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Kyama Mugambi

Yale University

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Affiliations

  • Associate Professor

  • Yale Divinity School

Biography

Kyama Mugambi is Associate Professor of World Christianity at Yale Divinity School. His research draws on historical, social, cultural, and epistemological themes within African urban Christianity. He also serves as Faculty Lead for the MacMillan Centre's Project on Religion and Society in Africa. His publications include A Spirit of Revitalization: Urban Pentecostalism in Kenya (Baylor, 2020) and Christians in the City of Nairobi, co-authored with Mark Shaw (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025).

Academic Biography

Research Focus

History of the church in Africa, History and liturgical practices of Pentecostals in Africa, orality, kinship and identity among Christians in Africa.