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Grace Ogot
Kenyan author (–)
Grace Ogot | |
|---|---|
| Born | Grace Emily Akinyi 15 May Asembo, Nyanza, Kenya |
| Died | 18 March () (aged84) Nairobi, Kenya |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Knownfor | Author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat |
Grace Emily Ogot (née Akinyi; 15 May – 18 March ) was a Kenyan author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat.
Together with Charity Waciuma she was the first Anglophone female Kenyan writer to be published.[1] She was one of the first Kenyan members of parliament and she became an assistant minister.[2]
Biography
Ogot was born Grace Emily Akinyi to a Christian family on 15 May [3] in Asembo, in the district of Nyanza, Kenya – a village highly populated by the predominantly Christian Luo ethnic group.[4] Her father, Joseph Nyanduga, was one of the first men in the village of Asembo to obtain a Western education.
He converted early on to the Anglican Church, and taught at the Chur