Articles · No. 1-2 (2026): CODESRIA Bulletin, Nos 01-02, 2026: Tribute to Prof Bethwell Allan Ogot (1929-2025)

Bethwell A. Ogot, Seen from Britain

  • John Lonsdale
    John Lonsdale Trinity College Cambridge, UK
    Professor   John   Lonsdale   is  Emeritus Professor of Modern African History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College. He is widely recognized for his influential scholarship on Kenya, nationalism, ethnicity, and colonialism.
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  • Published 2026-09-22
· 2026 No. 1-2 CODESRIA Bulletin, Nos 01-02, 2026: Tribute to Prof Bethwell Allan Ogot (1929-2025) CB

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  • John Lonsdale, Trinity College Cambridge, UK

    Professor  John  Lonsdale  is  Emeritus Professor of Modern African History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College. He is widely recognized for his influential scholarship on Kenya, nationalism, ethnicity, and colonialism.

References

  1. Ogot, B. A., 1966, ‘Oral traditions and the historian’, in Posnansky, M. ed., Prelude to East African His-tory (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), pp. 140–148;
  2. Ogot, B. A., 1967, History of the Southern Luo, Vol I: Migration and Settlement, 1500 –1900, Nairobi: East African Publishing House, pp. 17–18.
  3. Ogot, B. A., 2003a, ‘Mau Mau & Nationhood: The un-told story’, chapter 1 in Atieno-Odhiambo, E. S. and Lonsdale, J. eds, Mau Mau and Nationhood: Arms, Authority & Narration, Oxford: James Currey; Nairobi: EAEP; Athens OH: Ohio University Press, pp. 8–36.
  4. Ogot, B. A., 2003b, My Footprints in the Sands of Time, Kisumu: Anyange Press.
  5. Ogot, B. A., 2010, Who, if Anyone, Owns the Past? Reflections on the Meaning of “Public History”, Kisumu: Anyange Press, pp. 20-21.
  6. Ogot, B. A., 2012, ‘Essence of ethnicity: an African perspective’, chapter 3 in Hino, H., Lonsdale, J., Ranis, G. and Stewart, F. eds, Ethnic Diversity and Econo-mic Instability in Africa: Interdisciplinary perspectives, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,

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