The Women's War of 1929: Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria

Matera, Marc; Bastian, Misty L.; Kent, S. Kingsley; Kingsley Kent, Susan

In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings togther, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and examines its various actions within a single, gendered analytical frame.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-10-27

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781137377777

DOI: 10.1057/9780230356061

Dimensions: 229.0cm x152.0cm

Pages: 278.0