Mother of Kenyan Literature, Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye Passes on

Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye Dead Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, who has died, probably aged 87, was an English-born missionary who was later celebrated as the “mother of Kenyan literature”, a popular author of novels, short stories, poems, essays and books for children. Marjorie Macgoye’s work reflected a preoccupation with the lives of ordinary people in the context (…)

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