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 Dr. Cyrus Mugambi Ngumo Publications

Presentation of Papers at Academic and Professional Conferences

  1. Mulonzi, B., Ngumo, M. C., & Omoke, L. K. (2023). Discursive Metaphorical Representation of COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya's newspaper headlines. Available at SSRN 4619198.
  2. Ngumo, M.C and Omoke L.K. 2021. Analysis of Kenya’s newspaper headlines: The handshake and shifting political alliances. Language. Text. Society 8 (1), 4-4, 2021
  3. Ngumo, M.C. Hybridizing Gikuyu in the face of globalization: The case of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s novel Murogi wa Kagogo. Journal of Language and Culture.
  4. Ngumo, M.C., Yieke, F. and Onyango, J.O. 2020. Multiple and unstable masculinities: A critical discourse analysis of masculine identities in pullout magazines in Kenya. Language .Text. Society 7 (2), 4-4, 2020
  5. Mugambi C. Ngumo & Omoke Lilian (2019) Translation Strategies Used by Radio Stations in Kenya: A Case Study of Royal Media Services. Presented at the 1st International Mother Language Day (IMLD) Conference, Kenyatta University, Kitui Campus, 20th-22nd February 2019
  6. Mugambi C. Ngumo & Mwai K. Francis (2019) Subversion of Grand Narratives in Trevor Noah’s Story ‘Run’. Presented at 2nd Annual International Conference, Machakos University, 24th-26th April, 2019.

Published Book: Ngumo, C. (2012). An evaluation of vocabulary in Kenyan English Textbooks: A case study in applied linguistics. Lap Lambert.

PAPERS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  1. Ngumo, M.C. The Changing Form and Content of Indigenous African Languages in the Face of Globalization: A Case Study of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Murogi wa Kagogo. Paper presented at the 11th Pan-African for all Conference at Serena Hotel, Kampala, Uganda from 20-22 August, 2019
  2. Ngumo, M.C and Mwai, F.K. Subversion of grand narratives in Trevor Noah’s story ‘Run’. Paper presented in the 2nd Annual International Conference at Machakos university from 24th -26th April, 2019.
  3. Ngumo, M.C and Omoke L.K. 2019. Translation strategies used by radio stations in Kenya: A case study of Royal Media Services. Paper presented in the 1st International Mother Language Day Conference at Kenyatta University, Kitui Campus, from 20th-22nd February 2019.