Daphne Chemutai Kiplagat is an advanced PhD candidate from Ndalat, Kenya, specializing in postcolonial and feminist literature, with a focus on Anglophone African women’s narratives. Her creative work, featured in Alien Magazine and Copper Nickel, examines identity, migration, and belonging, drawing on oral storytelling traditions and alternative epistemologies. Central to her writing is the exploration of African and diasporic experiences, offering more nuanced perspectives on themes of exclusion and identity. 

 

In her academic research, Chemutai analyzes narrative strategies in African women’s post-independence literature to illuminate how these texts champion a more equitable and just reality for African women. She also conducts metacritical analysis of Victorian literature, examining its role in perpetuating colonial ideologies. Her work across fiction and critical theory reflects a commitment to re-envisioning identity through a decolonial lens.

 

She holds a Bachelor in Arts from Mount Holyoke, and an MFA in Fiction from Florida Atlantic University.