#EndSARS: The Cry of Nigeria

DJ Switch

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2021 OFF in Oslo
DJ Switch is an acclaimed Nigerian disk jockey, musician, creative producer, activist, and Reagan Democracy Fellow. In her talk at the 2021 Oslo Freedom Forum, DJ Switch recounts how she survived the Oct. 20, 2020 #LekkiMassacre in Lagos State, Nigeria. This tragedy was the worst episode of violence to take place during the #EndSARS protests against police brutality.

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DJ Switch

DJ Switch

Nigerian artist and #EndSARS movement activist

Obianuju Catherine Udeh, aka DJ Switch, is an acclaimed Nigerian disk jockey, musician, creative producer, activist, and Reagan Democracy Fellow. She uses her art to draw attention to injustice, corruption, and bad governance, notably with songs such as “”Pray Sote”” (with a remix featuring Busta Rhymes) and the parody “”Don’t Cry for Me Nigeria.”” In October 2020, she joined a peaceful sit-in in Lagos as part of the #EndSARS anti-police brutality protests and was injured when the military opened fire on the sit-in. Her livestream of the shooting and testimony prompted death threats and forced her into exile.

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