Péléwúrà / Femi Olugbile.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olugbile, Femi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meat industry and trade--Nigeria--Lagos--Fiction.

Meat industry and trade.

Women political activists--Nigeria--Lagos--Fiction.

Women political activists.

Péléwúrà, Alimotu, approximately 1865-1951--Fiction.

Péléwúrà, Alimotu.

Lagos (Nigeria)--Fiction.

Lagos (Nigeria).

Genre:

Biographical fiction.

Novels.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

viii, 279 ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lagos : Malthouse Press Limited, 2023.

Summary:

"Péléwúrà is the dramatized story of a true-life character who rose from humble beginnings to become the most powerful woman in Lagos. It is also the story of Lagos of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The town was a rich potpourri of indigenous people, mostly of Awori descent, and Yoruba returnees from slavery-experience in Brazil and other places, as well as people from other parts of the Northern and Southern Protectorates. Born into this diverse ferment, the unlettered daughter of a fishmonger, Péléwúrà grew into her own through the sheer force of her personality, and her native intelligence. As the politics of the nascent Nigerian nation began to take shape, she positioned herself and her market women's association to play crucial roles. Her friendship with such figures as Governor Bernard Bourdillon, Herbert Macaulay and Nnamdi Azikiwe, and her role in the formation of the first national political party, NCNC, were the stuff of legend. Péléwúrà tells the story of how a remarkable woman helped in shaping the history of her town, and her people"-- Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9786020367

9789786020365

OCLC:

1410515325

Publisher Number:

90101237458