The art of protest

For International Women's Day, 12 iconic photos of female defiance, including the woman who handbagged a neo-Nazi and the marchers who sparked the Russian Revolution.

As Iranian rappers are forced into exile or imprisoned, Arian Khameneh takes a look at the genre of music that soundtracked a generation of protest.

Fela Kuti penned Beasts of No Nation after time spent in prison – it has become a song, and album, that still inspires many in Nigeria today, writes Ernest Nweke.

With Happy Birthday, Stevie Wonder successfully campaigned to honour Martin Luther King Jr with a national holiday, in a career of socially conscious songwriting, writes Diane Bernard.

In 2020, murals in cities all over the globe gave voice to black protest and resistance. Arwa Haider explores the powerful graffiti art that memorialises George Floyd and others.

In Nigeria, music is intertwined with social justice, writes Innocent Chizaram Ilo, exploring the role that songs have played in recent protests against police brutality.

The exhilarating protest movement of 1970s Britain, Rock Against Racism, still resonates today. As a new documentary is released, Arwa Haider looks back – and to the future.

A new album documents the life and death of Víctor Jara, a Chilean folk singer who became an international icon of resistance, writes Dorian Lynskey.