Mekatilili Wa Menza
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Mekatilili Wa Menza was a Kenyan Woman warrior, who led the Giriama people in a rebellion against British missionaries in 1914. Giriama people, who inhabit Kenyan coast, had Kayas, sacred forest shrines, which were being destroyed by the missionaries.
She was captured and exiled to Mumias in Western Province of Kenya. Five years later, she returned to her native area.
[edit] Further reading
- Elizabeth Mugi-Ndua: Mekatilili Wa Menza : Woman Warrior (Sasa Sema Publications, 2000) ISBN 9966-951-03-2
- Elizabeth Orchardson-Mazrui: The adventures of Mekatilili (East African Educational Publ., 1999) ISBN 9966-25-004-2
