BIO FOR KEVIN KIMANI of KENYA NATIONAL THEATRE
OCTOBER 8, 2022
Margaretta wa Gacheru studied theatre arts at University of Nairobi
in the literature department with John Ruganda, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and Micere
Mugo. She was a member of the University of Nairobi Free Traveling Theatre in
the Seventies, the only mzungu (before
or since) to be in it. She also performed in the premiere production of ‘The
Trial of Dedan Kimathi’ by Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Micere Mugo. Thereafter, she
got a job in Journalism, first with the National Christian Council of Kenya, then
with Hilary Ng’weno and The Weekly Review and Nairobi Times where she was hired
to write about African arts in Kenya. She has been so doing ever since. She has
been writing about Theatre, Film, Visual Arts, and books ever since. She has also been a lecturer at Kenya
Methodist University teaching Journalism.
Margaretta has a master’s degree in Literature from University
of Nairobi, one in Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of
Journalism, one in Education, and one in Sociology from Loyola University
Chicago. She also has a Ph.D in Sociology of Media and Culture from Loyola.
Margaretta also gives workshops on Critical and Creative writing for the Kenyan
arts.
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