‘We Just Want to Live’ Youth and the #EndSARS Protests
The #EndSARS protests saw young Nigerians united toward a common goal: putting a definite end to police brutality in Nigeria. Read more.
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‘Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!’ Our Readers Reflect on the #EndSARS Protests
If the government we have elected to safeguard our lives and property won’t put an end to police brutality, who will? Read more.
Feminism is for the People The History in How Women Shaped the #EndSARS Protests
There has never been any doubt as to whether women make effective leaders, but with #EndSARS the fact has finally taken root in the minds of every Nigerian. Read more.
Lagos State Judicial Panel Updates Summary and Highlights of Lagos State Judicial Panel Sessions
On 19 October 2020, Lagos State launched a judicial panel on SARS-related abuses. Read our summary of and highlights from each panel session.
Cosmic Anger #EndSARS and the Making of a Movement
Looking beyond SARS will necessitate an understanding of intersecting and inherited struggles. We are inheritors of Haiti’s revolution, whether we choose to be or not, and we are dependent on the Movement for Black Lives in America as we are on the movement against Gender-Based Violence in Namibia. Read more.
‘Enough is Enough.’ #EndSARS: Why Three Women Defied Governor Wike’s Protest Ban
Kimora Omotosho, a university student at the #EndSARS protest in Port Harcourt, said her friend’s mother did not allow him to leave the house to join the protest until he threatened to kill himself. Read more.
Fela’s Republic and the #EndSARS Protests How Nigeria’s Youth Found their Own Voice
The #EndSARS protests have resulted in the emergence of a new type of hero—one from the people, for the people and by the people—which is needed in a society where our leaders have consistently failed to meet up to democratic ideals. Read more.