# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marjorie-oludhe-macgoye
# Generated: 2026-08-15T19:03:15.720Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marjorie-oludhe-macgoye"
name: "Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye"
slug: "marjorie-oludhe-macgoye"
description: "Marjorie Phyllis Oludhe Macgoye was born in Southampton, England, but immigrated to Kenya soon after Kenya became independent. She was a poet, novelist, and a missionary bookseller. She studied at the University of London for both her bachelor and master's degree. In 1954, she moved to Kenya to sell books and, while there, she met Daniel Oludhe Macgoye, a medical doctor, and they were married in 1960. She became a Kenyan citizen in 1964."
tagline: "Novelist, essayist and poet (1928-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A_young_Marjorie_Oludhe_Macgoye.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-10-21"
deathDate: "2015-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.59
  momentum:             23.125
  historical:           8.619368
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Oludhe_Macgoye"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Oludhe_Macgoye"
    title: "Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Oludhe_Macgoye"
    title: "Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Oludhe_Macgoye"
    title: "Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Oludhe_Macgoye"
    title: "Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Oludhe_Macgoye"
    title: "Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Oludhe_Macgoye"
    title: "Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Oludhe_Macgoye"
    title: "Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%92_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C"
    title: "مارجوری اولودھے میکگوئی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marjorie_Oludhe_Macgoye"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4358032"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump