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The Ekumeku resistance movement against British and company rule

The Ekumeku was an underground resistance movement that fought against the Royal Niger Company and British colonial rule from 1898 to 1909.

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1898

The Ekumeku resistance movement against British and company rule

The Ekumeku was an underground resistance movement that fought against the Royal Niger Company and British colonial rule from 1898 to 1909.

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The Ekumeku was an underground resistance movement that fought against the Royal Niger Company and British colonial rule from 1898 to 1909. It operated in the western Igbo region against the imposition of company and colonial authority.

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