ODAGA, Asenath (Bole)

ODAGA, Asenath (Bole). Kenyan, b. 1938. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Children's fiction, Plays/Screenplays, Language/Linguistics, Literary criticism and history, Mythology/Folklore, Reference. Career: Free-lance writer, 1982-, and managing director, Lake Publishers and Enterprises Ltd. Founding member and secretary, Writers Association of Kenya. Chairman, Children's Literature Association of Kenya, 1988-. Country coordinator, Future in Africa, 1990-; tutor, Church Missionary Society Teacher Training College, Ngiya, 1957-58; teacher, Butere Girls School, 1959-60; headmistress, Nyakach Girls School, 1961-63; assistant secretary, Kenya Dairy Board, Nairobi, 1965-67; secretary, Kenya Library Services, Nairobi, 1968; advertising assistant, East African Standard newspaper and Kerr Downey and Selby Safaris, both Nairobi, 1969-70; assistant director, curriculum development program, Christian Churches Educational Association, Nairobi, 1974-75; research fellow, Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-81. Publications: CHILDREN'S FICTION: Jande's Ambition, 1966; The Secret of the Monkey Rock, 1966; The Diamond Ring, 1967; The Angry Flames, 1968; Sweets and Sugar Cane, 1969; The Villager's Son, 1971; Kip on the Farm, 1972; Kip on the Coast, 1977; Kip Goes to the City, 1977; The Rag Ball, 1987; Munde Goes to the Market, 1987; Munde and His Friends, 1987; The Silver Cup, 1988; A Night on a Tree, 1992; (ed.) Why the Hyena Has a Crooked Neck, 1992; The Cloud Boy, 1994. ADULT FICTION: The Shade Changes, 1984; The Storm, 1986; Between the Years, 1987; A Bridge in Time, 1987; Riana, 1989; Endless Road, 1995. FOLKTALES: The Hare's Blanket and Other Tales, 1967; Poko Nyar Mugumba (Poko Mugumba's Daughter), 1978; Thu Tinda: Stories from Kenya, 1980; The Two Friends, 1981; Kenyan Folktales, 1981; Nyamgondho the Son of Ombare and Other Luo Stories, 1986; The Honey River, 1994; Secrets, 1999; Kisera, 1999; Jood Ogango, 1999. NON-FICTION: Nyathini Koa e Nyuolne Nyaka Higni Adek (in Luo: Your Child from Birth to Age Three), 1976; Oral Literature: A School Certificate Course, 1982. PLAYS: Miaha (The Bride), 1981; Simbi Nyaima (The Sunken Village), 1982; The Fisherman: Nyamgondho the Son of Ombare (dramatized legend), 1982. OTHER: (ed. with D. Kirui and D. Crippen) God, Myself, and Others (Christian stories), 1976; Sigendini gi Timbe Luo Moko (Stories and Some Customs of the Luo), 1982; Block Ten, with Other Stories, 1982; Look and Learn, Books 1 and 2 (textbooks), Rosa, Love Ash, 1982; My Home (reader), 1983; Yesterday's Today: The Study of Oral Literature, 1984; Literature for Children and Young People in Kenya, 1985; Luo Sayings, 1991; Luo-English Dictionary, 1991; Luo-English Phrases, 1993; English-Dholuo Dictionary, 1997; Holding the Center, 1998; The Survivor, 1999. Address: Lake Publishers and Enterprises Ltd, PO Box 1743, Kisumu, Kenya.