Wangu Wa Makeri.
Wangu Wa Makeri was born in 1856 in a picturesque town called Murang'a in Central Kenya.
She became a headman in 1902 which was a position reserved only for men during the colonial times. Her duties included; collecting taxes, brokering peace in the community and communicating the rules of the colonizer to her people.
Her fall from grace happened when she decided to dance " Kibata", a dance that was deemed a men's only affair.
Her "dishonorable" dance became a subject of discussion amongst her people and in 1909, they forced her to resign!
She died either 1915 or 1936.
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