Kenyan writer and translator Wangui wa Goro 11 seconds ago | Education University of Leicester; University of London; Middlesex University. Occupation: Academic, social critic, researcher, translator and writer Wangui wa Goro (born 1961) is a Kenyan academic, social critic, researcher, translator and writer based in the UK. As a public intellectual she has an interest in the development of African languages and literatures, as well as being consistently involved with the promotion of literary translation internationally, regularly speaking and writing on the subject.. Background and career Professor Wangui wa Goro is a writer, translator, translation studies scholar and pioneer who has lived and lectured in different parts of the world including the UK, USA, Germany and South Africa.