How The British And Hausa Soldiers Massacred Igbo Miners In Enugwu, Nigeria, In I949
On the 18th of November 1949 at a British government-owned coal mine at Enugwu, Nigeria, 21 striking miners, and a bystander were shot dead. 51 miners were also injured. The miners had been sacked following work to rule order and were fighting for back-pay owed to them for a period of casualization known as ‘rostering’, … Read more