1929 AD–1930 AD
Ogu Umunwanyi mobilizes women against indirect rule
British Empire · Resistance & colonized agency · Law & imperial government
Thousands of Igbo and Ibibio women organized assemblies, songs, boycotts, and the practice of “sitting on” authorities against feared taxation and warrant-chief abuses. Colonial forces fired at several locations, killing dozens; exact totals vary. Later commissions partially reformed local government
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