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African womenBook 1934 • Leith-Ross, Sylvia & Lugard, Lord
Igbo • Africa > Western Africa
This book, spurred by a desire for an accurate documentation and understanding of the Aba Riots (Igbo women rising against the alleged intent to tax women), explores the role of women in four Igbo towns -- Nneato, Nguru, Owerri Town and Port Harcourt...Law and authority in a Nigerian tribeBook 1970 • Meek, C. K. (Charles Kingsley) & Lugard, Lord
Igbo • Africa > Western Africa
As the result of the violent and widespread women's riot in 1929, which caught the British Colonial Administration in Nigeria by surprise, a commission of inquiry was established to look into the causes of the disturbances. After interviewing hundred...