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Oct 31, 2013

"Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it." --Martin Luther King Jr.

Reclaiming the Streets

Expressing a need for ordinary citizens to come together and own their cities, young Nigerian-born artist and poet Inua Ellams has been leading impromptu 'runs' around London by night, searching the streets for alternative stories and new configurations. All over the world, through defiant protests, performances, citizen action, even unsolicited horticulture, the battle for civic space continues to reinvent itself. This article shares more.