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Prof. Kimani Njogu, an Associate Professor of Kiswahili and African Languages, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Africa Health and Development International (AHADI). He studied at the University of Nairobi where he attained the Bachelor of Education (First Class) degree in 1985 and Master of Arts degree in Linguistics in 1987. In 1988 he was awarded a scholarship to study linguistics at Yale university where he attained the MA and M.Phil degrees and a Ph.D in 1993.
He is a translator of significant works into Kiswahili and has been involved in developing socially committed entertainment programs globally. He has provided training on culturally sensitive and issue based entertainment programming in Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, Madagascar, Malawi) Asia (India, Pakistan, China), South America (Mexico, Peru), the Caribbean Islands (St. Lucia, Grenada) and Micronesia (Palau) .
Prof. Kimani is also a writer, literary critic and columnist and his Kiswahili book on the teaching of literature won the 2000 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. His book Reading Poetry as Dialogue: An East African Literary Tradition was published by Jomo Kenyatta Foundation in 1994. He is a Council Member of the International African Institute, University of London, and Chairman of CHAKITA-Kenya (The National Kiswahili Committee) and UUGI: The Gikuyu Language Committee and member of the Task Force for the East African Kiswahili Council, established by the East African Community. Kimani is also a board member with Legal Resource Foundation. He has translated the Draft Constitution of Kenya as well as other national documents into Kiswahili.
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