# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/atieno-odhiambo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:05:18.658Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/atieno-odhiambo"
name: "Atieno Odhiambo"
slug: "atieno-odhiambo"
description: "Eisha Stephen Atieno Odhiambo (1945 – 25 February 2009)) was a Kenyan academic born in Muhoroni, known for his contributions to the understanding of dangers inherent in politics of knowledge and sociology of power. Dr Odhiambo was professor of history at Rice University in the United States, where he led in the study of cultures. He was educated at Makerere University in Uganda and the University of Nairobi in Kenya."
tagline: "Kenyan historian"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1945"
deathDate: "2009-02-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.19
  momentum:             16.92982456140351
  historical:           4.869114666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisha_Stephen_Atieno_Odhiambo"
    title: "Eisha Stephen Atieno Odhiambo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88"
    title: "اتينو اوديامبو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisha_Stephen_Atieno_Odhiambo"
    title: "Eisha Stephen Atieno Odhiambo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisha_Stephen_Atieno_Odhiambo"
    title: "Eisha Stephen Atieno Odhiambo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisha_Stephen_Atieno_Odhiambo"
    title: "Eisha Stephen Atieno Odhiambo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisha_Stephen_Atieno_Odhiambo"
    title: "Eisha Stephen Atieno Odhiambo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4815767"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump