By John Oywa
One of Kenya’s celebrated history scholars Stephen Eisha Atieno Odhiambo is dead.
Prof Odhiambo who wrote many books, essays and articles on Africa’s contemporary history and philosophy died at the Kisumu’s Aga Khan Hospital on Wednesday. He was 63.
His wife, Jane, confirmed his death yesterday and said he has been suffering from a medical condition known as "Dementia" (loss of memory).
Odhiambo, a father of four, started ailing after he retired as a professor of History at the Rice University in the USA last year.
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"We have lost a great scholar," she told The Standard at her home in Ndere, Siaya District.
He was born in Muhoroni Sugar Belt to Mzee Zablon Ogwa Mor and Mama Rosebelle Akumu.
He attended Hono Primary School in Alego and Ambira Intermediate School before proceeding to Alliance Boys School. Odhiambo joined Makerere University in Uganda in 1970 then later joined Oxford University where he studied for his PhD.
