Whether it’s because people are tired of living in undignified conditions while the political elite throws the country’s wealth in their face, to stop a regime from forcing an illegal third term down people’s throats, or to put an end to police brutality, movements across Africa have taken to the streets to demand change.

Today I sit down with two activists who are intimately familiar with standing up in the face of injustice. ‘Yemi Adamolekun is the Executive Director of Enough is Enough and has been at the forefront of the #EndSars movement in Nigeria. Sylvain Saluseke is a pan africanist engaged with La Lucha in the DRC as well as the recently formed Afrikii network.

We talk about what is at the core of these protests, learning new tactics with which to engage with governments that are everything but democratic, and whether hashtags are of any help.

You can catch the episode this Friday December 4th at www.inserviceof.org/podcast and in Dakar on 94.9FM WADR at 7:00 pm GMT. We’ve also gone regional! Click the podcast link to see when and where live episodes and rebroadcasts will air in Sierra Leone, Gambia, Liberia, and Nigeria.