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People Live Here

@peoplelivehere

Supporting those who live in the waterfronts of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where the state government have threatened to destroy homes.

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linkhttp://www.people-live-here.org calendar_today04-08-2011 17:09:52

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#PeopleSingHere: music moves us to action, in the studio and on the streets. Pushback Talks today at noon: keep pushing ✊🏾🎶⚡

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They bulldozed our homes. When we came onto the streets in protest, they shot at us. They can't stop us singing. #TheStruggleIsInOurSong #EndSARS #OrganiseForJustice #ShoutForRights Amnesty International Nigeria @ChicocoRadio

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#RightToBreathe: clean air in our cities is a #HumanRight. Cities are at the core of the #ClimateEmergency. They can be the heart of its solution if they involve #PeopleLikeUs. #PeopleBreatheHere Amnesty International Nigeria Cities Alliance

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Keep reminding us. The passionate expression of people demanding justice is a vital aspect of democratic citizenship. Celebrate it. Don't persecute it! ✊🏾 Also: #EndSARS we haven't forgotten. Amnesty International Nigeria

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A song of the sister, a feminist interrogation of contemporary Nigerian society: ⚡️👉🏿🎸chicoco.fm/no-agreement-t…🎺👈🏾⚡️ #WomensDay #ChicocoSounds #FeministFela

A song of the sister, a feminist interrogation of contemporary Nigerian society: 

⚡️👉🏿🎸chicoco.fm/no-agreement-t…🎺👈🏾⚡️

#WomensDay  #ChicocoSounds #FeministFela
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Elechi Phase 1, Port Harcourt, Nigeria BEFORE: 2000 residents: fishermen, civil servants, traders, teachers, school kids, musicians; a community. AFTER: 2000 pushed into homelessness, poverty, insecurity; a wasteland. #PeopleLiveHere #HousingIsAHumanRight #EndForcedEvictions

Elechi Phase 1, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
BEFORE: 2000 residents: fishermen, civil servants, traders, teachers, school kids, musicians; a community.

AFTER: 2000 pushed into homelessness, poverty, insecurity; a wasteland.
#PeopleLiveHere #HousingIsAHumanRight #EndForcedEvictions
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Today, Martha packed up her room, with her mother and her child and left her home to the bulldozers. Martha lost her home, not her voice. Read her story here: ⚡️ chicoco.fm/reading-in-the… ⚡️

Today, Martha packed up her room, with her mother and her child and left her home to the bulldozers.

Martha lost her home, not her voice. 

Read her story here:

⚡️ chicoco.fm/reading-in-the… ⚡️
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Those were streets we walked. Courtyards we gathered in. Markets we traded in. Homes we lived in. #PeopleLiveHere #EndForcedEvictionsNow

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Powerful images and strong stories. Let us hope they encourage solidarity and move us to action, because they cannot keep the rain from our heads. Amnesty International Nigeria