Hannane Ferdjani, Nana Mgbechikwere Nwachukwu, and Dr. Allissa Richardson explore how young Black people around the world are utilizing tech tools to track and circumvent oppressive policies by repressive governments. The conversation will include how Black people of Nigeria, Uganda, and the United States are leveraging social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Clubhouse for artistic expressions on political and social issues in their countries. The panel will also consider how young digital activists highlight the importance and place of the digital civic space to rights and freedoms offline. Finally, the discussion will address some of the limitations of digital tools in holding repressive governments and institutional bodies accountable. This event will be moderated by Ellery Roberts Biddle.
Recommended Resources:
- The Problem with Police Shooting Videos, The Atlantic (Richardson)
- It Wasn’t a Gun: A Material Archive of Police Violence, The Atlantic (Richardson)
- People, Technology and Movements, SilverchipFox & TechHerNG
- This is Nigeria, Folarin Falana (Falz)
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