Ranald Hugh Montgomerie Boyle (“Timatiep”) Born 19 August 1921, died 17 September 1999
Melody Ryle 1917-2007
Victoria Melody Wrench Ryle Born 12 March 1917, died 20 October 2007
John Creagh Ryle 1915-2000
Born 30 August 1915; died 19 December 2000
Tafari Wossen 1940-2016
Rosemary Dinnage 1928-2015
Born 17 January 1928; died 10 July 2015
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Peter Nyot Kok 1947-2015
In the late dry season of 2006, in May, I spent the day with Peter Nyot – for what turned out to be the last time – in his birthplace, Rumbek, the capital of Lakes State, in... more»
Binyavanga Wainaina 1971-2019
Binyavanga Wainaina died on May 21 at the age of 48. A leading figure in the current literary renaissance in sub-Saharan Africa, he was the founder of the literary journal Kwani?, winner of the Caine... more»
Khalid Nazir 1952-2016
Khalid Nazir was born in Alipur, Pakistan, the eldest of seven children. His father was an accountant in government service; his mother worked as a seamstress. He was raised in Muzaffargarh, in the heart of the Punjab, where... more»
Tafari Wossen 1940-2016
Tafari Wossen, one of the founding Fellows of the Rift Valley Institute, died in Washington DC in June 2016, at the age of 76, after a long illness. A former civil servant, he was a... more»
Rosemary Dinnage 1928-2015
Rosemary Dinnage, who has died aged 87, was a writer of exemplary lucidity and independence of mind. Her essays and books ranged over literature – especially the work of modern women writers – studies of death and... more»
Melody Ryle 1917-2007
My sisters, Anne and Caroline, and myself would like to thank you for being with us today. We would also like to thank those who have written to us or spoken with us in recent... more»
John Creagh Ryle 1915-2000
John Creagh Ryle was born on August 30, 1915, in the early years of the First World War. He was his parents’ first-born son, the sixth generation on his father’s side to bear the name... more»
Ranald Boyle 1927 – 1999
Ranald Boyle, who has died aged 78, was successively a naval officer, colonial civil servant, diplomat and merchant banker. Distinguished in all these fields, he was most notable for his lifelong dedication to the cause... more»
Godfrey’s gift
For Godfrey Lienhardt – "Thienydeng" as he was known among Muɔnyjang, the Dinka people of Sudan – the occasions of teaching and learning extended beyond his office in the Oxford Institute of Social Anthropology, beyond the seminar... more»
Robert Alexander Facey 1951-1989
Robert’s ashes were scattered in the rose garden at Beckenham Cemetery six weeks ago by his brothers, Christopher and Peter, near those of their mother and father. Today we are here – family, friends and colleagues – to celebrate his life, a life... more»
