For the ‘The Women’s War’ art exhibition, Dstoryteller and Tatchero unite to tell the story of the Aba Women’s Riot of 1929.
The Women’s War (based on true events) brings to us, history of the exploits of the women who fought in the Aba Women’s Riot of 1929.
DStoryteller and Tatchero
“These (especially maladministration and inhumane treatment of natives) were what the women set out to stop by embarking on protests across (former) Calabar and Owerri Provinces in what has come to be known as Women’s War of 1929,” Dstoryteller and Tatchero tell Moda Culture.
This event paved a way for introduction of Administrative and Constitutional Reforms which led to Nationalist Movements Culminating in self-rule in Nigeria. They paid the Supreme price for freedom of their Fatherland!
The curators confess that they have come to the realization that African stories are not told by Africans enough, and as creatives they are keen on using their creativity to preserve these stories through their work.
Every image on the walls of the gallery takes you back to when these events happened and you can see and feel the pain and blood from the struggles of “These Mad Women”.
The pieces are currently showing from Tuesdays to Saturdays at Delaroke Art Gallery, Port-Harcourt, from 12pm to 5pm.
