Socio-economic resistance

This paper examines the performance poetry of Nigerian Performance Poet, Dike Chukwumerije, arguing that it functions as a significant site for socio-economic resistance and constructive national advocacy. Framed within the dual lenses of Postcolonial theory and Marxist theory, the study analyzes his selected poems, which are "The Beautiful Ones Are Born", "Okwesilieze", "The Roads Are Broken", "Development Is", "The Wall and The Bridge", "The Revolution Has No Tribe", "We Are One Nation", "Belly Politics" and "Fix The Politics".