The Women's War of 1929: Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria

by Susan Kingsley Kent, Misty L. Bastian, Marc Matera

Book Overview

In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings togther, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and examines its various actions within a single, gendered analytical frame.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137377771
• ISBN13: 9781137377777
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"