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CONCLUDING ‘A HISTORY OF FIGHTERS: THE WOMEN WHO PAVED THE WAY’

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Post date December 31, 2020
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It has been quite the educational journey learning about these historical women that paved the way for the female leaders of the #EndSars protests…

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ALIMOTU PELEWURA

‘I am she who is called Pelewura…. . I will not starve in the country I was born in.’

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MARGARET EKPO

‘If a woman had been among those killed (by the colonial administrators) the British women in Aba would have all been killed!’

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GAMBO SAWABA

‘If I don’t know book, I know rights…’

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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.’

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A HISTORY OF FIGHTERS: THE WOMEN WHO PAVED THE WAY

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Post date November 1, 2020
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‘Although not talked about as much, there are several women from our past who played key and pivotal roles in various movements.’