Achola Pala

Biography

w:Achola Pala is a Kenyan anthropologist, sociologist, and women's policy specialist. Born in a small town in western Kenya, Pala completed her education at the University of East Africa and Harvard. She worked as a researcher with the University of Nairobi and later was the head of social science research at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology.

Quotes

• When Kenya’s history is fully documented and shared between the people, we will be surprised at how similar were the risks we all took in various parts of the country to liberate ourselves from the colonial yoke.
• Both of us were children of resisters, human rights defenders and change makers.
• Mĩcere demonstrated that Black African girls were capable of learning, taking leadership and winning in a multiracial setting.
• We both saw a sista in one another and from there we have shared much in our careers of knowledge building and teaching, and in our acts of rebellion against all forms of oppression.
  • Achola Pala writes on remembering Shujaa Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo