Wanjiru Mwangi (1941–2016), Cucu, farmed tea and coffee on the shamba below the mountain for fifty years, chaired the women's group, and cooked chapati for anyone who came up the path.
Early life
The eldest daughter, carrying water and minding goats before school, and top of her class anyway.
Family
She married Kamau Mwangi in 1960. Seven children, all of whom learned to pick tea before they could read.
Stories about them
“She could tell the weather by looking at the mountain, and she was never wrong.” — her grandson Brian