Futile Political Gestures: On the ‘Futility’ of Provocation and the Micro-Revolutions in Angola

Ruy Llera Blanes

These videos were recorded in August 2019 in Luanda, Angola and were sent to me via WhatsApp by Hitler Samussuku, an activist from the so-called ‘Revús’ (short for Revolutionary Movement), a civic movement that emerged in the aftermath of the Arab Spring and has since consistently staged a protest route against the Angolan regime, markedRead more