1929Event
Women's War / Aba Women's War
Women in southeastern Nigeria mounted mass protests against colonial warrant chiefs, taxation fears, and administrative abuse.
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1929
Women's War / Aba Women's War
Women in southeastern Nigeria mounted mass protests against colonial warrant chiefs, taxation fears, and administrative abuse.
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What happened
Women in southeastern Nigeria mounted mass protests against colonial warrant chiefs, taxation fears, and administrative abuse. The revolt exposed the failures of imposing indirect rule onto societies without centralized chieftaincy in the same form as northern emirates.