PROFESSOR MACHARIA MUNENE
machariamunene15@gmail.com
CURRENT POSITION
Professor of History and International Relations at USIU-A
HIGHEST ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1985, Ph.D. (Diplomatic History)
TAUGHT AT:
United States International University Africa; Universitat Jaume-1, Castellon, Spain; National Defence College, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya; University of Nairobi, 1986 to 1997; Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1985-1986; Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1984-1985; Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1981-1984hio, 1978-1981.
Theses Supervision
MA and PhD students at USIU, UJI, and National Defence College
Served as External Examiner at Kenyatta University; University of Nairobi;
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology; Egerton University;
St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Recognition:
UN recognised Expert on Decolonisation
Among the Top 100 CCTV-4 commentators in the world, appears in Kenyan and global media and public forums as observer and analyst.
PUBLICATIONS/OUTPUT
Books:
Macharia Munene, Kenya: Political Testament of Nationhood (Nairobi: Fig Tree History Works, 2017); Macharia Munene, Historical Reflections on Kenya: Intellectual Adventurism, Politics, and International Relations (Nairobi: University of Nairobi Press, March 2012); Macharia Munene, Politics of Transition in Kenya, 1995-1998(Nairobi: Quest and Insight, 2001)
Selected Edited Books:
Muiru Ngugi, Macharia Munene, Simon Nyambura, John Kamau, editors, Mau Mau Chronicles: Assorted Articles on Mau Mau War, Events and Personalities (Nairobi: Nairobi Academy Press, 2022); Macharia Munene, Mary Gaturu, and Edward Waiguru Muya, editors, Strategies for Improving the Standards of Education in Murang’a County: A Manual (Nairobi: MCI, 2015); Macharia Munene and Ozonnia Ojielo, editors, The Study and Practice of Peace and Security in Africa( Nairobi: UNDP-NSC Peace Program, 2014); Philip Mwanzia and Macharia Munene, editors, Reminisces on Kenya’s Early Diplomacy (Nairobi: Moran Publishers for Foreign Service Institute, 2011); Macharia Munene, with Nicholas Kimani and Wanyiri Kagiri, editor, Constitutional Documentary History of Kenya, 1895 to 2002 (Nairobi: USIU and SUNY, 2006)
Selected Chapters in Books:
Macharia Munene, “Grand Strategist Daudi Tonje, the military educator and the making of the Kenya National Defence College: A historical overview,” Brig E.P. Lopokoiyit, editor, National Defence College, 1997-2022: A 25-Year Commemorative Publication (Nairobi: National Defence College, 2022), pp.178-192; Macharia Munene, “Contestations of Democracy in Kenya,” Kidane Mengisteab, editor, The Crisis of Democratization in the Horn of Africa: Towards Building Institutional Foundation (London; James Currey, 2020), pp. 180-205; Macharia Munene, “Conceptions of Grand Strategy over time,” in Humphrey Njoroge and Makumi Mwagiru, editors, Grand Strategy in Kenya, Vol. 1: Concepts, Context, Process and Ethics (Nairobi: The Three Legs Consortium, 2019); Macharia Munene, “Kenya and the End of the Cold War,” in Kipyego Cheluget, editor, Kenya’s 50 years of Diplomatic Engagement: From Kenyatta to Kenyatta (Nairobi: Moran Publishers, 2018), pp.111-126
Selected Articles in Journals and Reports:
Macharia Munene, “Freedom of the Mind, The Sine Qua Non of Sovereignty in Africa,” Journal of the Institute of African Studies, 2024, Number 3(68), pp.7-18; Macharia Munene, “Appraisal of Kenya’s Foreign Policy Outlook Under the Kenya Kwanza Government,” The Mashariki Today, September 20, 2024; Macharia Munene, “The Horn of Africa in 2023: A Geopolitical Analysis,” The Horn Bulletin, Volume VI, Issue 1, January-February 2023, pp. 1-8; Macharia Munene, “Race, Ethnicity, and Postcolonial Identity: The East African Perspective” Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, Volume 14, Number 2, 2023; Macharia Munene, “Geopolitical Dynamics in the Horn of Africa Region,” The Horn Bulletin, Volume V, Issue I, January-February 2022, pp. 1-11; Macharia Munene, “Trends in Global Geopolitics and Their Impact in Africa” Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, Volume 12, Number 1, 2021, pp. 126-132; Macharia Munene, “The Need to Center the Sea in Africa: A Theoretical Excursion,” Contemporary Security in Africa, Volume 5, Number 2, 2020, pp. 1-5; Macharia Munene, “Aid Peddlers and Aid Addicts: a Discourse on Postmodern Colonialism in Kenya,” Journal of Science Technology Education and Management (J-Stem), A Publication of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Volume 1, Number1, 2007, pp. 181-190
Reviews
Macharia Munene, “Joseph Murumbi: A Legacy of Integrity,” The Star, July 7, 2018; Macharia Munene, Review of Daniel Branch, Kenya: Between Hope and Despair, 1963-2012 (New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 2011, 368 pages) in African Affair, Vol. 111, No.445, October 2012, pp. 680-682.
Media Contributions:
Radio Programmes—KBC, Coro FM. Inooro FM, Capital FM, Classic FM, Radio Maisha, Voice of America, BBC, Radio China, Radio Citizen.
Television Programmes—CNN, Al Jazeera, VOA, RT, Press TV, BBC, KTN, NTV, KBC, CITIZEN, CCTV, EBRO-TV Africa, Village Square Africa
Weekly Columnist for The Standard
