What prolonged guerilla resistance movement was organized by the Anioma people of western Igboland between 1898 and 1911 against the Royal Niger Company and British colonial troops?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. the Ekumeku War
- Step 1: The Ekumeku movement ('the invisible whirlwind') was a secret society of young men in western Igboland (Asaba, Ogwashi-Uku, Ibusa) that waged fierce forest guerrilla warfare against the Royal Niger Company and British forces. Step 2. It lasted through multiple campaigns from 1898 until final suppression in 1911. Answer: the Ekumeku War. Why not the others: Maji Maji occurred in Tanzania; Ashanti in Ghana; Satiru was a 1906 peasant revolt in Sokoto.
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