THE BLOODIEST ANTI-COLONIAL WAR IN DELTA STATE HISTORY: OWA 1906 & KWALE DISTRICT (UKWUANI) UPRISING

Описание: ⚔️ The Owa-Anglo War of 1906 & the Ukwuani Uprisings

History did not forget the Owa-Anglo war and the Ika uprisings. It was deliberately buried.

At the dawn of the 20th century, deep within what is now Delta State, Southern Nigeria, a series of resistance wars raged—one that haunted British colonial officers for decades. Amongst them were the Owa-Anglo war and the Ukwuani uprising. This documentary uncovers a hidden anti-colonial struggle led by the Ika and Ukwuani peoples, waged through secrecy, bush warfare, and uncompromising resistance. This was not chaos or rebellion—it was organized warfare, coordinated through underground networks that the British struggled to understand, let alone defeat.
From the bloody Owa-Anglo War of 1906 to the Ukwuani Uprisings of 1905 and 1914, Ekumeku exposed the limits of British power and challenged the myth of effortless colonial conquest.

This video reveals how colonial injustice ignited full-scale resistance:
• The flogging and humiliation of Ika chiefs
• Forced labour demands imposed on entire communities
• The disastrous appointment of Bini representatives over historically hostile Ika towns
• The assassination of British officer S.O. Crewe-Read
• The near-loss of a British Maxim gun during the Ukwuani resistance
• Britain’s brutal retaliation, deportations, executions, and mass fines
• How World War I exposed colonial vulnerability and reignited rebellion
These events are reconstructed from colonial military reports, administrative records, and indigenous memory, revealing a Nigeria that fought back long before independence movements entered textbooks.

🕯️ Why This History Matters
The Ekumeku Wars dismantle the colonial narrative that Africa submitted quietly to imperial rule. They tell a harder truth of organised resistance, sacrifice, and sovereignty defended at great cost. These were not footnotes. They were wars of independence before independence.

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📚 Sources & Further Reading
• The Ekumeku Movement: Western Igbo Resistance to the British Conquest of Nigeria, 1883-1914
By Don C. Ohadike

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