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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]
- ^ Margaret Busby, Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent (1992), London: Viking, 1993, p. 377.
- ^ "12 Pioneering Kenyan Women" Archived 20 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Africa.com.
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