Nwagboka, or Onye-isi Ikporo-Onicha (died 1886) was a Nigerian queen, the last omu (Queen) of Onitsha.
In 1886 she led the Ikporo Onitsha (association of Onitsha wives) in a strike against Obi Anazonwu. [1] This all-woman boycott of social duties was intended "to remind the community that no society can function without the duties and tasks performed by its women." [2]
After Nwagboka's death in 1886 no successor was named to the omu-ship, and since then Onitsha has only had a male monarch. [3]
References
- ^ Gloria Chuku (2004-12-30). Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960. Routledge. pp. 205–6. ISBN 978-1-135-46940-5.
- ^ Nkiru Nzegwu, 'Gender Equality in a Dual-Sex System: the Case of Onitsha', Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, Vol. 7, Issue 1 (January 1994), pp.73-95.
- ^ Ejikeme, Anene (2006). "Onitsha Women Battle the Government". In Litzenberger, C.J.; Lyon, Eileen Groth (eds.). The Human Tradition in Modern Britain. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-7425-3735-4.
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Nwagboka, or Onye-isi Ikporo-Onicha (died 1886) was a Nigerian queen, the last omu (Queen) of Onitsha.
In 1886 she led the Ikporo Onitsha (association of Onitsha wives) in a strike against Obi Anazonwu. [1] This all-woman boycott of social duties was intended "to remind the community that no society can function without the duties and tasks performed by its women." [2]
After Nwagboka's death in 1886 no successor was named to the omu-ship, and since then Onitsha has only had a male monarch. [3]
References
- ^ Gloria Chuku (2004-12-30). Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960. Routledge. pp. 205–6. ISBN 978-1-135-46940-5.
- ^ Nkiru Nzegwu, 'Gender Equality in a Dual-Sex System: the Case of Onitsha', Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, Vol. 7, Issue 1 (January 1994), pp.73-95.
- ^ Ejikeme, Anene (2006). "Onitsha Women Battle the Government". In Litzenberger, C.J.; Lyon, Eileen Groth (eds.). The Human Tradition in Modern Britain. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-7425-3735-4.
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