Protest, Not Revolution. N’est-ce pas? By Wole Olaoye
Despite being separated by decades and continents, both the Nigerian and French student movements expose the friction points between youth populations demanding systemic accountability and states struggling to manage economic austerity.
CHE GUEVARA FLASHBACK While the October 9 date is coincidental, the spirit of global youth rebellion that Che Guevara came to represent is permanently baked into the DNA of French student protests.
Thankfully, former French President Jacques Chirac, in a moment of unforced candour, declared in March 2008, “Without Africa, France will slide down into the rank of a third [world] power.
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