The Mwangi Family

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The Shamba Below the Mountain

Five acres of tea and coffee in the hills near Nyeri, with a red house and a blue tin roof, and Mount Kenya behind it on the mornings it chooses to show itself.

The house, the tea rows, and the mountain.
The house, the tea rows, and the mountain.

What it was like

Tea picked at dawn, coffee in the dry season, and the radio on in the evenings.

Who lived there

  • [[mwangi-wanjiru|Cucu]] and [[mwangi-kamau|Guka]], from 1965

  • Seven children

  • Grandchildren every school holiday