Atieno Odhiambo
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Eisha Stephen Atieno Odhiambo (born 1945 in Muhoroni, died February 25, 2009 in Kisumu[1]) was a Kenyan academic known for his contributions to the understanding of dangers inherent in politics of knowledge and sociology of power. Dr Odhiambo was professor of history at Rice University in United States where he led in the study of cultures. He was educated at Makerere in Uganda and University of Nairobi in Kenya.
Atieno Odhiambo retired from Rice University due to illness and moved back with his wife to their home in Ndere, Siaya, Kenya, before his 2009 death at the Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu[2].
[edit] Bibliography
- History of East Africa ISBN 978-0-582-60886-3 (Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd, 10/01/1978)
- Mau Mau and Nationhood: Arms, Authority, and Narration, Ed. John Lonsdale, ISBN 978-0-8214-1484-2 (Ohio Univ Press - 01/01/2003)
- Risks Of Knowledge: Investigations Into The Death Of The Hon. Minister John Robert Ouko In Kenya, 1990 (with David William Cohen) ISBN 978-0-8214-1598-6 (Ohio Univ Press, 11/01/2004)
- Cohen, David W.; Odhiambo, E. S. A. (1989). Siaya: The Historical Anthropology of an African Landscape. Athens: Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821409022.
[edit] References
- ^ OBIT: E.S. Atieno Odhiambo, H-Net
- ^ The Standard, February 26, 2009: Celebrated scholar dies in Kisumu
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