Those African Chicks - Exploring Identities Of African Women

Ep 72: Awani Film, Aderonke Adeola - Interrogating Pre-Colonial African Female Identity

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@Aderonke is a writer, filmmaker and director, her 2018 documentary Awani Film was screened at over 15 film festivals around the world and won the UNESCO prize from the Belgium UNESCO Commission   In this Episode we discuss: The traditional organization system utilized by African women to inspire political action through movements like the Aba Women's Riot of 1929  The impact of colonial on gender inequality in Nigeria Colonial cultural inheritance versus cultural values systems that are authentically African In the invasion of Arabs before European presence and the lasting effects both foreign presence left on Northern Nigerian   Enjoyed this Episode? Kindly please leave a review HERE; the simplest of phrases counts, thank you!   Notable Nigerian figures mentioned Queen Amina of Zaria - Queen Warrior 16th Century Nigeria  Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti - Suffragist & Political Activist (mother of Fela Kuti)  Stella McIntosh - First Nigerian Women to receive an MBA in the US - 1953  Margret Ekpo -