Ebbie Kavetsa Adagala (1947 – August 3, 2014) was a Kenyan educator and activist. She taught literature at the University of Nairobi, and was a member of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission.
Biography Adagala was from the Maragoli ethnic group, the daughter of Quaker educator Solomon Adagala and Doris Adagala. One of her brothers, Seth Adagala, was the first African director of the Kenya National Theatre.
Adagala was a lecturer in the literature department at the University of Nairobi, and co-edited a textbook, Kenyan Oral Narratives (1985).Adagala, Kavetsa, and Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira, eds. Kenyan Oral Narratives: A Selection. East African Educational Publishers, 1994. She ran on the Kanu ticket for a seat in Kenya's parliament in 1997,Kangogo, Kiplon, Kemunto Oiruria, and Hudson Liyai (1997-06-20), "Students, lecturer set for parliament" The Anvil 22(164): 1. but did not win. She was one of the seven female members of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission, and the Bomas Constitutional Conference.
Adagala died at home, from complications of diabetes, in August 2014, at the age of 67.
Publications Language and literature in primary schools: Lulogooli ne tsing'ano tsya valogooli (1979)Adagala, Kavetsa. Language and literature in primary schools: Lulogooli ne tsing'ano tsya valogooli. [Nairobi, Kenya]: Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi, 1979. "The Impact of Development on Women in Kenya" (1982, with Priscilla Kariuki and Patricia Bifani)Bifani, Patricia, Kavetsa Adagala, and Priscilla Wanjiru Kariuki. The impact of development on women in Kenya. University of Nairobi, 1982. "Kenya Before the Conference" (1985) Women in the Liberation of Mother Africa (1985)Adagala, Kavetsa. Women in the liberation of mother Africa. Derika Associates (Nairobi), 1985. "Wanja of Petals of Blood: The woman question and imperialism in Kenya" (1985) Self-employed Women in the Peri-urban Setting: Petty Traders in Nairobi (1985, with Patricia Bifani)Adagala, Kavetsa, and Patricia Bifani. Self-employed Women in the Peri-urban Setting: Petty Traders in Nairobi. University Of Nairobi Press, 1985. Kenyan Oral Narratives: A Selection (1985, 1994; textbook, edited with Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira) "Gender Issues in the Co-operative Movement" (1987)Adagala, Kavetsa. "Gender Issues in the Co-operative Movement." In Nairobi Seminar on Women Law and Development, Mombasa, Kenya. 1987.
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