Archives Tag: Aba Women Riot
‘August Meeting’ Takes Its History Lessons And Calls To Action Round The Country
April 19, 2022
The cast and crew for Chioma Onyekwe’s stage play August Meeting will be taking the play to Abuja, Lagos and three south east states before the end of the year. The play adapted by Paul Ugbede and directed by Kenneth Uphopho tells the story of the aftermath of the 1929 Aba Women Riot in which The … Continue reading ‘August Meeting’ Takes Its History Lessons And Calls To Action Round The Country
ThrowBack Thursday: When Aba Women Rioted
April 19, 2022
On 2nd December 1929, women numbering up to 10,000 and mostly in their middle ages, trooped to the streets in a seldom seen occurrence in African societies. It was not the only women protest Nigeria would ever see, but the reforms that followed the protests truly cemented the place of the partakers, tagged as ‘Aba Women’, … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: When Aba Women Rioted
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