Mugo Gatheru

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1925 –

58

Who is Mugo Gatheru?

R. Mugo Gatheru is a Kenyan writer. His autobiographical A Child of Two Worlds describes growing up in colonial Kenya.

Gatheru was born to a squatter family living on a European farm. He attended medical school in Nairobi, but was forced to continue his education abroad after he protested the treatment of Africans by the colonial rulers. After a year in India, he spent eight years from 1950 in the United States before studying law in England. He returned to Kenya when it gained independence in 1963.

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Born
Aug 21, 1925
Also known as
  • R. Mugo Gatheru

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on July 23, 2013

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