Trading was often the responsibility of women. Despite being born wealthy, Okwei built her trade from nothing. Under the Igbo system, daughters could not inherit unless via a dowry. Okwei married Joseph Allagoa in 1888 whose parents disapproved, so the dowry wasn’t fulfilled.
Okwei was made Chief of the Ontisha Waterside Settlement and a member of the native court in 1912. In 1936, she was crowned Omu of Osomari. Despite her interaction with British colonisers for trade purposes, she maintained and fought for Igbo beliefs and practises.
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Margaret Walker, in full Margaret Abigail Walker, married name Margaret Alexander, (born July 7, 1915, Birmingham, Ala., U.S.—died Nov. 30, 1998, Chicago, Ill.), American novelist and poet who was one of the leading black woman writers of the mid-20th century.
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