The #ENDSARS2020 protest will go down in history as one of the most significant moments of mass solidarity by the Nigerian populace in the last decade. The series of protests held in October 2020 yielded a plurality of iconographic and transmediatic experiences, as several mediums of expression such as words, images, music, dance, etc. were deployed by protesters. The incident, whose ember is still stoked, reflects the possibility of integrating virtual and physical spaces for the purpose of defending collective rights and liberties. Although #ENDSARS2020 events culminated in the sad killings of unarmed protesters at Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020, these events have now inspired Nigerian millennials and Gen-Zers to use art as a mode of activism. For the sake of preservation and continuity, it has become necessary to re-capture the impactful fragments of activism manifested during #ENDSARS2020.

The goal of the project is to curate a robust digital repository of #ENDSARS2020 related experiences. But even more, like the slogan Soro Soke, this project aims to offer a platform to a few who wish to emotively voice out lingering concerns, unsaid stories, pent-up agitations, and bitter-sweet memories. In keeping with these goals, the project will collect the personalized narratives of about fifteen Nigerian creatives and compile them into a singular cohesive video of those shared experiences that will then be showcased during a forum and made accessible online to those whom the events of #ENDSARS2020 resonate with.

Organized by Oluwafunmilayo Miriam Akinpelu, Central European University student