The Women's War of 1929 : a history of anti-colonial resistance in eastern Nigeria / Toyin Falola, Adam Paddock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falola, Toyin.

Contributor:

Paddock, Adam.

Series:

Carolina Academic Press African world series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's Revolt, Nigeria, 1929.

Women political activists.

Government, Resistance to.

Nigeria--History--1900-1960.

Nigeria.

History.

Nigeria--Politics and government--To 1960.

Politics and government.

Government, Resistance to--Nigeria.

Women political activists--Nigeria.

Physical Description:

xxii, 914 pages : maps ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2011]

Summary:

In November of 1929, thousands of Igbo women rose up in protest against the warrant chiefs and Native Courts, instruments of indirect British rule in colonial Nigeria, forcing the resignation of many of the warrant chiefs and leading to the destruction of a number of the Native Courts and creating a catalyzing event in the history of the anti-colonial struggle of the African country. This volume, written and edited by a professor and a graduate student of history at the U. of Texas at Austin, aims to advance the research on what came to be called the Women's War by presenting a narrative of events that incorporates historical and cultural context and African perspectives on the meanings of the Women's War, an evaluation of how previous historians have interpreted the primary sources, and a wealth of primary source documents (occupying about 700 pages of the volume). The documents include messages sent between colonial officials as the Women's War unfolded, testimonies from collective inquiries the colonial government used to determine punishment for villages and Native Court districts, excerpts from a Commission of Inquiry held in the spring of 1930, and colonial correspondence related to post-1930 disturbances showing the lasting effects of the Women's War on the colonial administration and on continued protests by women. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part 1: The Women's War: origins and consequences. The women's war and historical debates

We will not be counted

You will be taxed

Give up your caps and helmets

Take the caps but we keep the helmets

Part 2: Selected document collection. Guide to the documents and writing history: for students

Correspondence and collective punishment

Collective punishment inquiries

The Commission of Inquiry 1930

Protests after 1930.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781594609312

1594609314

OCLC:

741751218