Boomerang Generation: Mummy's lifelong babies

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Before he clocked 30, Nelson Mandela had married his first wife Evelyn Ntoko, had two children, became the first national Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) youth league and was a force to reckon with in anti-colonial politics.

Celebrated Kenyan trade unionist, educator, author, and statesman Tom Mboya who many regard as one of the nation's founding fathers, turned 32 in 1962. By then, he was married, was elected Conference Chairman at the All-African Peoples' Conference, and had, helped build the Trade Union Movement in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, and across Africa. He had also served as the Africa Representative to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and had formed the first All-Africa ICFTU labour organisation. Before 30, Mboya had already worked with both John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. to create educational opportunities for African students, benefiting the iconic Wangari Maathai and Barack Obama Sr.