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Grace Emily Ogot was a Kenyan author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat.

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Biography

Grace Ogot was born Grace Emily Akinyi in Butere in 1930. She went to the local girls’ schools, where she learned English, which she used to read the Bible, an early influence on her work. She went to England to study nursing and, while there, corresponded with the historian Bethwell Allan Ogot, whom she later married. She started writing in her mother tongue, Luo, before switching to English and Swahili. While working as a nursing sister in Uganda, she attended a literary conference and was surprised to find no books from East African writers, so she determined to be more productive. She started writing stories, before moving on to novels. She makes extensive use of the traditions, folklore and background of Luo region of Kenya in her writings. As well as writing, she has been an M. P. and minister in Kenya as well as working for the BBC as an editor and broadcaster. She died in 2015.

Ogot, Grace (1930—)

Kenyan author and politician who is considered an outstanding member of Kenya's (and East Africa's) first generation of writers. Born Grace Emily Akinyi on May 15, 1930, at Butere, near Kisumu, Central Nyanza, Kenya; married Bethwell Allan Ogot (a noted Kenyan historian), in 1959; children: daughter, Wasonga Grace; sons, Odera-Akongo, Otieno Mudhune, Onyuna.

Selected works:

The Graduate (Nairobi: Uzima, 1980); The Island of Tears (Nairobi: Uzima, 1980); Land Without Thunder (Nairobi: East African Publishing, 1968);The Other Woman: Selected Short Stories (Nairobi: Transafrica, 1976); The Promised Land: A True Fantasy (Nairobi: East African Publishing, 1966); The Strange Bride (Nairobi: Heinemann Kenya, 1989).

One of Kenya's most distinguished artists, Grace Ogot creates worlds that blend magic and reality. In her life as well, she achieved success in contexts that are both African and Western. She was born Grace Akinyi in 1930 into a Luo-speaking family. While being lulled to sleep as a child, she would listen to traditional folktales told b

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Ogot, Grace

Summary

Grace Emily Akinyi Ogot (1930–2015), a leading Kenyan writer and politician, was a pioneering figure whose professional accomplishments spanned the independence and postindependence eras in East Africa. Until her death at age eighty-four, Ogot was an acclaimed cultural leader within her Luo community, as well as in her nation of Kenya. While she also worked in the fields of nursing and journalism, Ogot is best remembered for her political success, her groundbreaking achievements as an author of short stories and novels, and being chronicler of Luo folk tales. In all areas of her work, Ogot developed a reputation as a prominent advocate for women’s concerns.