In 1948, as Kenya labored under the weight of colonial rule, a quiet revolution was unfolding in a school compound in Kikuyu.
Ten girls, young, brilliant, and full of promise, were enrolled at the newly founded African Girls High School, later to be known as Alliance Girls.
It was the first time African girls were admitted to a formal secondary education institution.
Among these 10, one name stood out, not just because of the records, but because of the life she would go on to live.
