A Teacher for All Time: a Biography of Mary Okelo
Abstract
This study focused on the writing of the life story of Mary Okelo. Mary okelo is a global
corporate executive, a career banker, and a determined educationist. She hails from the renowned
Awori family which constitutes the former Vice President of Kenya Moody Awori,
accomplished lawyers, medical doctors, sportsmen, social workers and gifted managers.
Chapter one introduces the biographical subject and the genre of biography and its place in
literature. It also encompasses the statement of the problem, objectives, hypotheses, justification,
literature review, theoretical framework, methodology, and scope and limitations.
The chapters that follow narrate the life of Mary Okelo. This narrative was created after a
research on the facts surrounding her life. The writing was guided by biographical theory and
narratology.
The essence of writing the story was to == a monument of a Kenyan woman who has
significantly contributed to the welfare of the society and display to the reader lifelong lessons. ~
This task also demonstrates that the stories of women should be told, and that biography is a
genre that squarely belongs to literature.
Publisher
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
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