Women's Revolt, Nigeria, 1929

found: Work cat.: 97-189191: The Womenʼs Revolt of 1929 : proceedings of a national symposium to mark the 60th anniversary of the womenʼs uprising in South-Eastern Nigeria, 1995:pp. 108-112 (began in Oloko, Bende State, November 23, 1929 with protest and deputation, then spread; demonstration in Aba involved most people and violence but no loss of life; marching women near Abak fired on December 13, killing 18; December 16 in Opobo Division a crowd of women and men demanding a stamp and envelope for a document resulting from a meeting with colonial administrator broke through a fence, were fired upon, killing 31 and stampeding many into a river) pp. 93-96 (called Aba Riots in Native administration in Nigeria, 1937; definitely a misnomer) pp. 59-69 (consisted of women demonstrating in locally traditional manner by stamping, waving pestles, demanding the caps of chiefs, and burning administrative property related to taxation; a "misunderstood symbolic protest") pp. 28-32, 69-70 (led to major reforms of colonial adminstration for all of Nigeria)

found: Historical dictionary of Nigeria, 1987(Aba Riot, rising of women in Aba and Owerri divisions, chiefs and Europeans attacked, destruction of property belonging mainly to expatriate trading firms, police asked to open fire, over 30 killed)

found: Illus. encyc. mankind:v. 7, p. 906 (Women's War (or Aba Riots, as the British government termed the uprising))