Bethwell Allan Ogot was a Kenyan historian and eminent African scholar who specialised in African history, research methods, and theory. One of his works started by saying that "to tell the story of a past so as to portray an inevitable destiny is, for humankind, a need as universal as tool-making. To that extent, we may say that a human being is, by nature, historicus". Ogot was the Chancellor of Moi University up to early 2013.Bethwell Allan Ogot was a Kenyan historian and eminent African scholar who specialised in African history, research methods, and theory. One of his works started by saying that "to tell the story of a past so as to portray an inevitable destiny is, for humankind, a need as universal as tool-making. To that extent, we may say that a human being is, by nature, historicus". Ogot was the Chancellor of Moi University up to early 2013....more
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