This book is a curation of insightful and engaging narrations aimed at freeing women from the margins of Nigeria's history. It chronicles their protest movements against colonial administrations, including "monster" petitions on taxation and food price controls. It details a string of remarkable political landmarks which highlight women's historical credentials as nationalists, as well as their voice in early male-dominated legislative institutions. It also narrates more contemporary episodes in women's resistance against oil exploitation, environmental pollution and anger over the mass abduction of school girls. This timely preservation of the voice and agency of Nigerian women from a wide variety of colonial and contemporary documents will benefit readers interested in African history and gender and women's studies.

About the Author
Tayo Agunbiade is a journalist and social historian. She studied history at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and women development studies at the University of East London. She has published articles on women's history and is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Tayo is Newsletter Editor for the Women's History Network. Her research interests are women in history, parliament, politics and governance.


Book Information
ISBN 9781527513846
Author Tayo Agunbiade
Format Hardback
Page Count 764
Imprint Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing