The Women's War of 1929 Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria
Description
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.
Keywords
HistoryAfricaSocial HistoryEuropeGreat BritainSocial ScienceGender StudiesPolitical ScienceImperialismMilitaryColonialism & Post-Colonialism
2011Book
Author(s)Professor Misty Bastian, Bastian, Professor, Misty L, Susan Kingsley Kent, Marc Matera, Marc Matera, Misty L. Bastian, S. Kingsley Kent
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230302952
LanguageEnglish
