Joel Litu, Pioneer African Quaker

The pages that follow are an attempt to record something of the life of Joel Litu, a pioneer Kenyan Quaker. Everything about Joel Litu was outstanding. When he walked his feet gripped the ground vigorously. When he spoke his voice rang out loud, unusually deep and very distinct. In his mother tongue, Luragoli, he was fluent and had a characteristically slow way of rolling his R's.

My main sources of information were interviews: I interviewed Litu's elder brother Masia, his sister Kahi, his ...