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Title:The Tax Crisis of 1929 in Ibibioland
Author:Ina, Koko EteISNI
Year:1992
Periodical:Transafrican Journal of History (ISSN 0251-0391)
Volume:21
Pages:171-181
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Nigeria
West Africa
Subjects:Ibibio
rebellions
1929
women
Aba riots
colonialism
History and Exploration
Economics and Trade
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Historical/Biographical
economics
Imperialism, Colonialism
Ibibio (African people)
imperialism
taxation
history
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/24520427
Abstract:This article examines the 1929 tax crisis, which has also been called the 'Aba women's riot', in southeastern Nigeria, particularly in Ibibioland. It shows that the crisis did not begin in Aba, but originated simultaneously in Oloko in Igboland and in Ukam in Ibibioland, and that it was not a riot but a war fought for specified goals between well-equipped colonial troops and poorly armed African women. The tax crisis was a reaction of Ibibio women to the British policy of indirect rule, notably the colonial taxation policy which was introduced in 1928. The article also shows that men were involved in the crisis from the beginning. Although the uprisings were suppressed by the colonial authorities, they marked the end of the first phase of indirect rule, the Warrant Chiefs system, and the inauguration of the Native Authority system. The latter provided for greater participation of traditional rulers and involvement of the educated elite in the local administration. Notes, ref., sum.
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