Ch.+14+Role+of+women

Role of Women


 * Role of women in the Igbo tribe wouldn't only be to be a wife and mother.
 * They are seen in public as an organized force economics and politics.
 * Since the British invaded and settled Igbo land, many things have changed, mostly to the disadvantage of women.
 * In the modern day world, women are considered second-class citizens.
 * Sometimes treated as slaves.

**Igbo Women's War**
 * Occured in 1929.
 * Thousands of Igbo women went to protest against the Warrants Chiefs.
 * In which they accused of restricting the role of women in the government.
 * One of the main people that lead the Igbo Women's War was Nwanyeruwa.
 * What started off the disturbance was when Nwanyeruwa met another she had gotten into a verbal fight with another individual about taxing women based on the amount of goats and sheep that she had.

media type="youtube" key="5-8W0eNYMRw" height="344" width="425" You can learn more about the role of Igbo women if you go to http://www.everyculture.com/Africa-Middle-East/Igbo-Marriage-and-Family.html.


 * Works Cited.**

"African Tribes - Ibo - Igbo Culture." //African Safaris, African Tours, Africa Holidays and Africa Travel Guide//. Web. 02 Nov. 2009. . "Igbo Women's War -." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Web. 02 Nov. 2009. [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_Women's_War]. "Igbo Women's War." //Language Translation Services. Free Online Translations.// Web. 02 Nov. 2009. . "Marriage and family - Igbo." //Countries and Their Cultures//. Web. 30 Oct. 2009. .

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