Aba Women's Riot (1929)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath gptkb:investigation
policy changes in colonial Nigeria
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Aba_Women's_War
gptkb:Women's_War
gptkbp:cause colonial taxation policies
warrant chiefs system
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Nigerian_Women's_Day
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:date 1929
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Andoni
gptkb:Ogoni
gptkb:Ibibio
Igbo
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Sir_Donald_Cameron
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Aba Women's Riot (1929)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Aba,_Nigeria
gptkb:Eastern_Nigeria
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Ado
gptkb:Ikonnia
gptkb:Nwanyeruwa
Nwugo
gptkbp:opposedBy British colonial authorities
gptkbp:participants Igbo women
over 10,000 women
gptkbp:protestType gptkb:civil_disobedience
direct action
mass protest
gptkbp:relatedTo history of Nigeria
anti-colonial movements in Africa
gptkbp:result reforms in colonial administration
abolition of warrant chief system
gptkbp:significance major anti-colonial uprising
early women's rights movement in Africa
gptkbp:targetedPolicy indirect rule
taxation of women
gptkbp:victim at least 50 women
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Aba
gptkb:Aba,_Nigeria
gptkb:Colonial_Nigeria
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6