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James Wachira studied English Studies and Anglophone Literatures at the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies, University of Bayreuth, obtaining his PhD in 2021. His research explores the Samburu of Kenya’s knowledges about grass in their oral traditions to engage with the politics of ecological conservation practices in Kenya. James has been a Postdoctoral student at the University of Nairobi where he has been coordinating VLIR-UOS TEAM project: Storytelling and Young People Coping with Crisis: Oral Narratives and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia. He is the recipient of the 2022 African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES) grant. He has also served as an adjunct lecturer at the Department of Literature, University of Nairobi. James is also a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Afrika Focus.