Margaret Ogola
Novelist, Author
1958 – 2011
Who was Margaret Ogola?
Margaret Atieno Ogola was the Kenyan author of the novel The River and the Source, and its sequel, I Swear by Apollo. The River and the Source follows four generations of Kenyan women in a rapidly changing country and society. The book has been on the KCSE syllabus for many years, and it won the 1995 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book, Africa Region, Dr Ogola worked on her final book titled "Mandate of the people" a book she completed before her death and is set to be released posthumously. Ogola was also the recipient of the Familias Award for Humanitarian Service of the World Congress of Families.
In addition to her writing career, Dr. Ogola served as a paediatrician and the medical director of Cottolengo Hospice, a hospice for HIV and AIDS orphans.
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- Born
- Jun 12, 1958
Asembo - Also known as
- Margaret Atieno Ogola
- Margaret Atieno Odongo
- Margaret A. Ogola
- Nationality
- Kenya
- Profession
- Education
- Alliance Girls High School
- Died
- Sep 21, 2011
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on July 23, 2013
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