It has been quite the educational journey learning about these historical women that paved the way for the female leaders of the #EndSars protests...
CONCLUDING ‘A HISTORY OF FIGHTERS: THE WOMEN WHO PAVED THE WAY’
Author: Morayo
Alimotu Pelewura
'I am she who is called Pelewura…. . I will not starve in the country I was born in.'
MARGARET EKPO
'If a woman had been among those killed (by the colonial administrators) the British women in Aba would have all been killed!'
GAMBO SAWABA
'If I don’t know book, I know rights…'
FUNMILAYO RANSOME-KUTI
'As for the charges against me, I am unconcerned. I am beyond their timid lying morality and so I am beyond caring.'
A HISTORY OF FIGHTERS: THE WOMEN WHO PAVED THE WAY
'Although not talked about as much, there are several women from our past who played key and pivotal roles in various movements.'
