Onyekachi Peter Onuoha
Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Calabar

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Poetic Protest and Testimony in Endsars Rhythms Jayne I. Owan; Onyekachi Peter Onuoha
Tamaddun Life Vol 21 No 1 (2022): June 2022
Publisher : Fakultas Sastra - Universitas Muslim Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (291.677 KB) | DOI: 10.33096/tamaddun.v21i1.161

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Art participates in social movements and resistance to police brutality by virtue of poetic protest & testimony. Political corruption and police brutality is a vector for resistance and poetic testimony in African society. I conduct a textual analysis of a digital memorial to understand the ways Poetic Protest and Testimony in Endsars Rhythms. This study through the application of the concepts of protest and testimony observes that EndSARS Rhythms through poetic frame participates in preserving memory within the structure of art and documenting the exploitation and brutality of the youth by the Nigeria Police Force. It submits that EndSARS Rhythms is poetic protest and testimony to police brutality. This paper claims that EndsSARS Rhythm is a literary testimony for victims of police brutality and survivals in Nigeria.
Digital Storytelling Through #Endsars.Com as A Form of Narative Memorial Jayne I. Owan; Onyekachi Peter Onuoha
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 9, No 2 (2022)
Publisher : Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/eltww.v9i2.37973

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Communal digital (auto) biographical is a memorial of trauma that exists in a synthetic frame referential to the memories of abuse. #Endsars.com highlights the collective narratives of netizens who are abused and subjugated by the Nigeria Police Force. Through the application of the concept of remembering, this study examines #Endsars.com as a digital memorial erected in the digital space by netizens through an autobiographical narrative method.  This study employs a mixed-methods approach based on well-established social media research techniques and is founded on social media analytics and latent semantic analysis. This study observes that the Endsars.com narrative is a form of digital activism and resistance to police brutality in Nigeria. This paper submits that the (auto) biographical narrative style in Endsars.com is an expression of traumatic memories. This paper concludes that #Endsars.com amplifies the voices of those protesting against police brutality in the organic space. The study concludes that #Endsars.com is a digital Nigerian netizen memorial for victims of police brutality.