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Can social media start a movement?

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From the #FeesMustFall protests in South Africa to the #EndSARS movement in Nigeria, social media activism has been shown to raise awareness and bring about social change. Claude Grunitzky talks to three activists. Oliver Barker-Vormawor is a governance advisor and one of the founders of the #FixTheCountry movement in Ghana in 2021. South Sudanese model Mari Malek started the social media movement #runwaystofreedom. Abdoulaye Oumou Sow is head of communications for the FNDC movement in Guinea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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