Bethwell Allan Ogot

Bethwell A. Ogot
Born (1929-08-03) 3 August 1929 (age 94)
Gem, Kenya[1]
OccupationHistorian
CitizenshipKenyan
Alma materMakerere University
University of St. Andrews
School of Oriental and African Studies (PhD)
GenreAfrican history, East African history, Kenyan history
Notable worksZamani: A Survey of East African History,
History of the Southern Luo
Spouse
Grace Emily Akinyi
(m. 1959; died 2015)

Bethwell Allan Ogot (born 3 August 1929) is a Kenyan historian and eminent African scholar who specialises in African history, research methods and theory. One of his works starts by saying that "to tell the story of a past so as to portray an inevitable destiny is, for humankind, a need as universal as tool-making. To that extent, we may say that a human being is, by nature, historicus.[2]

Ogot was the Chancellor of Moi University up to early 2013.[3]

  1. ^ "Bethwell Allan Ogot". Mtandao wa Sanaa Kenya. Sudplanète / Southplanet. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. ^ Ogot Bethwell, A. (2005). History as Destiny and History as Knowledge: Being Reflections on the Problems of Historicity and Historiography. Kisumu: Anyange Press.
  3. ^ "Prof. Bethwel A. Ogot, EBS", Office of the Chancellor, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya. 15 November 2010. Archived 4 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine.

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