Margaret Ogola
- January 8, 2024
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Margaret Ogola Biography
| Name | Margaret Ogola |
| Birthday | Jun 12 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Place Of Birth | Asembo |
| Home Town | Siaya |
| Birth Country | Kenya |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Margaret Ogola is one of the most popular and richest Author who was born on June 12, 1958 in Asembo, Siaya, Kenya.
She studied at Thompson’s Falls High School and was best student overall in school. She also studied at Alliance Girls High School. At the University of Nairobi she earned her first degree, Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery, in 1984.
After graduation, she worked as a medical officer at Kenyatta National Hospital. In 1990, she earned her Master of Medicine in Paediatrics at the University of Nairobi. She also took a Post Graduate Diploma on Planning & Management of Development Projects at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in 2004. She was an advisor to the Kenyan Catholic bishops on issues of family and health, and a member of Opus Dei.
Margaret Ogola Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Author |
| House | Living in own house. |
Margaret Ogola is one of the richest Author from Kenya. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Margaret Ogola 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Margaret Atieno Ogola (12 June 1958 – 21 September 2011) was a Kenyan novelist who wrote The River and the Source and its sequel, I Swear by Apollo. The River and the Source follows four generations of Kenyan women in a rapidly changing country and society. The book has been on the KCSE syllabus for many years, and it won the 1995 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for best first book, Africa Region. Ogola completed on her final book, titled Mandate of the people, before her death and it is set to be released posthumously. She was also the recipient of the Familias Award for Humanitarian Service of the World Congress of Families.
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On 12 June 2019, on Ogola’s 60th birthday, she was honored with a Google Doodle.
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Marianne Ranked on the list of most popular Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kenya. Margaret Ogola celebrates birthday on June 12 of every year.
Is Margaret Ogola alive?
September 21, 2011
Who is the writer of the river and the source?
Margaret Ogola
Who married Akoko?
The child is the first born daughter in a family of already seven sons. Significant in the beginning of the text is the naming process, the Nak festival and the resounding marriage of Akoko to Owuor Kembo.
What is the setting of the river and the source?
An epic story spanning cultures, it tells the lives of three generations of women. It traces the story of Akoko in her rich traditional Luo setting , through to the children who live and die in the 20th century.
When was the river and the source written?
Ogola published this book in 1994 , at a time where the Feminist Movement was gaining serious ground around the world, following the World Conferences on Women – Mexico (1975), Copenhagen (1980), Nairobi (1985) and Beijing (1995).