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- Title
From stage to street: The #EndSARS protests and the prospects of street theatre.
- Authors
Ezeugwu, Cindy Anene; Omeje, Oguejiofor V.; Erojikwe, Ikechukwu; Nwaozuzu, Uche-Chinemere; Nnanna, Ndubuisi
- Abstract
Globally, the issues of extrajudicial killings are on the increase. From racial killings in the West to wanton human rights violations in Africa, the pains are the same. Thus, protests have always been a channel employed by many including activists, labour and union leaders among others, to press home grievances and demands against unfavourable policies and social malaise. This paper draws attention to how youths in Nigeria utilised the physical space to spark a protest, in October 2020. Notable actors, musicians, comedians, activists and the international community in their numbers, moved to the streets in defiance of security orders to protest against police brutality and harassment. In view of the outcome of the protest, which was later hijacked by hoodlums, the paper examines a non-violent alternative which can be used to address societal issues. It is in this context that the paper examined the role of theatre as a tool for activism, advocacy and communication with specific reference to street theatre, a type of improvised street drama performance that addresses unfavourable socio-political and cultural issues.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; AFRICA; PUBLIC demonstrations; ACTIVISM; POLICE harassment; HUMAN rights violations; EXTRAJUDICIAL executions; POLICE brutality
- Publication
IKENGA: International Journal of Institute of African Studies, 2021, Vol 22, Issue 2, p128
- ISSN
2006-4241
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.53836/ijia/2021/22/2/007