13 min
Egba Women's Revolt Yoruba by Podcast
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- History
A story of persistence and bravery by egba women who fought against discriminatory taxes levied on them by the Alake and British authorities.
Abeokuta Women's Union (AWU) comprising of women from all works of life successfully unseated the king and gave them self multiple seats at the table .
https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/226116/funmilayo-ransome-kuti-and-the-abeokuta-women-riots.html
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000230929
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/636807
Music copyright:
Dubakupado Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
A story of persistence and bravery by egba women who fought against discriminatory taxes levied on them by the Alake and British authorities.
Abeokuta Women's Union (AWU) comprising of women from all works of life successfully unseated the king and gave them self multiple seats at the table .
https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/226116/funmilayo-ransome-kuti-and-the-abeokuta-women-riots.html
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000230929
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/636807
Music copyright:
Dubakupado Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
13 min