Challenging "Dem European Teachings in My African School": Burna Boy's Music as Resistance

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Thirteen
  In Roundtable Session: International Perspectives on Educational Resistance (Table 6)

Abstract

In this proposal, I draw on the lyrical and visual representation in Burna Boy’s song, Monsters You Made first by situating it within a larger context of music as a rebellious form of resistance while connecting its significance with the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. Then, I discuss anti-Blackness within colonial education in Nigeria, broadening the global conversation around BLM to include voices from the most populous Black nation in the world.

Author

• Molade Osibodu, York University
  Presenting Author