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Remembering The Aba Women's Revolt Of 1929 by adegeorge(m): 3:53pm On Jun 11, 2012 |
You probably haven’t heard about Nwayeruwa, the woman who sparked a protest that twisted the hand of the British colonialists backwards until they had to give in on the issue of taxing women. We don’t do enough history in Nigeria; in fact, history is not being taken at all in many schools. If we have a good understanding of where we are coming from, we will understand why were are where we are, then we can move forward from there. So I am giving a little history lesson of my own and today we will be learning about the Aba Women’s Revolt of 1929. Here we go! Read More here; http://community.ipledge2nigeria.com/blogs/44/3114 1 Like |
Re: Remembering The Aba Women's Revolt Of 1929 by Piyke: 4:25pm On Jun 11, 2012 |
adegeorge: You probably haven’t heard about Nwayeruwa, the woman who sparked a protest that twisted the hand of the British colonialists backwards until they had to give in on the issue of taxing women. We don’t do enough history in Nigeria; in fact, history is not being taken at all in many schools. If we have a good understanding of where we are coming from, we will understand why were are where we are, then we can move forward from there. So I am giving a little history lesson of my own and today we will be learning about the Aba Women’s Revolt of 1929. Here we go! Very very true. I believe that history should be a compulsory subject at some point during every nigerian's education. |
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