Tale of triumph away from home after haunting tragedies

Dr Edward Orony Omolo, author of A Kenyan Pilgrim’s Progress – From Dala to Diaspora. [PHOTO: courtesy]

You might remember a bitter-sweet memoir once reviewed in this newspaper early this year, in which the author traumatically recalls: “I witnessed them trying to force my father’s body as a carcass into the small coffin. Defeated, they took a ‘panga’ (machete) and chopped through the femur of both his legs so that he would fit into the coffin. I felt terrible”.

The text was authored by the Kenyan-American research scientist, Dr Edward Orony Omolo, and the title was ‘Dala and Diaspora – Testament: A Luo Family Story’ (2012).