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Read More »Mnyazi wa Menza: Kenyan female icon who beat British colonial masters [1912-1915]
Mnyazi wa Menza, also known as ‘Mekatilili Wa Menza or Makatilili born in 1860 was a Kenyan independence activist who led the Giriama people against the colonial administration of Kenya between 1912 and 1915. Mekatilili was born in 1860 in Bamba, Kilifi County, in the Mutsara wa Tsatsu region. In a family of five children, she was the only daughter. …
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