CONCLUDING ‘A HISTORY OF FIGHTERS: THE WOMEN WHO PAVED THE WAY’

It has been quite the educational journey learning about these historical women that paved the way for the female leaders of the #EndSars protests…

ALIMOTU PELEWURA

‘I am she who is called Pelewura…. . I will not starve in the country I was born in.’

MARGARET EKPO

‘If a woman had been among those killed (by the colonial administrators) the British women in Aba would have all been killed!’

GAMBO SAWABA

‘If I don’t know book, I know rights…’

FUNMILAYO RANSOME-KUTI

‘As for the charges against me, I am unconcerned. I am beyond their timid lying morality and so I am beyond caring.’

A HISTORY OF FIGHTERS: THE WOMEN WHO PAVED THE WAY

‘Although not talked about as much, there are several women from our past who played key and pivotal roles in various movements.’