This article situates the #EndSARS women’s activism within the broader context of Nigeria’s transgenerational feminist struggles against State repression. We draw on the actions of the Abeokuta Women’s Union (AWU) of 1947, led by Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, to explore continuities evident in the work of feminists in Nigeria’s protest against police brutality (and other social vices), popularly known as the End SARS Movement in 2020. Using in-depth interviews, a close feminist reading of activists’ documentation, and data from Twitter, which was the major site of #EndSARS digital activism, we explore contemporary feminist activists’ inadvertent or concerted actions that point to transgenerational continuities in Nigerian feminist activism.
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