Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha
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Professor Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha (born 1952) born in Kuria District
, Nyanza Province
is a Kenya
n playwright and Swahili Language educationalist, the executive secretary of the Inter-University Council for East Africa
, and a former secretary of the Kenyan Higher Education Loans Board. Educated at Kenyatta College (S1) and BEd (Swahili Language). Later studied at Yale University gaining a PhD in Swahili Language Linguistics. He has been a Tutorial Fellow and Lecturer in Swahili Language and Linguistics at Kenyatta University and later Egerton University in Kenya.
Kuria District
Kuria District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kehancha . The district has a population of 256,086 and an area of 581 km²...
, Nyanza Province
Nyanza Province
Nyanza Province of Kenya, is one of Kenya's eight administrative provinces. It is located in the southwest part of Kenya around Lake Victoria. Nyanza includes part of the eastern edge of Lake Victoria and is inhabited predominantly by the Luo. There are also Bantu-speaking tribes such as the...
is a Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
n playwright and Swahili Language educationalist, the executive secretary of the Inter-University Council for East Africa
Inter-University Council for East Africa
The Inter-University Council for East Africa , based in Kampala, Uganda, is an institution of the inter-governmental organisation, the East African Community. IUCEA aims to foster collaboration between universities in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda....
, and a former secretary of the Kenyan Higher Education Loans Board. Educated at Kenyatta College (S1) and BEd (Swahili Language). Later studied at Yale University gaining a PhD in Swahili Language Linguistics. He has been a Tutorial Fellow and Lecturer in Swahili Language and Linguistics at Kenyatta University and later Egerton University in Kenya.
Other works
- The position of Kiswahili in Kenya, Nyaigotti-Chacha, C., University of Nairobi, Institute of African Studies, 1981
- African Universities in the Twenty-first Century, Edited by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza Adebayo Olukoshi, Chapter 5: Public Universities, Private Funding: The Challenges in East Africa, Nyaigotti-Chacha, C., 2005
- REFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION IN KENYA CHALLENGES, LESSONS AND OPPORTUNITIES, Nyaigotti-Chacha, C., Kenya August 2004