Nwagboka , or Onye-isi Ikporo-Onicha (died 1886) was a Nigerian queen, the last omu (Queen) of Onitsha.
In 1886 she led the Ikporo Onitsha (association of Onitsha wives) in a strike against Obi Anazonwu. This all-woman boycott of social duties was intended "to remind the community that no society can function without the duties and tasks performed by its women."Nkiru Nzegwu, 'Gender Equality in a Dual-Sex System: the Case of Onitsha', Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, Vol. 7, Issue 1 (January 1994), pp.73-95.
After Nwagboka's death in 1886 no successor was named to the omu-ship, and since then Onitsha has only had a male monarch.
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