Ojo Nro : an intellectual history of Nigerian women's nationalism in an umbrella organization, 1947-1967

Gender analysis must be further developed in histories of African nationalism and also African intellectual histories. Ojo Nro is an intellectual history that speaks to Nigerian women's ideological and practical contributions to the theory and practice of nationalism. It contends that Nigerian women articulated nationalism in a way that was distinct from the mainstream politically elite male forms. This assertion is assessed through an analysis of unrecognized tenets of their activism, especially their non-political ideology and agenda. These elements, the non-political ideology and agenda, are discussed in great detail because they were the most striking of Nigerian women's expressions of nationalism and, as such, they constitute a large part of their theoretical and practical contributions to Nigerian nationalism.