Long Live the Children of Disobedience:

Feminism’s transformative power is one Nigeria greatly needs; but the work of unravelling patriarchal power is not a feminist burden to bear. Not long after organizers of the Market March Movement protested against street harassment in Lagos, in June 2019, many of the women who protested took to the streets again. This time, they were marching in response to allegations of harassment in the church, Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, or ‘COZA’, headquartered in Abuja. The protests followed an

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