Wanjikũ, child of mine
"No matter where she goes, or how big she grows, Wanjiku knows her name. In the lush Kenyan countryside, a young Gikuyu girl helps her grandmother with daily tasks. Here, as she tends to the cows, carries water, and plays in the fruit trees and sugarcane, she is called Wanjiku. On the busy city streets of Nairobi, where she goes to school, she is called by her English name, Catherine. But at home with Wangari, the maid who cooks and cares for her...
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