Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject History - Africa, grade: 1,3, University of Dusseldorf "Heinrich Heine", language: English, abstract: Women have always played a crucial part in Westafrica. In comparison with their African and European counterparts, they had emancipated themselves relatively early. In colonial times it was they who led the protests against colonial authorities. This paper is about the rise of the terrorist organization Boko Haram and women's role in this new conflict in post colonial Nigeria.