Cynthia Kofsky

Cynthia Kofsky (nee Ryan) was born in Cradock, South Africa, in 1910. When her mother died Cynthia and her elder brother Willam (Bill) travelled by boat to Kenya in 1919 to join their father and uncle who had settled on a farm, Marula, at Rumuruti. Cynthia and Bill grew up on the farm with Bill running the farm and Cynthia running the household. Neither went back to school. Cynthia married Ba Allen and they had one son, Jesse, who now …