An entrance at Mekatilili wa Menza Malindi District Cultural Resource Centre in Malindi, Kilifi County on Friday. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]
A monument to honour the revered Mekatalili wa Menza will be erected at Shakahola Forest, where she reportedly slapped a British officer, Arthur Champion.
Historical accounts indicate that the independence activist and spiritual leader action ignited the Giriama resistance against British colonial rule in 1913.
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