Madam Leah's Life Against All Odds
by
Catherine Makhanu
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2015
Educational opportunities were few and far between for rural Kenyans living under British colonial rule in the 1940s. For women, such opportunities were practically nonexistent. As a young girl watching over her father's cattle, sheep, and goats, Madam Leah longed for an education. At thirteen, she...