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LOOKING FOR KEN SARO-WIWA
In the second season, host Wale Lawal traces the life and legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa, one of nine non-violent Ogoni activists the General Sani Abacha military government brutally executed in 1995.
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CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025
WHERE ARE THE BODIES #EndSARS
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025
A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025
A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025
A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025
A Yoruba Woman’s Notes On Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.

CHIKA JONESOCTOBER 9 2025
WHERE ARE THE BODIES #EndSARS
I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night.



