By Agbo Favour Amarachi FUNMILAYO-RANSOME-KUTI, the historical movie by Bọlanle Austen-Peters is about the women’s revolt for equal rights that happened in 1947. Funmilola Ransome-Kuti, who oversaw the Abeokuta Women’s Union, was at the forefront of the movement alongside Eniola Soyinka (Wole Soyinka’s mother), played by Omowunmi Dada. They both led the Ẹ̀gbá women to protest high taxes imposed on women and the marginalization of the female gender in the government. The protest forced Ọba Ladapo Ademola, the Aláké of Ẹ̀gbá Land, to abdicate his throne temporarily, end taxation on…
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