This is cultural appropriation and intellectual property rights infringement in tooth, claws and blood. The #EndSARS protest was a metaphor for change. A movement that began with an outcry against police brutality and ultimately bad governance and corruption in Nigeria. Trish Lorenz was in no way associated with the movement in October 2020, neither via Twitter nor blog posts, yet in 2022 she claimed credit for christening the movement.
Yours truly followed the protests closely and made blog posts and created art on the subject including the riots and looting of palliative that followed. Same formed part of a chapter in my book –
I support fair treatment and proper acknowledgement of all topics and sources.
