Bethwell Allan Ogot

thumb|Bethwell Allan Ogot Bethwell Allan Ogot (3 August 1929 – 30 January 2025) was a historian from Kenya. He specialised in African history, research methods and theory. Quotes 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. History as Destiny and History as Knowledge: Being Reflections on the Problems of Historicity and Historiography 2005 Anyange Press 8 https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_as_Destiny_and_History_as_Knowle/uFJyAAAAMAAJ?hl=en-419&gbpv=1&bsq=%22to+tell+the+story+of+a+past+so+as+to+portray+an+inevitable+destiny+is,+for+humankind,+a+need+as+universal+as+tool-making%22&dq=%22to+tell+the+story+of+a+past+so+as+to+portray+an+inevitable+destiny+is,+for+humankind,+a+need+as+universal+as+tool-making%22&printsec=frontcover External links Category:1929 births Category:2025 deaths Category:Historians from Kenya Category:Essayists from Kenya