How Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti 'sacked' the Alake of Egbaland in 1949

On January 3, 1949, Oba Samuel Ladapo Ademola, the 7th Alake of Egbaland, Abeokuta, abdicated the throne due to strife with Egba women, in a protest led by Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti on the issue of tax.
The women were made to pay heavy taxes and were also allegedly maltreated.
After days, months, and years of protest, the Alake, who was seen as a stooge of the British colonial masters, was removed and forced out of his palace at Ake and exiled to Ogbomoso (other records say Osogbo) where he stayed until December 1950.
The intrigues, thrills, and frills of this event are the focus of this video. #HistoryVille #FunmilayoRansomeKuti
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:56 The Lioness of Lisabi
01:55 Education, Marriage, and Family
02:40 Political Limelight
03:59 The Sexism against Egba Women
04:59 Abeokuta Ladies Club
06:06 Abeokuta Women’s Union
07:00 The Fight with the Alake
10:54 All’s Well that Ends Well
14:56 Next Video

[@Boy_Gentle]

The revolutionary spirit runs in this family. Now we see where Fela got his courage, knowledge and spirit to fight downpression from. Love our history…can’t stop watching these videos

[@adeolasaba2000]

When l was in secondary school l enjoyed history l learnt about King Overami of Benin and how he fought the colonial government until he was exiled back then there was a very good book on O level history by a Mr Onwubiko l went on to have an A 1 in my Wasc. It is sad that our children are not taught history

[@BabaDee08]

It's sad that the only thing I learnt about her in primary school history and current affairs is that she's the first woman to drive a car in Nigeria. A big middle finger to her legacy is to reduce her to Fela's mom and the first woman to drive a car in Nigeria. Thank God her kids took after her. Thanks Historyville.

[@efosaakenbor2530]

What did you expect, uh? She fought the British institution and the same British institution drafted your primary school curriculum. And it is that same curriculum they use till date.

[@halidsheriff8002]

@@efosaakenbor2530 and up till date the egalitarian society fought for is still a mirage 😂. The Fulanis and their cows are still brandishing retrogression!

[@mimianon9025]

It’s so sad they no longer teach history in Nigerian schools so many don’t know more than the last 20 years!

[@kgizzle92]

She wasn’t Fela’s mom…Fela was Mrs. Ransome-Kuti’s son!

[@jonessouvy9246]

She was felas mum

[@RodioXYZ.]

You could say that ...

[@christianchuma2228]

She is the mother of Fela

[@lanre-bo5fo]

​@@christianchuma2228😂😂😂 The comment is a figure of speech - it simply means that she is a remarkable woman - not because of her son, Fela - but because of what she achieved in her life time. Ok? '

[@sijisiji8100]

They have been using our leaders against us for long time............I entered Abeokuta from Ajebo on the day she was killed. I still remember as a child how Abeokuta was scattered that day.

[@oluwaseunemanuel2363]

I have learned a great deal of our history as a country and a people. Unfortunately I only just realized I have not been giving back to this community, by liking the videos and commenting below. That changes now. @historyville please keep up the good work.

[@HistoryVille]

Thank you.

[@adeamujale]

Many thanks to the Lioness of Lisabi for her astute intervention during those taxing times.

[@adeamujale]

Thank you Historyville.💪🏿🌟💯🏆

[@HenryJrUzor]

I am so checking the next video out 👏🏾👍🏾

[@estherodanga4238]

Very brave and hard-working woman she was. The Lioness of Lisabi.

[@omoniyikaye]

Great video on doyen of Lisabi.

[@giremkeghter5065]

This video is highly educative

[@adeamujale]

Let me use this as an opportunity to say that it's important for us to pay taxes.

[@adeolasaba2000]

Yes tax payment is important but payment of taxes should not be oppressive by the government on the citizens, it should not just be payment of taxes the government should be accountable and transparent in how the taxes are used if this lacking there will be protest on the part of the citizens

[@adeamujale]

@@adeolasaba2000 Without diluting the initial information, totally agree with your argument here.

[@dagringeneration6197]

Dey shoulda cheered more louder wen she was thrown outta da window by da "zombies" Rest on...Funmilayo aka Funmi-Lion!

[@adeamujale]

Good governance is an African conception.

[@phantom2k10]

I've been saying and I will continue to say that the black woman is god.Without the black wombman we have nothing and quite frankly are nothing.In Yoruba philosophy/mythology,the only orisha to breach heaven and reach Olodumare-our maker was oshun.This just goes to show you how phenomenal the black woman is. Historyville,kudos to you great guys and gals.Please keep up the good work

[@Skillfuljoe23]

What are you talking about Oludumare and Oshun? Like it's something to behold! The mythology of a God and demi gods is the greatest scam there is and ever will be? Where were them when the British evil colonials came for their people? We all need to wake up! It's 2021 for crying out loud! By the way, am Yoruba from the Oyo Empire and a great grandson of a true king! And even I know that gods and their ifa priest and priestesses are all fool of shit! Especially with their sacrifices and all. I also lived in our palace is a toddler!

[@love-heartbamaiyi4258]

Mama looks like Buhari in her middle aged 😳

[@qutieqouture6846]

Civil disobedience even before Martin Luther King Jr.

[@supersampio]

even so, about 20yrs after UK 'Representation of the People Act 1928' that granted full voting right to all women😀

[@qutieqouture6846]

@@supersampio even as enlightening ur comment is, it's however an example of what I consider a typical response from Nigeria's misguided middle-class youth. Knowledgeable as they are, their references are all over the place. They lack a"true North," or a purpose for their knowledge. And so, like an unguided missile, they are dangerous. I was giving much deserved credit to a brave black woman, of West African origin. But, yet you felt compelled to blunt her shine just a little bit. And, of all examples to use, the British - who enslaved us, first by selling us. Then bombarding us, and taking the land right under our feet. That's who you want to give credit to, over Mrs Fumnilayo Kuti? How, you probably did not have malicious intent, instead you were just following your programming. The white supremacy programming. Whereby white-is-right. And British-is-better. Find purpose young man/woman, in service of yourself and your community, and by so doing it will be in service of humanity. The British don't need you to advocate for them - they have libraries filled with volumes on their whitewashed exploits. And us...? short youtube videos.

[@sundayjaiyeola250]

Seun, did you call me ?

[@yinkoos]

Keep is simple just say she is Fela's mother.

[@sopeszn]

She is more than just his mother, she is a legend in her own right.

[@Skillfuljoe23]

That's what the history books reduced her to. Felas mother and the first woman to drive a car in Nigeria! So, stop with the BS!