"The Feminist Coven Did It": Nigerian Women's Feminist Leadership and Coalition Against Police Brutality during the 2020 #EndSARS Protests.
The 2020 #EndSARS protest—a movement against police brutality and state violence in Nigeria—is an excellent locale for the historical study of African women's activism and contributions to social movements. Young Nigerian women actively spearheaded this movement. Employing oral history methods, soci...
| Publicado en: | Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 152 - 184 |
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University of Nebraska Press
2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=183432804&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 183432804 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01609009 FON jtl: Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies issn: 01609009 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2024 vid: 45 iid: 3 pid: 758 pub: University of Nebraska Press artinfo: ui: 183432804 10.1353/fro.2024.a952260 ppf: 152 ppct: 32 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 435KB tig: atl: "The Feminist Coven Did It": Nigerian Women's Feminist Leadership and Coalition Against Police Brutality during the 2020 #EndSARS Protests. aug: au: Alozie, Bright su: Feminist theory Citizens Women's history Police brutality Nigerians Social movements Feminism sug: subj: Feminist theory Citizens Women's history Police brutality Nigerians Social movements Feminism keyword: #EndSARS activism feminism feminist leadership feminist(s) Nigeria police brutality protest(s) women ab: The 2020 #EndSARS protest—a movement against police brutality and state violence in Nigeria—is an excellent locale for the historical study of African women's activism and contributions to social movements. Young Nigerian women actively spearheaded this movement. Employing oral history methods, social media, and other primary sources, I place these women at the center of the narratives surrounding the #EndSARS protest. Their exceptional leadership and coordination contributed to the success of the most extensive youth-led protests in Nigeria's contemporary history. In locating their individual and collective activism, I argue that history provided the roadmap for how they did effective activism since the protesters were not just reenacting age-old strategies of dissent but were also consciously invoking history as they did so. The invocation of history was one strategy for building their feminist coalition, besides hashtag activism and on-the-ground resistance and support. I also argue that the radical consciousness of Nigerian women during the protest impacted the meaning of Nigerian feminism and feminist leadership in movements against state violence. The movement also reflected an Afrofuturistic society, which underscored citizens' desperation for a better and more just society. Historicizing Nigerian women's voices contributes to the "making memory" of their lived experiences during that momentous period. By reframing the lens of the #EndSARS protest to feminist leadership, I make important interventions in Black/African feminist literature, feminist theories of leadership, and to scholarship that engages with the long history of women's activism and mobilizations in Nigeria. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies is the property of University of Nebraska Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies holder: University of Nebraska Press dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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