When 25,000 African Women Fought the British Tax Man #History #Africa

In 1929 more than 25,000 African women in southeastern Nigeria rose up against British colonial rule. The Aba Women’s War wasn’t a “small riot” — it was a full-scale, women-led anti-colonial uprising against new taxes, corrupt warrant chiefs, and a system built to silence Black women. Tonight at 10 PM EST we break down how these sisters tore down Native Courts, cut telegraph lines, freed prisoners, and forced the British to change their system — with facts, not fairy tales.

We’re exposing: Who were these women? What triggered the revolt? Why did British troops open fire on unarmed protesters? And what lessons should the Alkebulan Kidnapped take from their courage in 2024?

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SOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS LIVE (for fact-checkers & researchers):
• Women’s War (Aba Women’s Riot), 1929–1930 – overview of the revolt, causes (taxation, warrant chiefs), size of the uprising, and casualties. 
• Aba Women’s Riots (November–December 1929) – BlackPast article detailing the 25,000+ women who protested, the spread across Owerri and Calabar Provinces, and the British response. 
• Open University – “Resource 4: The Aba women’s riot” – explains the census, fear of new taxes on women, and role of Igbo market women. 
• Swarthmore Nonviolent Action Database – “Igbo women campaign for rights (Women’s War, Nigeria, 1929)” – describes tactics like “sitting on a man,” mass marches, and court attacks. 
• Libcom – “Aba Women’s War of 1929” – frames it as a strategic anti-colonial revolt, not just a “riot,” and lists actions like destroying courts, looting European factories, and freeing prisoners. 
• University of Kent History Blog – “The Women’s War, 1929” – covers the women’s coordinated protests, British gunfire that killed about 55 women, and the abolition of women’s tax. 
• Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History – “Women’s War of 1929” – explores deeper background, gender politics, and how the revolt reshaped colonial administration. 

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