Alimotu Pelewura

Cif **Alimotu Pelewura** (1865–1951) wata ƴar kasuwa ce ƴar Najeriya wadda ta kasance shugabar ƙungiyar mata ta Kasuwar Legas, wata ƙungiyar masu ba da shawara ga mata a kasuwar. Ta kuma kasance muhimmiyar abokiyar siyasa ta Herbert Macaulay.

Ƙungiyar Matan Kasuwar Legas ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mahimman ƙungiyoyin mata a Legas a lokacin mulkin mallaka. 

## Rayuwar farko
Pelewura an haife ta ne a cikin Lagos a cikin babban ahali, ita ce babba ga yara biyu da mahaifiyarta ta haifa. Mahaifiyarta 'yar kasuwar kifi ce kuma Pelewura ita ma ta zaɓi kasuwancin kifi a matsayin sana'a. By 1900, ta ya zama wani muhimmin kasuwar mata shugaba da kuma ciniki da kuma a 1910 aka ba a Masarautu suna da Oba Eshugbayi Eleko. A cikin 1920s, ta kasance shugabar kasuwar nama ta Ereko kuma tare da goyon bayan Herbert Macaulay, ta tashi ta zama shugabar sabuwar kungiyar Matan Kasuwar Legas. Ta kasance daga kabilar Awori ta Yarabawa 

## LMWA
Pelewura da wasu shugabannin kasuwar ne suka kafa kungiyar Matan Kasuwar Legas a cikin shekarun 1920. Pelewura, wani dillalin kifi shine alaga (shugaban) kasuwar Ereko ya zama shugaban kungiyar na farko. A lokacin mulkinta, LWMA ta nuna rashin amincewa da sanya haraji da sarrafa farashin kayan masarufi guda biyu da ta yi imanin za su yi tasiri ga rayuwar mata.

### Siyasa da tashin hankali game da haraji
A cikin 1932, Pelewura ya jagoranci matan kasuwa a cikin zanga-zangar adawa da biyan haraji kai tsaye daga gwamnatin mulkin mallaka. A lokacin da jita-jita ta kunno kai game da batun neman biyan haraji kan mata, Pelewura ta kasance mamba ce a wani kwamitin mata da suka yi maci zuwa gidan gwamnati don nuna adawa da shirin da aka gabatar. [5] A wannan shekarar, saboda jagorancin ta na zanga-zangar, an nada ta a matsayin wakiliyar mata a cikin Kwamitin Ilu, kungiyar masu ba da shawara da Oba na Legas suka shirya . A tsakiyar 1930s, ta jagoranci zanga-zangar adawa da sauya kasuwar Ereko zuwa yankin Oluwole na Legas, Pelewura da wasu matan Ereko da suka yi yunkurin toshe hanyar da hukuma za ta bi ta yadda hakan ya sa aka tsare ta. Matan kasuwa a Legas sun yi zanga-zanga don tallafa mata kuma an sake ta da sauran mata da ke tsare.

A cikin 1940, gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta gabatar da sabon tsarin haraji kan matan da suka samu sama da fam 50. Harajin mata ya zama sabon abu a kasar Yarbawa kuma matan sun sake tashi don nuna rashin amincewarsu, Pelewura da sauran mata sun nuna rashin yarda saboda sabonta da kuma saboda kalubalen tattalin arziki kamar matsalar rashin aikin yi sakamakon yakin duniya na II. Kodayake ba matan kasuwa da yawa daga cikin 8,000 tare da membobin ƙungiyarta da suka samu sama da fam 50, tana ganin zai iya zama zamewa ne zuwa cikakken harajin mata. Koyaya, akan harajin mata, gwamnatin mulkin mallaka bata yi biris ba amma ta amsa ta hanyar haɓaka harajin haraji ga waɗanda ke samun sama da fam 200.

A cikin 1939, Pelewura ta zama memba mai zartarwa na Unionungiyar Matasan Democrats ta Najeriya, ƙungiyar matasa da ke da kusanci da NNDP . [6] Wani lokacin ta kan yi magana a matsayin mai magana a taron NNDP kuma ta yi magana a bainar jama'a a madadin 'yan takarar NNDP duk da cewa mata ba su da dama. Ta kuma kasance a takaice memba ce ta Oyinkan Abayomi da ya jagoranci Jam’iyyar Matan Najeriya.

### Gudanar da farashin
A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, hauhawar farashi ya tashi a Legas sakamakon ƙarancin abinci. [7] A cikin 1941, don sarrafa tattalin arziƙin lokacin yaƙi, gwamnati ta ƙaddamar da manufar daidaita farashin mai sauƙi a kan wasu kayayyakin abinci waɗanda za a yi bitar su lokaci-lokaci. Saboda adawa mai yawa da rashin bin manufofin, gwamnatin ta yi shirye-shiryen shawo kan sayar da kayan abinci ta hanyar kasashe da yawa. Matan kasuwar da Pelewura ke jagoranta sun nuna adawa ga manufar inda ta ce hakan zai hana mata samun kudin shiga. Koyaya, gwamnatin mulkin mallaka tayi tsayin daka kan kiyaye farashin kayan masarufi. Halin ya haifar da rikice-rikice tsakanin LWMA da gwamnatin mulkin mallaka.

Pelewura ta mutu a 1951. Daya daga cikin mabiyanta ne ya gaje ta, Cif Abibatu Mogaji . 

## Manazarta

## Majiya

* Johnson, Cheryl (1978). Nigerian women and British colonialism: the Yoruba example with selected biographies (Ph.D.). Northwestern University.