MADE IN Kilifi

Mnyazi wa Menza ( Wa Menza) (or Makatilili) was a female freedom fighter, who led theGiriama 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 .

Mekatilili was born in the 1860s at Mutsara wa Tsatsu in Bamba, Kilifi County. She was an only daughter in a family of five children. One of her brothers, Mwarandu, was taken by Arab slavers and was never seen again.She was married to Dyeka at Lango Baya.

Rebellion

Her motivation for resistance was led by economic and social-cultural. She wanted to prevent any Giriama labor to the British, in order to protect Giriamans from enslavement in a foreign land. Menza also fought against the British colonization because it was destroying and undermining the Giriama culture.

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