About the project:

multimedia installation (sculpture, video, textbook) · UK · English

Soro soke, Yoruba for “speak up," became a rallying cry during the 2020 Nigerian #EndSARS protests, challenging a culture of silence in favour of accountability and transparency. This installation commemorates these protests and the Lekki Tollgate Massacre, where peaceful protesters were killed by military forces, followed by government censorship of the shooting. You are presented with two histories of protest in Nigeria: one shown through embodied memory via performance and sound, while the other uses institutional, written memory.