Egba Women's Revolt
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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/
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