... including Christian influence, a wide range of jobs and training, and positive interaction with European individuals. This all lead towards and affected their political perspectives and passions, which they lived out differently through their political actions and involvement. Thuku and Kayamba primarily differ in their family upbringing and early childhood. Whereas Kayamba was the "first son" (Kayamba 173) of a well educated father and a "strict disciplinarian," yet loving mother (Kayamba 174), Thuku has little remembrance of his father who died when he was only four years old (Thuku 2). Thuku's mother was also a kind woman that "never punished or beat any of the children" (Thuku 2). Having a small parental presence in his life, Thuku was quite an independent child visiting the mission and getting odd jobs here and there, which we will discuss later. Education was not forced upon him by his parents, unlike Kayamba. From an early ...

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