Happily, Francis Okomo Okello’s autobiography, Concert of Life, offers one a keyhole view of the politics of these activists, especially the politics of his elder brother, William Odhiambo Okello, Wera Ambitho, and Abdulla Karungo Kinyariro’s contribution to Africa’s liberation. Three-in-one life storyOkello’s memoir is at once a neatly woven three-in-one life story of his own life, his elder brother William Odhiambo, and the greater Chief Anam Osunga’s family history. In Okello’s telling, the Dimo Routhdom is an institution that is more wronged than wrong. Wronged by some historians of the 1970s, who tended to see African colonial-era chiefs as either opportunists or tyrants. His telling of the strivings and tribulations of the Dimo chiefs points to a lack of thorough collection and careful evaluation of archival evidence in some early texts on the history of Dimo Ruothdom.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 24, 2025 18:36 UTC