Background
Odhiambo, Atieno E. S. was born on September 11, 1946 in Kisumu, Nyanza, Kenya. Son of Zablon and Rosbella Ogwamor. came to the United States, 1988.
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A History of East Africa
(* it builds on the most recent research into the beginnin...)
* it builds on the most recent research into the beginnings of East African history * it describes extensively the pre-colonial societies of East Africa * its history of post-independent East Africa is comprehensive and up-to-date * its concept of East Africa looks beyond the three countries of the community to include Ruanda and Burundi Throughout the book's preparation, its authors had the needs of EACE students specially in mind: in coverage and organisation, approach and style the book is tailored expressly for them. Many illustrations from original sources complement the text. The result is a book which will also be of interest to the general reader, inside and outside East Africa.
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Siaya: The Historical Anthropology of an African Landscape (Eastern African Studies)
(The authors use stories to reveal Siaya, the Luo-speaking...)
The authors use stories to reveal Siaya, the Luo-speaking area of western Kenya, bringing together ideas and debates which Luo express about their past and present with findings, arguments and questions produced by scholars. For the Luo, what constitutes culture, what is correct behaviour, what is history, are questions that are heavily fought over. This is one of those rare books that makes students and other interested readers question their own cultural preconceptions and re-examine the concerns of academic disciplines. North America: Ohio U Press; Kenya: EAEP
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Siaya: The Historical Anthropology of an African Landscape (Eastern African Studies)
( The authors of this highly original book set out to rem...)
The authors of this highly original book set out to remove the persistent boundary between the authors and readers of ethnography on one hand and the subjects of ethnography on the other – those who observe and those who are observed. The authors use stories to reveal Siaya, the Luo-speaking area of Western Kenya down near the Lake but still surprisingly vulnerable to drought. There are the stories of survival by a woman with her carpenter husband in Nairobi, there is the launching of a boat as bride into the Lake and there is the great Boro Christmas disco riot. The book finishes with an Afterword on the burial of the lawyer S. M. Otiono that divided its whole of Kenya. It is both written about and for the Luo. It brings together Luo ideas and debates about their own past and present with findings, arguments and questions produced about this “other people;” by outside scholars writing in their own disciplines. Among the Luo, what constitutes culture, what is correct behavior, what is history, are questions that are heavily fought over. This is one of those rare books that makes students and other interested individuals question their own cultural preconceptions and what are the genuine concerns of academic disciplines.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0821409026/?tag=2022091-20
Atieno E. S. Odhiambo
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor in History with first class honors, Makerere U., Kampala, Uganda, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in History, Nairobi (Kenya) U., 1973.
Career
Special assistant department history, Nairobi U., 1970-1971;
tutorial fellow department history, Nairobi U., 1971-1973;
lecturer department history, Nairobi U., 1973-1978;
senior lecturer department history, Nairobi U., 1978-1987;
associate professor department history, Nairobi U., 1987;
professor of history, Egerton U., Njoro, Kenya, 1988;
professor of history, Rice U., Houston, since 1989. Junior research associate St. Anthony's College, Oxford, England, 1971-1972. Visiting research scholar Hoover Institution, Sanford, California, 1979-1980.
Visiting lecturer department history Stanford University, 1980. Research scholar Cologne U., Germany, 1980. Visiting professor department history Johns Hopkins University, 1985, 86.
Visiting associate professor department history Rice U., 1988-1989. Senior research fellow African StudiesCtr., U. Witwatersand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1990. Senior fellow Harry S. Truman Institute for Peace, Hebrew U. Jerusalem, 1990-1991.
Visiting professor department anthropology Witwatersand U., 1992.
Achievements
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A History of East Africa
(* it builds on the most recent research into the beginnin...)
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Siaya: The Historical Anthropology of an African Landscape (Eastern African Studies)
( The authors of this highly original book set out to rem...)
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Siaya: The Historical Anthropology of an African Landscape (Eastern African Studies)
(The authors use stories to reveal Siaya, the Luo-speaking...)
- Democratic Theory & Practice in Africa
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A History of East Africa
Connections
Married Jane Erose Audi, March 15, 1968. Children: Susan, Caroline, Michael, Samson.
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Nationality
Kenyan