Sọ̀rọ̀sókè
Subtitle: an #EndSARS anthology
By: edited by Jumoke Verissimo and James Yékú
Contributors: Yeku, James, editor
Publisher: Noirledge
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Ibadan, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9789785874693
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: State-sponsored terrorism; Poetry; Protest movements; Social movements; Terrorisme d'État; Poésie; Contestation; Mouvements sociaux
Other titles: #EndSARS anthology; EndSARS anthology
Description: Sọ̀rọ̀sókè: An #Endsars Anthology began as a digital archive of poetry on the EndSARS movement of 2020 on BrittlePaper, functioning as a real-time repository of poetic thoughts on the protests against police brutality that took place both online and in numerous Nigerian locations. This print edition of the anthology rearticulates a similar poetics of resistance, emphasizing the activist voice of a new generation of writers resisting the tyranny of silence and state violence.