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The Women Went Radical: Petition Writing and Colonial State in Southwestern Nigeria, 1900-1953

The Women Went Radical: Petition Writing and Colonial State in Southwestern Nigeria, 1900-1953

Oladejo, Mutiat Titilope

Paperback

African HistoryGeneral Gender StudiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9789211791
ISBN13: 9789789211791
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Dec 28 2018
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.46 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

Woman in twentieth century colonial Africa experienced a loss of power in their social-economic status. The Women Went Radical provides a narrative of radical expressions extracted from the numerous petitions written to advance and advocate the cause of Yoruba women through individual and collective action. This analyses the impact and implication of petition writing on the administration of traditional and modern governments in colonial Yorubaland. The political context accurately projects the roles of women in influencing, resisting, negotiating and counteracting policies within the political system. The research argues that petition writing is a form of politics and radicalism that is not limited to national issues but also to their manifestation from the actions of the citizens--that is 'politics from the grassroots'.

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