Bethwell Allan Ogot

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Dr Bethwell Allan Ogot (b. 1929), known as B.A. Ogot, is a noted Kenyan and Luo historian. He is currently the Chancellor of Moi University.

[edit] Biography

Ogot was born in Gem Location of Central Nyanza Province, Kenya and was educated at Ambira, Maseno Secondary School, Makerere University College, and St. Andrew's University before doing post-graduate work at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has been chairman of the History Department of the University College, Nairobi, edited Volume V of UNESCO's History of Africa, and presided over the committee that oversaw the production of the entire History. He is the incumbent Chancellor of Moi University, Eldoret.

In 1959 he married the author (to be) Grace Emily Akinyi. The African Studies Association annually presents a dignity - the Distinguished Africanist Award - in recognition of a lifetime of notable service to African studies; Prof Ogot received it in 2001.

[edit] Works

  • Ogot, Bethwell A. and F.B. Welbourn (1966), A Place to Feel at Home (A study of two independent churches in western Kenya).
  • Ogot, Bethwell A. (1967), History of the Southern Luo: Volume I, Migration and Settlement, 1500-1900, (Series: Peoples of East Africa), East African Publishing House, Nairobi (Apparently Vol II never published).
  • Ogot, Bethwell A. (2006), My Footprints in the Sands of Time: An Autobiography, (Trafford). ISBN 1412003407
  • Ogot, Bethwell A., Editors: Toyin Falola and E. S. Atieno Odhiambo (2002) The Challenges of History and Leadership in Africa: The Essays of Bethwell Allan Ogot (Trenton and Asmara: Africa World Press). ISBN 1592210058.

As editor:

  • Ogot, Bethwell A., Editor (19??) East Africa, Past and Present.
  • Ogot, Bethwell A., Editor (1971) Politics and Nationalism in Colonial Kenya: Proceedings of the 1971 Conference of the Historical Association of Kenya - HADITH 4 (Nairobi: East African Publishing House).
  • Ogot, B.A. and J.A. Kieran, Editors (1968; Reprint with corrections, 1969), Zamani: A Survey of East African History (Nairobi: East African Publishing House Ltd). ISBN 0582602939
  • Ogot, Bethwell A. and William R. Ochieng', Editors (1995) Decolonization and Independence in Kenya, 1940-93 (London: James Currey) ISBN 0852557051.