Creative Writing Classes
I have been teaching people how to write. Sometimes I have big college classes, sometimes small groups of 3 or 5 people. In Nairobi, Kenya I was involved in training a group of 22 boys and girls to write. One of my students and published an anthology of short stories at age 14 and then went ahead to write a chapter story.

Swahili
I write in two languages, English and Swahili/Kiswahili. I taught Swahili in a primary school in Nairobi Kenya for 4 years. During that time I wrote Kapotei na Lulu. This play was performed by the school I was teaching before it was aired on television and then published. Go to Books and Other Things to see Swahili titles.

Nyambura Mpesha graduated with BA (University of Nairobi, Kenya), MA (University of Dar es salaam, Tanzania, PhD (Kenyatta University, Kenya. She has taught English and literature for over 30 years in Dar es salaam University, Kenyatta University and Calvin College, Michigan. Apart from teaching she has done a lot of research in oral literature, children’s literature and African literature and contributed papers in conferences, journals and magazines.

Nyambura is a prolific writer and especially enjoys writing for children in English and Kiswahili. Her works include: The Happening, Kapotei Na Lulu, Junior Pilot, Nyani Mdogo, The Small Cockroach, Kemunto, Say Aah, Eleo the Chameleon, The Frog who Jumped Backwards, Mugasha, Kuku Na Mwewe, Hare and the Princess, Marafiki wa Pela, Trouble over Fare, Far, Far Away, Kamuniak and Ori, Mende Mdogo, Hanna Na Wanyama, and Chura na Mjusi. In addition she has several works (see details in BOOKS AND OTHER THINGS and BOOKS FOR ADULTS.