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How Igbo women used petitions to influence British authorities during colonial rule: Leaders of the Aba women's protest against a tyranical warrant chief in Nigeria in 1929. National Museum of Unity, NigeriaSelected petitions and written correspondence between Igbo women and British officials between 1892 and 1960 shed fresh light on how women navigated male-dominated … [Read more...] about How Igbo women used petitions to influence British authorities during colonial rule | The Conversation