Mekatilili wa Menza.
Mekatilili wa Menza was a female Kenyan freedom fighter who led Giriama people in the resistance against British colonial rule. Imperial British East Africa, {IBEA} Company, a colonial authority in the territory at the time, had increased its economic pressure on the Giriama people, charging hut taxes and imposing increasingly strict control over the palm wine and ivory trade, two essential products for the economy in the region.
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