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The Moi University Africa Multiple Research Centre held its second Africa Colloquium seminar on June 16th 2026. The presenter, Dr. Francis Owakah of the University of Nairobi, excavated Rev. John Gatu’s 1972 call for African self-reliance, which he then subjected to critical scrutiny.
In the talk, which he titled _From Dependency to Dignity: Jitegemea and the African Renaissance_, Dr Owakah revaluated Rev. Gatu's challenge to African churches to move from mission dependency to self-supporting, self-governing, and self-propagating models as one among several anticolonial and decolonial ideas and practices. He called for serious appraisals of these innovations in the light of the political, social and ethical debates raging in Kenya at present.
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Moi University Africa Multiple Research Centre is inviting you to African Colloquium

Topic: From Dependency to Dignity: Jitegemea and the African Renaissance by Francis Owaka, PhD, University of Nairobi

Time: Jun 16, 2026 02:00 PM Nairobi

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The Moi University Africa Multiple Research Centre held its first Africa Colloquium seminar for the year on May 26, @2026. The presenter was the scholar and artist Suki Wanza Nyadawa of KCA University, Nairobi. Ms. Nyadawa spoke on Communities of Perception: An Exploration of One Person Theatre Shows to a committed physical and online audience that was made up of artists and academics.

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Moi University Africa Multiple Research Centre is inviting you to African Colloquium.

Topic: Communities of Perception: An Exploration of One Person Theatre Shows by Suki Wanza Nyadawa, KCA University, Nairobi.
Time: May 26, 2026 02:00 PM Nairobi
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The Vice Chancellor, Moi University, Prof Kiplagat Kotut, and Moi University staff at the opening of the Moi University Africa Multiple Research Centre Researcher Orientation Workshop in Acacia Hotel, Kisumu, on 20 May 2026.

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Hello hello and welcome to our first Colloquium of 2026.
Moi University Africa Multiple Research Centre is inviting you to African Studies Colloquium.

Topic: Communities of Perception: An Exploration of One Person Theatre Shows by Suki Wanza Nyadawa, KCA University KCA University , Nairobi.
Time: May 26, 2026 02:00 PM Nairobi
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The _Launch of the Moi University Africa Multiple Research Centre_ on 14 April 2026 unfolded as a full and layered academic day. The programme began with registration, followed by an opening ceremony. Key university leaders delivered remarks, including Academic Coordinator Prof. Tom Michael Mboya, Director Prof. Peter Simatei, and Dean Prof. Mary Wahome.

The session _Africa Multiple: The Back Story_ set the context before a Moi-ACC Documentary was screened. The morning continued with Research Section Reports covering Affiliations, Arts and Aesthetics, and Early Career Scholars. After a short health break, a second block of reports tackled Gender and Diversity, Knowledges, Learning, Mobilities, and Moralities. Project Output Reports on East African Asian Writing followed, leading into the lunch break.

Afternoon sessions were wide ranging. Presenters like Hassan J. Ndzovu engaged topics from regional integration to Islamic knowledge and indigenous intelligence. After the reports, Prof. Peter Simatei introduced the transition from MUACC to MUAMRC and outlined what was expected in the next project phase.

Another health break preceded Prof. Wandia Njoya’s keynote lecture, _Africa Researching Africa: Funding, Methods, and Impacts_. The Closing Ceremony wrapped up the formal proceedings.

The programme focused on institutional remarks, research outputs, and scholarly exchange, marking the Centre’s launch as a substantial academic event. It also applauded connections made by fellows to other clusters like UNILAG, Rhodes, and Ki-Zerbo in Burkina Faso, grounding ACC as a vehicle that redefined what African Studies is through collaboration. University of Lagos Africa Multiple - Cluster of Excellence African Cluster Center - Moi University Daystar University Moi University Eldoret Kenya - Foundation of Knowledge