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Onicha Olona and the Ekumeku Resistance: The Legacy of the Enuani People

  A young Igbo woman from Onicha Olona, or surrounding settlement, c. 1912-13. Onicha Olona is an Enuani settlement of the western Igbo people, located west of the Niger River in present-day Delta State, Nigeria. The Enuani, like other western Igbo groups, trace their ancestry to migrations from the eastern Igbo centuries ago. Their historical interactions with…
February 9, 20250Comments

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Historical Studies

Nnamdi Azikiwe and W. E. B. Du Bois: A Transatlantic Connection in the Fight Against Colonial Oppression

W. E. B. Du Bois with Nnamdi Azikiwe, ca. 1930 by Cecil Layne, University of Massachusetts Amherst. In January 1930, during the height of the Women’s War in Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe, one of the most influential figures in Nigeria’s struggle for independence, penned a powerful letter to W. E. B. Du Bois. This letter, written from…
February 2, 20250Comments

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Historical Studies Indigenous Architecture

The Women’s War of 1929: A Defiant Stand Against Colonial Oppression

In November 2019, the 90th anniversary of the Women’s War, known in Igbo as Ògù Ụmùnwaànyị was commemorated. This historic uprising, which took place from 1929 to 1930, remains one of the most significant anti-colonial movements in Nigeria’s history. It was not just a protest against economic injustice but a bold declaration of women’s political…
February 2, 20250Comments

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