The first General Strike in our history began on 22 June, 1945. It was led by Michael Athokhamien Imoudu – a man newly released from internal exile by the colonial authorities.
The colonial authorities described Imoudu as a “born-trouble-maker”, a “rebel”, a “dangerous and hot-headed agitator”, a “demagogue of the highest order”, a “mentally unstable personality”, and an “orator of the Hitler-type” who “talks the…
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