They recreated the life of a female Kenyan icon Mnyazi wa Menza, who was popularly known among her people as Mekatilili wa Menza. Mekatilili is celebrated in Kenya for challenging oppressive ...

And for the sixth time, Malindi District Cultural Association staged the Mekatilili wa Menza Cultural Festival ... districts where her grave and that of her husband Mulewa Dhuka are.

Mwarandu said Madca used to celebrate Mekatilili annually at her grave site at Bungale ... for independence Menza died in the 1920s of natural causes. The Mekatilili wa Menza festival is held ...

He highlighted national heroes like Mekatilili wa Menza, emphasising that they represented the entire country by confronting colonialism with a vision that extended beyond uniting just her community.

Born Mnyazi wa Menza in Mutara wa Tsatsu Ganze village in Kilifi County in the 1840s, Mekatilili Wa Menzas is said to be one of Kenya's earliest freedom fighters. •She organised the Giriama ...

and an art room,” Jairo Abego tells the BDLife on the final day of the school’s performance of Mekatilili wa Menza. The producer of the school’s first major musical doesn’t have time to ...

Kenyan female freedom fighter Mekatilili wa Menza, who led the coastal Giriama people to resist British colonial rule in the early 20th century, was honoured by a Google doodle on Sunday in a move ...

Also present were Kaya elders led by Joseph Karisa Mwarandu, Sayo Mkare the granddaughter of Mekatilili Menza among others. During the celebrations Githu Wa Kahingeri was honored with the award of ...