Chief Kivoi Mwendwa | |
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 Chief Kivoi Mwendwa, 1849 | |
| Born | 1780s Kitui, Kenya |
| Died | 19 August 1852 Tana River |
| Occupation | Trader |
Chief Kivoi Mwendwa (born in the 1780s) was a Kamba long-distance trader who lived in the present day Kitui. Kivoi is most famous for guiding missionaries into the interior of the present day Kenya after he guided the German missionaries Johann Ludwig Krapf and Johannes Rebmann of the Anglican Church Missionary Society (CMS). During the trips, both Rebmann and Krapf came within visual distance of Mount Kenya.[1]
- ^ Finke, Jens. "Kamba – Colonial History". bluegecko.org. Retrieved 27 March 2018.