Thank you, Dad, for standing up for your girls.
In rural Kenya, where we grew up, fathers were not expected to educate their daughters. Girls were to be married off – and not pursue an education and a career. The value of a girl was measured by her dowry, not a diploma.
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My father, Harrison Ngumbi, was different.
He and my mom had five children — one son and four daughters.
As he would say to us, “I choose to educate you, my girls.”
His peers would ridicule him. They’d ask why he was wasting his money on school fees for his daughters when they’ll just get married and leave.
