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| First Name |
Mekatilili
|
| Middle Name |
Wa
|
| Last Name |
Menza
|
| Died |
1914
|
| Nationality |
Kenyan
|
| Occupation |
Military
|
Mnyazi wa Menza (Mekatilili Wa Menza) (or Makatilili) was a Kenyan female freedom fighter, who led the Giriama people in a resistance against the British Colonial Administration and was politically active between 1912–1915. She became Mekatilili after the birth of her first son Katilili. The prefix 'me' in the giriama language stands for 'mother of'. She is considered a prophetess among the Giriama. The Giriama people are a subgroup of Mijikenda peoples who inhabit the Kenyan coast; they had sacred dwelling places called kayas, located in forested areas, one of which the British Colonial Administration destroyed by dynamiting it in 1914. This was Kaya Fungo. Mekatilili Wa Menza life has been pieced together by scholars through oral history and colonial records
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