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Did You Know? Okwei of Osomari, the Merchant Queen of Pre-Independence Nigeria
April 19, 2022
How do you picture the role of women in early colonial Nigeria? The easy answer would be to regurgitate the well-worn lines about patriarchal societies, in which prideful men sprawled out in comfy sofas shouted controlling orders to the other half of the population. Wives, mothers, and daughters deprived of economic and social freedoms had … Continue reading Did You Know? Okwei of Osomari, the Merchant Queen of Pre-Independence Nigeria
