How Empress Taytu Betul saved Ethiopia from becoming Italian colony, then led a force of 5,000 infantry and 600 cavalry against European army
Taytu had watched the Italians operate for years. She’d seen them colonise Eritrea to the north. She’d watched them swallow most of Somalia. She knew exactly what Italy wanted: Ethiopia. And she knew that European powers didn’t sign “friendship treaties” with African nations they viewed as equals.
Gusii elders demand repatriation of legendary warrior Otenyo Nyamaterere’s head from Britain
Abagusii Council of Elders Chair James Matundura noted that the return of Otenyo’s head and paraphernalia would enable the community to accord him a decent burial.
