Quote of the day
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
Grace Ogot
Born: May 15, 1930
Died: March 18, 2015 (aged 84)
Bio: Grace Ogot was a Kenyan author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat. Together with Charity Waciuma she was the first Anglophone female Kenyan writer to be published. She was one of the first Kenyan members of parliament and she became an assistant minister.
Known for:
- Land Without Thunder: Short Stories (1968)
- The Promised Land: A Novel (1966)
- The Other Woman: Selected Short Stories (1976)
- The Strange Bride (1989)
- Short Stories from Kenya (1976)








