Wunyabari O. Maloba

Wunyabari O. Maloba

Edward L. Ratledge Professor of Africana Studies
 

Biography

鈥媁.O. Maloba research covers African nationalism, revolutionary movements, women鈥檚 history and Africana studies. He received his B.A. (Hons), from the University of Nairobi (1975), and Ph.D. from Stanford University (1988). He is the author of听Mau Mau and Kenya听(Indiana University Press, 1993/1998), and听African Women in Revolution听(Africa World Press, 2007). His current projects include: writing a revised edition of听Mau Mau and Kenya, and also working on a new book project on Mau Mau in popular imagination.

Media mentions
  • A photo of Kobe Baker

    Degree of the past, present and future

    February 09, 2024 | Written by Artika Casini
    鈥淧eople would ask, 鈥榃hat are you going to do with an Africana studies degree?鈥 I鈥檇 answer, 鈥榃hat can鈥檛 I do with it?鈥欌 says Kobe Barker, who now works as an outreach coordinator for the Mitchell Center for African American Heritage in Wilmington, Delaware.
  • December 12, 2023 | Written by Gouri Sharma of Al Jazeera
    Wunyabari O. Maloba, Africana studies, says that activist Pio Gama Pinto, who advocated for Kenya's independence from the British, was assassinated in 1965 because the ruling elite perceived him as a threat. 鈥淗e had a radical vision and was very much respected by Black Africans so it was extremely important for him to be silenced.
  • New Ratledge Professor

    March 25, 2022 | Written by Ann Manser
    W.O. Maloba appointed to named position in Africana studies and history