Opobo women

E1012865

Nigerian women anti-colonial activists group of people

Opobo women were a group of Nigerian women from the Opobo area who played a leading role in anti-colonial resistance, most notably during the 1929 Aba Women’s Riot against British taxation and administrative policies.

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Label	Occurrences
Opobo women canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nigerian women ⓘ anti-colonial activists ⓘ group of people ⓘ
activeInPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Nigerian colonial economy ⓘ Opobo Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectiveIdentity	women of Opobo ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicContext	Ijaw people NERFINISHED ⓘ
genderRole	women as political actors ⓘ
grievance	abuse of power by warrant chiefs ⓘ economic hardship under colonial policies ⓘ fear of census leading to taxation ⓘ
historicalRegion	Eastern Provinces of colonial Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	symbol of women’s resistance to colonial rule in Nigeria ⓘ
impact	challenging colonial taxation policies ⓘ influencing later Nigerian women’s movements ⓘ strengthening women’s political agency in colonial Nigeria ⓘ
knownFor	anti-colonial resistance ⓘ participation in the 1929 Aba Women’s Riot ⓘ protest against British taxation ⓘ protest against colonial administrative policies ⓘ
languageContext	Igbo language influence ⓘ Ijaw languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy	example of African women’s anti-colonial leadership ⓘ remembered in Nigerian historiography of the Women’s War ⓘ
locatedIn	Niger Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ Opobo NERFINISHED ⓘ Rivers State NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	Aba Women’s Riot NERFINISHED ⓘ Women’s War of 1929 NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposed	British colonial administration in Nigeria ⓘ direct taxation of women ⓘ warrant chiefs system ⓘ
partOf	women of Eastern Nigeria ⓘ
partOfEvent	1929 Aba Women’s Riot NERFINISHED ⓘ anti-tax protests in Eastern Nigeria ⓘ
socialRole	community leaders ⓘ market women ⓘ traders ⓘ
typeOfResistance	community-based protest ⓘ grassroots mobilization ⓘ
usedMethod	mass protest ⓘ nonviolent resistance ⓘ traditional women’s collective action ⓘ

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Aba Women’s Riot of 1929 → mainParticipants → Opobo women ⓘ