THE POWER OF STORY

Mary Nyambura Muchiri is a retired associate professor of English of Taylor University, Indiana, U.S.A. She has a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Lancaster University, U.K. Her books can all be purchased from Amazon.com. 1. Saved Through Fire: A Family Experiences Kenya's War of Independence, Guardian Books. 2. Papers on Language and Culture: An African Perspective, AuthorHouse. 3. His Banner over Me Is Love: The Dreams of an African Woman. AuthorHouse. 4. The Power of Story: Global Myths on the Origins and Character of Black People. Publish America 5. You Have Been Chosen: The Identity of an Adopted Child. Trafford Publishing. She has also contributed chapters in Changing Images by Anna P.Obura (Ed.); Society and the Language Classroom by Hawel Coleman (Ed.); On Writing Research: The Braddock Essays 1975-1998 by Lisa Ede (Ed.), and Writing and Learning in Cross-National Perspective edited by David Foster and David R. Russell. Her interests include research in college writing, colonial and post-colonial literature, Spiritual Development and women's issues.