About

Kevin
Ochieng Okoth

writer & researcher

Kevin Ochieng Okoth is an independent writer and researcher. He holds an MPhil in political theory from University of Oxford, Oxford. In his writings, Okoth focuses on imperialism and twentieth-century anti-colonial struggles. Some recent writings include “Aufstehen’s Populist Revolt: Local Patriotism and the ‘Left-Behind Left’” (2020); “The Flatness of Blackness: Afro-Pessimism and the Erasure of Anti-Colonial Thought” (2020); and “Decolonisation and its Discontents: Rethinking the Cycle of National Liberation” (2021). He is also corresponding editor for Salvage, a bi-annual journal of revolutionary arts and letters. Okoth lives and works in London.