Undercurrents
Undercurrents is a regular podcast series featuring interviews with Chatham House experts - and others - about the critical underlying issues which are shaping modern society. Hosted by staff from across the institute, each episode goes in-depth on a topic, looking beyond the news to explore the issues shaping global politics.
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May 28, 2021
In this episode, Undercurrents has teamed up with Saferworld's Warpod to discuss security forces in Nigeria and the role played by young people in trying to bring about change. The episode is broken into two halves. Abigail Watson and Delina Goxho are first joined by Tarela Ike from Teesside University and Odeh Friday from Accountability Lab. They discuss the problems with responses to Boko Haram in the North East of the country and the recent EndSars movement.
Then Amrit Swali speaks to Mariam Haruna, a member of Chatham House’s Common Futures Conversations, and Tolu Oni, a member of Chatham House’s Panel of Young Advisers, about their experiences of the EndSARS movement in 2020, the role of social media in the protests and how to move towards sustainable change in policing structures.
The episode can also be listened to on the Saferworld website.
Please note the views and opinions expressed during this podcast are those of the contributors featured. They are not the views or opinions of Saferworld or Chatham House.
Read the Common Futures Conversations article:
What makes a successful protest?
Read the Chatham House expert comment:
Police, protest power, and Nigeria's young democrats
Credits
Speakers: Odey Friday, Mariam Haruna, Tarela Ike, Tolu Oni
Hosts: Delina Goxho, Amrit Swali, Abigail Watson
Editor: Jamie Reed
Recorded and produced by Chatham House and Saferworld.