Grace Emily Ogot was a Kenyan author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat.
10 Facts About Grace Ogot
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Grace Ogot was one of the first Kenyan members of parliament and she became an assistant minister.
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Grace Ogot converted early on to the Anglican Church, and taught at the Church Missionary Society's Ng'iya Girls' School.
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From her father, she learned the stories of the Old Testament and it was from her grandmother that Ogot learned the traditional folk tales of the area from which she would later draw inspiration.
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Grace Ogot attended the Ng'iya Girls' School and Butere High School throughout her youth.
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Grace Ogot later worked in London, England, at St Thomas Hospital for Mothers and Babies.
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In 1975, Grace Ogot worked as a Kenyan delegate to the general assembly of the United Nations.
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In 1959, Grace Ogot married history professor Bethwell Allan Ogot, a Luo from Gem Location, and later became the mother of four children.
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In 1968, Grace Ogot read her short story "A Year of Sacrifice" at a conference on African Literature at Makerere University in Uganda.
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One theme that features prominently within Grace Ogot's work is the importance of traditional Luo folklore, mythologies, and oral traditions.