Elijah Masinde

1910 – 1987 Kenyan Prophet, resistance figure

A Bukusu prophet who founded Dini ya Msambwa, a religious and anti-colonial movement the British banned. He was detained across the colonial and post-colonial governments over several decades.

In the timeline

1943 Elijah Masinde and Dini ya Msambwa founder
1943 Elijah Masinde founds Dini ya Msambwa among the Bukusu founded the movement
1948 Malakisi affray leaves eleven dead and Dini ya Msambwa is banned his movement was banned
1987 Elijah Masinde dies after decades of detention across three governments died after decades of detention