Our guest, PhD student Tolu Taiwo, takes us from 1860 Nigeria through today, providing context for #EndSARs with brief stops at three different revolutionary events: The Women's War, the 1945 general strike and the Enugu Colliery Strike of 1949.
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More on Tolu
Tolu Taiwo is a higher education and non profit professional. She is currently Assistant Director for Access Programs at University of Puget Sound and is pursuing her PhD in Higher Education at Azusa Pacific University. Her research interests include Black campus activism (nationally and globally) and the relationship between community organizing and high education programs.
Our Guest, Tolu!
EndSARs Protests 2020 (1, 2, 3)
Some Women of The Women’s War 1929
Leaving the mines Enugu Colliery Strike 1949
SOURCES:
New York Times, Washington Post, Council on Foreign Relations, Black Past, Global Nonviolent Action Database, “The Nigerian General Strike of 1945” Wale Oyemakinde, Marxists.org, LibCom.org & 2, Pulse.ng, Aljazeera & 2, DNB Stories, Quartz Africa.
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Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.
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