Aba Women’s War

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anti-colonial uprising historical event women’s protest movement

Aba Women’s War was a major 1929 anti-colonial uprising in southeastern Nigeria led by Igbo women protesting British taxation and colonial administrative policies.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-colonial uprising ⓘ historical event ⓘ women’s protest movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Aba Women’s Riots NERFINISHED ⓘ Women’s War of 1929 NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualties	at least 50 women killed by colonial forces ⓘ
cause	abuses by warrant chiefs ⓘ broader grievances against colonial rule ⓘ introduction of warrant chiefs system ⓘ proposed direct taxation of women ⓘ
colonialContext	British Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
culturalContext	Eastern Nigerian societies ⓘ Igbo society ⓘ
endTime	January 1930 ⓘ
estimatedParticipants	tens of thousands of women ⓘ
genderAspect	led and organized by women ⓘ
hasParticipant	Ibibio women ⓘ Igbo women ⓘ Ogoni women ⓘ Opobo women ⓘ
historicalPeriod	British colonial era in Nigeria ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
legacy	symbol of women’s resistance to oppression in Nigeria ⓘ
location	southeastern Nigeria ⓘ
mainLocation	Aba NERFINISHED ⓘ Calabar Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Owerri Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfParticipants	over 10,000 women ⓘ
opposedBy	British colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial police ⓘ colonial troops ⓘ
relatedTo	history of Nigerian nationalism ⓘ indirect rule in Nigeria ⓘ women’s rights in Africa ⓘ
result	commission of inquiry by colonial government ⓘ curtailment of warrant chiefs’ powers ⓘ reassessment of colonial administrative policies ⓘ
significance	challenge to British indirect rule system ⓘ landmark in African women’s political activism ⓘ major early anti-colonial movement in Nigeria ⓘ
startTime	November 1929 ⓘ
usedMethod	attacks on Native Court buildings ⓘ boycotts ⓘ mass protests ⓘ sit-ins ⓘ traditional practice of “sitting on a man” ⓘ

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Aba Women’s Riot of 1929 → alsoKnownAs → Aba Women’s War ⓘ