With the near-marriage incident, the family did not need much convincing, and the first get together was held in 1968. [Courtesy, Kimani Githuku]The shape of a house with a love heart inside it printed on the front of the shirts, inserted in between their family name, “The NguNya Family". Most people also bear a tag mentioning which family of Ngugi and Nyaguthii’s children they belong to. “I could fill a book with my memories about this family,” Mumbi Wanja Githiri, the secretary of the family, tells me. His mother, Ruthu, says that it is only possible to do this because of the love the family shares.

Source: Standard Digital August 27, 2023 14:09 UTC