Grace Ogot | |
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| Born | Grace Emily Akinyi 15 May 1930 |
| Died | 18 March 2015 (aged 84) Nairobi, Kenya |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Known for | Author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat |
Grace Emily Ogot (née Akinyi; 15 May 1930 – 18 March 2015) 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]
- ^ Mike Kuria, ed. Talking Gender: Conversations with Kenyan Women Writers, 2003. PJ-Kenya, p. 71.
- ^ Kenyan Writer Grace Ogor Dies Archived 24 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, 18 March 2015, The Insider.org, Retrieved 14 May 2016