AFRICA'S OLDEST WOMAN AT 117 SLAYED THE PICS

117-years-old Elizabeth Gathoni, the last of the six wives married to the colonial-era chief, Koinange wa Mbiyu, is surprisingly healthy and in fine fettle. Looking at her photos, the bubbly granny doesn't look a second older than 70. Yet she has outlived generations putting a century behind her and still has a youthful glint in her eye. 

                      

                               

Every January, her family holnds a birthday for her and at that time of the year, her home is like fuller than a summer beach party. 

                     

Even though her birth date is unknown, Gathoni says that she is from the Kíhiú Mwirí age set which she shared with the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. She has participated in all the general elections in Kenya and has seen leadership change among all the Kenyan presidents since independence. 

aking a photo with her whole family, Gathoni looks like a school head at an assembly with a whole school behind her. 

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