Mekatilili Wa Menza

Mnyazi wa Menza, also known as Mekatilili Wa Menza or Mekatilili (1860s-1924), was a Kenyan independence activist who led the Giriama people against the colonial administration of Kenya between 1912 and 1915.[1]

Early life

Mekatilili was born in the 1860s at Mutsara wa Tsatsu in Bamba, in present-day Kilifi County. She was an only daughter in a family of five children. One of her brothers, Mwarandu, was kidnapped by Arab slave traders and was never seen again.[2] At some point in her life, Mekatilili became married to Dyeka at Lango Baya.

Rebellion

Mekatilili's resistance was driven by economic and social-cultural concerns. She sought to prevent any Giriama laborers from being employed by the colonial authorities, ensuring that they would remain in Giriama territory and contribute to the well-being of Giriama people. She also was concerned about the increasing Western influence in Kenya, which she saw as eroding Giriaman culture.[1]

On 13 August 1913, the colonial administrator for the region, Arthur Champion, held a public meeting where he gave his demands to the community. Mekatilili played a major role in the meeting as she expressed her opposition to Champion's demands and gave a verbal oath that she would not cooperate with the colonial administrators.[1]

Mekatilili was agitated by what she saw as the erosion of traditional Giriama culture. The Giriama are a patrilineal community and women rarely hold leadership positions. However, Mekatilili was a widow. In Giriama society, women enjoy certain privileges, including that of speaking before the elders. She rounded up support for her cause against the colonial authorities due to the position she had attained as a strong believer of the traditional religion. In this, she was aided by the traditional medicineman Wanje wa Mwadori Kola. She gained a large audience through her performance of the Kifudu dance. The dance was reserved for funeral ceremonies but Mekatilili performed it constantly from town to town, attracting a large following that followed her wherever she went.[1]

Mekatilili and Mwadori organized a large meeting at Kaya Fungo where they administered the mukushekushe oath among the women and Fisi among the men who vowed never to cooperate with the colonial authorities in any way or form. The colonial authorities responded by seizing large tracts of Giriama land, burning their homes and razing Kaya Fungo. This led to the unsuccessful Giriama Uprising, known locally as kondo ya chembe.[3][1]

Mekatilili was arrested by the colonial authorities on 17 October 1913, and exiled to Kisii in Nyanza Province. According to colonial records, five years later, she returned to her native area where she continued to oppose the imposition of colonial policies and ordinances. Mekatilili stated that Arthur Champion was solely responsible for forcing colonial policies on Giriama, which she claimed was eroding the traditional culture of Kenya.[1] However, some narratives say that Mekatilili escaped from the prison in Kisii and walked over 1,000 kilometers back home to Giriama. She was later arrested and sent to a prison in Kismayu, Somalia where she also mysteriously escaped and returned to her home.[1]

Death, Legacy and tribute

She died in 1924, and was buried in Bungale, in Malindi District, in the Coast Province of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya.[4][1] During Kenya's 1980 feminist movement, activists considered Mekatilili a symbol for the movement, as she was the first recorded Kenyan woman to participate in a fight for social change.[1] On August 9, 2020, Google celebrated her with a Google Doodle.[5]

Further reading

  • A Modern-day photography depiction of Mekatilili wa Menza by Rich Allela.[6]
  • 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
  • "A Socio-historical Perspective of the Art and Material Culture of the Mijikenda of Kenya", PhD Thesis, School of oriental and African Studies, University of London, London,U.K.
  • 2012 Max Dashu, 2012. Mekatilili: prophetess of the 1913 Giriama revolt.[7]
  • 2020: A digital comic book by the Nairobi-based multi-disciplinary arts collective, The Nest Collective, titled "Mekatilili wa Menza: Freedom Fighter and Revolutionary."

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Carrier, Neil; Nyamweru, Celia (October 2016). "Reinventing Africa's national heroes: The case of Mekatilili, a Kenyan popular heroine". African Affairs. 115 (461): 599–620. doi:10.1093/afraf/adw051. ISSN 0001-9909.
  2. ^ "Mekatilili, prophetess of the 1913 Giriama revolt". Jan 17, 2011. Retrieved Feb 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "Mijikenda elders mark Mekatilili anniversary". The Star, Kenya. Retrieved Feb 12, 2019.
  4. ^ Daily Nation, August 18, 2009: Malindi honours Kenya freedom heroine
  5. ^ "Celebrating Mekatilili wa Menza". Google. 9 August 2020.
  6. ^ "MEKATILILI WA MENZA - African Photographers Rich Allela And Kureng Dapel Bring An African Queen Back To Life". richallela.com. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  7. ^ Dashu, Max. "Mekatilili: Prophetess of the 1913 Giriama Revolt". Retrieved Feb 12, 2019 – via www.academia.edu. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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