POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN VISUAL EXPRESSION: IPOB AND THE BIAFRA QUESTION IN THE SOUTH EAST OF NIGERIA
Abstract
participation in national issues, including politics. It has been a catalyst for
positive social change and transformation. It represents the ideals, norms and
standard acceptable group behaviours with which a people identify with and are
obliged to comply for the sake of social harmony and co-habitation. Visual
expression has a silent but deep impact upon the minds of viewers. Thus, the
indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) has adopted it as a veritable tool in their
agitation. This paper believes that the alleged persecution of IPOB by the
Nigerian government has occasioned the manifestation of a new form of visual
campaign that is largely political. The paper examined the role of visuals in the
activities of IPOB. It reveals how the struggle for self-determination could
provide space for the articulation of the rise of visual culture in the post colonial
state.
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