Rebeka Njau

Rebeka Njaū (née Nyanjega; born 15 December 1932) is a Kenya educator and writer, who was Kenya's first female playwright and a pioneer in the representation of African women in literature. Her writing has addressed topics such as female genital mutilation and homosexuality. Her first novel, Ripples in the Pool (1975), appeared as number 203 in the Heinemann African Writers Series.

Her earliest works were published under the name "Rebecca Njaū", and she also used the pseudonym "Marina Gashe".