Kimani Njogu

Dr. Kimani Njogu is a Kenyan linguist known for his study of and advocacy for the Kiswahili language.

In 1988, he embarked on a scholarship at the department of Linguistics at Yale University, where he completed his PhD in 1993 with a dissertation on dialogue poetry in East Africa.

On returning to Kenya, he once again served on the faculty at Kenyatta University before becoming an independent scholar.

His book, Ufundishaji wa Fasihi: Nadharia na Mbinu, coauthored with Rocha Chimera, won the 2000 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.

[2] In 2012, he was among ten civil society activists given an award for promoting democracy, inclusion and equal opportunity by Ford Foundation to mark its fiftieth year in East Africa.