Macgoye, Marjorie Oludhe (1928–)
Macgoye, Marjorie Oludhe (1928–)
Kenyan poet and novelist. Born 1928 in Southampton, England; studied at Royal Holloway and Birckbeck College; m. D.G.W. Oludhe-Macgoye (member of the Luo tribe); children: 4.
Went to Kenya as missionary bookseller (1954); married a Kenyan and took citizenship (1964); works, which often focus on the tensions between British and African cultures, include Growing up at Lima School (1970), Murder in Majengo (1972), Song of Nyarloka (1977), The Story of Kenya (1986), Street Life (1987), The Present Moment (1987) and Homing In; won the Sinclair Prize for Coming to Birth (1986).
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