60th Anniversary re-enactment of Women's Protest during Women's War of 1929. Courtesy National Museum Uyo
The Aba Women’s War, also known as the “Women’s War” in Igbo history, erupted in southeastern Nigeria in late 1929 as Igbo-Ibibio women protested oppressive colonial policies. This uprising, led by market women from Calabar and Owerri Provinces, was one of…