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The Aba Women's War (also: Riots) of 1929 (Igbo: Ogu Umunwanyi; Ibibio: Ekong Iban) were a period of unrest in colonial Nigeria in November 1929. The protests broke out when thousands of Igbo women from the Bende District, Umuahia and other places in Nigeria traveled to the town of Oloko to protest against the Warrant Chiefs, whom they accused of restricting the role of women in the government.
Nwanyeruwa // ⓘ, also known as Madame Nwanyeruwa, was an Igbo woman living in colonial Nigeria who gained prominence for her role in the Aba Women's Riots, better known as the Women's War. The revolt stemmed for the reluctance of Nigerian women to be taxed amidst the economic hardships of the Great Depression. After a scuffle with a male Igbo ...
However, Nigerian women were still politically active during this period. They rose against the British. Some key occurrences are the Women's War of 1929, the 1929 Water Rate Demonstrations, and the Nwaobiala Movement in 1925.
One of the most notable in Africa was the Igbo Women's War against British tax collection in Nigeria in 1929. [60] [61] Women in southern Igboland believed that they were being wrongfully taxed for palm products by the British. This led to what the British called the Aba Riots, and the Igbo, the Women's War.
Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria are amalgamated to form Nigeria. 1929: November: Igbo Women's War (first Nigerian feminist movement) of 1929 in Aba. 1953: November: Anti Igbo riots (killing over 50 Igbos in Kano) of 1953 in Kano: 1960: October 1: Nigeria gains independence from Britain; Tafawa Balewa becomes Prime Minister, and Nnamdi ...
In 1929, Okala led protesting women in the Owerrinta region during the Aba Women's War. [2] According to historian Nina Emma Mba, Okala had previously provided leadership and counseling to local women but rose to particular prominence during the war. [3] In 1945, Okala formed the Enugu Women's Association and was elected one of its vice ...
President Donald Trump is likely to dust off a 1930 trade law largely forgotten for decades to back his new reciprocal U.S. tariffs that will match other countries' higher import taxes, trade and ...
In 1928 G Graham Paul was appointed an unofficial member of the Nigerian Legislative Council by governor Graeme Thomson. Paul represented the commercial interests of Calabar. [3] During the Women's War of 1929, on 16 December 1929 British troops fired into a crowd of women protesters calling for democracy in Okigwe, killing 47 women and ...