1949 Kisan kiyashi na Enugu

Kisan gillar da aka yi a Enugu Colliery a shekarar 1949, wanda kuma aka fi sani da The Iva Valley Shooting, ya faru ne a ranar 18 ga watan Nuwamba, 1949, lokacin da wani Sufeton ‘yan sandan Birtaniya, FS Philip, da ke jagorantar wasu jami’an ‘yan sandan Birtaniya da na Najeriya, ya ba da umarnin harbe wasu ma’aikatan hakar kwal na Iva Valley da ke yajin aiki .    my Coal Coal na Iva Valley, dake cikin mashahurin birnin Igbo na Enugu a cikin jihar Enugu, na daya daga cikin adadi na kamfanin Enugu Colliery da ke karkashin kulawar Burtaniya.  

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A 1938 Enugu ta zama hedkwatar gudanarwa na yankin Gabas . Yawan masu aikin hakar kwal a Enugu ya karu daga 6,000 (yawancin mutanen Udi ) a 1948 zuwa 8,000 a 1958. Yawan jama'ar Enugu ya karu sosai tare da haɓaka masana'antu; Al'ummar birnin sun kai 62,000 a shekarar 1952.  A karkashin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya, yanayin aiki a Najeriya ya kasance mai tsauri, wanda ake dangantawa da azabtarwa ta jiki, tilastawa wulakanci, da biyan bashin da ake bin ma'aikata ba bisa ka'ida ba.  : 99 A ƙarshen shekara ta 1949, masu hakar ma’adinai na yankin sun yi imanin cewa basussukan da yawa suna bin su, amma jami’an ma’adinan sun hana su.  Waɗannan aƙidu sun haɓaka ta wurin " Zikist " na gida, ko mai kishin ƙasa, latsa.  "Zikism" wani yunkuri ne na bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu wanda aka ƙirƙira shi ne saboda sha'awar Nnamdi Azikiwe wanda ya kasance fitaccen ɗan kishin ƙasa a Majalisar Tarayyar Najeriya da Kamaru . Rikicin ma'aikata a Enugu ya yi kamari ne a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba 1949, lokacin da 'yan sandan Burtaniya suka kashe masu hakar ma'adinai da ke yajin aiki, inda suka kashe 21 tare da raunata wasu 51.  : 86 

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