Charity Waciuma | |
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Born | Charity Wanjiku Waciuma 1936 (age 87–88) |
Nationality | Kenyan |
Occupation | Writer |
Notable work | Daughter of Mumbi (1969) |
Charity Waciuma (born 1936) is a Kenyan writer, who wrote several novels for adolescents and an autobiographical novel, Daughter of Mumbi (1969). Her work draws on Kikuyu legends and storytelling traditions.[1] In the 1960s Waciuma and Grace Ogot became the first Kenyan women writers to be published in English.[2]