Description
Simbi Nyaima creatively retells a well known Luo narrative that explains the features in Lake Simbi which suggest that a part of it was once dry land inhabited. The story is that of a sprawling village that sat next to the original, much smaller lake.
The drowning was judgement for the villages arrogant refusal to shelter an elderly woman from a different village who had been caught out at night. Ogot breathes life into the myth by weaving into the traditional moral tale that cautions against inhumane insensitivity. It is a compelling story of high political drama, complete with unbridled ambition, heroic action, and dastardly betrayal complicated by inter-generational conflict.
About the Author
Grace Ogot was born in 1930 in Asembo, in what is today, Siaya County, Kenya. She attended Maseno Junior School, Ng’iya Girls School, and Butere Girls High School before training as a nurse at Mengo Hospital in Kampala, Uganda and at the London School of Nursing, UK …. Read More
