Rocha Chimera is a Kenyan[citation needed] writer.
He writes in Kiswahili[1] and is a visiting professor at Kyambogo University in Uganda.
[1] He received the Noma Award in 2000 for Ufundishaji wa Fasihi: Nadharia na Mbinu.
Currently, he is the Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Pwani University college, Kilifi Kenya.
His published works include Kiswahili: Past, Present and Future Horizons (ISBN 9966-846-35-2) and Ufundishaji wa Fasihi: Nadharia na Mbinu (ISBN 9966-22-157-3) (co-authored with Kimani Njogu) and a play Mnara wawaka moto!