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Grace Emily Akinyi Ogot Quotes

1930–2015 Kenya

Grace Emily Akinyi Ogot (15 May 1930 – 18 March 2015) was a Kenyan author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat. Together with Charity Waciuma she was the first Anglophone female Kenyan writer to be published.

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"Death knocks at your door, and before you can tell him to come in, he is in the house with you."

"When you're frightened don't sit still, keep on doing something. The act of doing will give your back your courage."

Whenever you want to see me, always look at the sunset; I will be there.

It is always the woman who has to toe to the line.

I am deeply conscious of our traditions.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Grace Emily Akinyi Ogot (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.