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Title: | The Tax Crisis of 1929 in Ibibioland |
Author: | Ina, Koko Ete |
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. |