Mwangi, Meja, 1948-

LC control no.	n 50027673
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PR9381.9.M87
Personal name heading	Mwangi, Meja, 1948- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Mwangi, David, 1948- Mwangi, David Dominic, 1948-
Biography/History note	soundman for French Broadcasting Corp., Nairobi
Associated country	Kenya
Associated place	Great Britain England United States
Birth date	1948-12-27
Place of birth	Nanyuki (Kenya)
Affiliation	Leeds University Business School French Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi, Kenya) British Council (Kenya) University of Iowa. International Writing Program
Profession or occupation	Novelists
Found in	Author's Kill me quick, 1973. Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 13, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mwangi, Meja; David Dominic Mwangi; fiction writer; born 27 December 1948 in Nanyuki, Kenya; studied science briefly at Kenyatta College (early 1970s); attended Leeds University (England) (1990s) but nowhere did he complete a full university degree; embarked on a career of practical experience in the film industry that would later give way to writing; worked for the French Broadcasting Corporation (1972); a film librarian for the British Council in Nairobi; The Last Plague (2000) won the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature; most likely he will be remembered for a trilogy of early novels that might best be described as "urban picaresque"- Kill Me Quick (1973), Going Down River Road (1976), and The Cockroach Dance (1979)) Conversations with African writers, 1981: pages 194-195 (Meja Mwangi; Meja (David) Mwangi); born Nyeri District, Kenya, December 1948; sound man for French television in Nairobi; audio-visual aide in British Council, Nairobi; three novels; his given first name is David, but he adopted Meja as his pen name; attended International Writing Program, University of Iowa, U.S.A.)
Associated language	eng