The Women’s War of 1929 often referred to as the “Aba Women’s Riot” stands as one of the most significant anti-colonial uprisings in West African history. Led primarily by Igbo…
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…
John Brown (c. 1810 – 1876)
John Brown (c. 1810–1876), born into the brutal system of slavery in Virginia, is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the…
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,…
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…
A dagger from the Ekumeku movement, which resisted British imperial rule in the western Igbo region for over two decades (1880s–1910s). Taken from Ogwashi-Ukwu, a key centre of Ekumeku activity,…
