R. Mugo Gatheru is a Kenyan writer. His autobiographical A Child of Two Worlds describes growing up in colonial Kenya.

Gatheru was born to a squatter family living on a European farm. He attended medical school in Nairobi

Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...

, but was forced to continue his education abroad after he protested the treatment of Africans by the colonial rulers. After a year in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, he spent eight years from 1950 in the United States

United States

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 before studying law in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. He returned to Kenya when it gained independence in 1963.

Works

• A Child of Two Worlds: a Kikuyu's story, 1925
• Kenya : from colonization to independence, 1888-1970, 2005
• From beneath the tree of life : a story of the Kenyan people of Ngai, 2005