Akassa Youmi: An Historical Drama (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781979309622)

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Akassa Youmi: An Historical Drama

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Akassa Youmi: An Historical Drama

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Format: Paperback
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A historical drama of the Akassa war between the Nembe city states and the Royal Niger company. Tired of British oppression, Injustice and economic strangulation, the small but brave city-states of Nembe collectively decided it was better to die fighting than die groveling in mud under the oppressor's boots. On January 29th 1895, Thousands of warriors rose from the swamps of despair and launched a predawn amphibious attack on the Royal Niger Company's compound in Akassa (present day Bayelsa state in Nigeria). To everyone's surprise, they won the battle, killing several British soldiers and their African collaborators, injuring even more and capturing forty, along with their artillery pieces, rifles and a Gatling gun. The Royal Niger Company's charter was revoked in 1900. An act seen partly as a consequence of this war. Thus ending their stranglehold on all tribes and kingdoms in the Niger area (Present day Nigeria). Not just the Nembe people alone.

Author: Ola Rotimi
ISBN-10: 1979309620
ISBN-13: 9781979309622
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2017
Pages: 132
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d
By Ola Rotimi
By Ola Rotimi
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Olawale Gladstone Emmanuel Rotimi 13 April 1938 to 18 August 2000 Playwright, director. Head of department of creative arts at the University of Port Harcourt, lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; has also served as visiting professor, playwright, and director in Germany and Italy, as well as at DePauw University and Wabash College. Notable works -1963) To Stir the God of Iron -(1966) Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again - (1968) The Gods Are Not To Blame -(1969) Kurunmi -(1970) Holding Talks -(1971) Ovonramven Nogbaisi - (1973) Grip Am -(1973) Invitation into Madness -(1977) Akassa Youmi* -(1979) If: A Tragedy of the Ruled -(1985) Hopes of The Living Dead -When the Criminals Become Judges -Man Talk, Woman Talk -Tororo, Tororo, Roro

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