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Auson

Name
Auson Njunwensi Wincheslaus

Academic Rank
Assistant Lecturer

Department
Languages and Literature

Biography

Biography

Auson Njunwensi Wincheslaus is a literary and cultural studies scholar specialising in African literature, postcolonial literary studies, environmental and digital humanities, narratology, popular and visual studies, and gender and comparative literary analysis. Currently, he serves as an Assistant Lecturer in Literature at Mkwawa University College of Education (a constituent college of the University of Dar es Salaam), with extensive experience in undergraduate teaching, close textual analysis, scholarly publishing, curriculum development, academic service, and research dissemination.

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Email Address
auson.wincheslaus@muce.ac.tz

Research Interest

Research Interest
Environment, Digital, Visual, Popular Culture, Gender Studies, Postcolonial Studies

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Projects

Projects

1. Bongo Fleva, Environmental Consciousness and Climate Change: Completed research project, which examined the representation of climate change, environmental degradation and sustainability in selected Bongo Fleva lyrics through an ecomusicological perspective. The project culminated in a conference presentation and a subsequent peer-reviewed journal publication. The output is at https://doi.org/10.65085/2467-4745.1324

2. Eco-Trauma, Displacement and Ecological Memory in East African Creative Works: Completed Research Project, output available at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311983.2026.2629109

Sustainable Development Goals


1. Goal 5: Gender Equality

2. Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

3. Goal 10: Reduced Inequality
4. Goal 13: Climate Action
5. Goal 16: Peace Justice and Strong Institution

Publications

Publications

Wincheslaus, A. N. (2026). Eco-trauma and displacement politics in Owuor’s Dust and Makumbi’s Kintu. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 13(1).1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2026.2629109 

Wincheslaus, A. N. (2026). Ecomusicological Representation of Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability in Selected Bongo Fleva Lyrics in Tanzania. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 14(4), 79-101.https://doi.org/10.65085/2467-4745.1324

Wincheslaus, A. N. (2025). Christianity, Monogamy and Second Marriage Politics: Social Inclusion Rethinking in Sitwala Imenda’s' Unmarried Wife'. Umma Journal of Contemporary Literature and Creative Arts, 12(1), 208-230.https://dx.doi.org/10.56279/ummaj.v12i1.10

Wincheslaus, A. N. (2025). Ngũgĩ’s Fictional and Non-Fictional Representations of the Mau Mau War: An Insight from a New Historicist Perspective. Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies, 11(3), 209–221. https://doi.org/10.1080/23277408.2025.2538295 

MA Dissertation

Wincheslaus, A. N. (2023). Representation of the Mau Mau Struggle in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Weep Not, Child and Dreams in a Time of War. MA Dissertation (Unpublished). University of Dar es Salaam.