Ogot, Grace 1930-

The strange bride/ Grace Ogot; translated from Dholuo by Okoth Okombo. - Nairobi : Heinemann Kenya, 1989. - [2], 156 p.; 18 cm.

1st pub. in Dholuo as Miaha (1983), is an interpretation of a rich Luo myth. The people of Got Owaga lead a placid, almost idyllic, life-style until the glamorous and mysterious Nyawir suddenly appears from an unknown world. Mrs. Ogot demonstrates her powerful grasp of the Luo idiom in this book.

996646865X (pbk) £4.25


Luo fiction (Kenya and Tanzania)--Translated into English
English fiction--Translated from Luo literature (Kenya and Tanzania)

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