISED TEACHING TIMETABLES_2021/2022 ACADEMIC YR

25/10/2021

COLLECTION OF CERTIFICATES