Prophetess Moraa, Kisii hero who led rebellion in 1943

Kisii town in the 1950s. [File, Standard]

Long before Kenya erupted into a volcano of political violence and millions demanded right to self-determination, the Abagusii people had made a name by trying to dismantle colonial shackles.

The colonial government dismissed the freedom fighters as woolly, bhang-inspired rabble-rousers only fit to be confined to a mental hospital ward.

A 1943 annual report summarising the year's occurrences capture...