The Strange Bride, first published in Dholuo as Miaha (1983), is an interpretation of a rich Luo myth. The people of Got Owaga lead a placid, almost idyllic, life-style until the glamorous and mysterious Nyawir suddenly appears from an unknown world.

GRACE OGOT was born in Kenya in 1930. She was educated at Ngiya High School and Butere Girls’ High School. Thereafter, she trained as a nurse in Uganda and England. Mrs. Ogot worked as an Assistant Minister in the Kenya Government. She has previously written scripts for the BBC and worked as a Community Development Officer and as a Public Relations Officer. Among her earlier published works are Land Without Thunder (Heinemann), The Promised Land and The Other Woman.