How Men with Female Surnames are Standing up to Ridicule in Kenya

Many children in Kenya traditionally inherit their father’s first name as their surname, but there are an increasing number of people who are taking their mother’s instead. This is particularly the case amongst the country’s largest ethnic group, the Kikuyu… Many children in Kenya traditionally inherit their father’s first name as their surname, but there are an increasing number of people who are taking their mother’s instead. This is particularly the case amongst the country’s largest ethnic group, the Kikuyu…