The Marriage that caused a scandal
It was a love story that sparked a racial scandal and made headlines across the globe.
A white British missionary, Ruth Holloway, fell in love with a black Kenyan man, John Kimuyu. John was in a "blind institute" where Ruth worked and when she announced they were getting married, she lost her job.
Now their daughter, Ndinda Kimuyu, has started writing a book about her mother's life story, which started in 1957 during incredibly different times.
The couple fell in love at what was a dangerous time in Kenya. The Kenya Land and Freedom Army, known as the Mau Mau, were fighting for independence from British colonial rule.
Ndinda said her mother booked a boat back to the UK to inform her bosses and parents, only to be met with backlash when she arrived.
She told the BBC that her mother "ended up buying a wedding ring, baked it in a cake and smuggled it by ship back to Kenya."
The couple's wedding became particularly controversial because Ruth was believed to be the first white European to marry a black Kenyan.
It was a love story that sparked a racial scandal and made headlines across the globe.
A white British missionary, Ruth Holloway, fell in love with a black Kenyan man, John Kimuyu. John was in a "blind institute" where Ruth worked and when she announced they were getting married, she lost her job.
Now their daughter, Ndinda Kimuyu, has started writing a book about her mother's life story, which started in 1957 during incredibly different times.
The couple fell in love at what was a dangerous time in Kenya. The Kenya Land and Freedom Army, known as the Mau Mau, were fighting for independence from British colonial rule.
Ndinda said her mother booked a boat back to the UK to inform her bosses and parents, only to be met with backlash when she arrived.
She told the BBC that her mother "ended up buying a wedding ring, baked it in a cake and smuggled it by ship back to Kenya."
The couple's wedding became particularly controversial because Ruth was believed to be the first white European to marry a black Kenyan.