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Nwanyeruwa // ⓘ, also known as Madame Nwanyeruwa, was an Igbo woman living in colonial Nigeria who gained prominence for her role in the Aba Women's Riots, better known as the Women's War. The revolt stemmed for the reluctance of Nigerian women to be taxed amidst the economic hardships of the Great Depression. After a scuffle with a male Igbo Warrant Officer, Nwanyeruwa organized 10,000 Nigerian woman in a protest against the colonial and native authorities. While the protest did not result in much concrete changes or acceptance of Nwanyeruwa's demands, it did result in woman being involved in the colonial Nigerian political system. Nwanyeruwa's actions have been appraised by several historians, who cite her actions as an important milestone in the history of African nationalism.[1][2][3][4]
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- ^ Korieh, Chima J. (February 2015). "Marc Matera, Misty L. Bastian, and Susan Kingsley Kent. The Women's War of 1929: Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria". The American Historical Review. 120 (1): 374–375. doi:10.1093/ahr/120.1.374. ISSN 1937-5239.
- ^ Van Allen, Judith (January 1972). ""Sitting on a Man": Colonialism and the Lost Political Institutions of Igbo Women". Canadian Journal of African Studies (in French). 6 (2): 165–181. doi:10.1080/00083968.1972.10803664. ISSN 0008-3968.