Title:   PARADOX OF GENTLE VIOLENCE OF NIGER-DELTA YOUTHS IN CHIMEKA GARRICKS TOMORROW DIED YESTERDAY

Abstract
Findings revealed that there are cases of incessant killings, cataclysmic oil spillage, drug abuse, cankerous air pollution, and ferocious brutality by armed officers on the people of Niger Delta which the higher-ups turned a blind eye to it. This lingered on till the Youths ganged up to form a militant group with a focus on kidnapping white expatriates for ransom which is normally paid off from the oil money. Comparing the non-violent End SARS Protest which the government responded to with brutality and the violent sit-at-home rules which the government responded to with a forced obedience, one can vividly see that violence engenders change unlike the fruitlessness of peaceful negotiations. The crisis is an inevitable phenomenon, it has existed, is still existing and will persist as long as there are living beings on the planet. It is something that cannot be separated from the human race. This paper x-rays The Paradox of Gentle Violence of Niger-Delta Youths in Chimeka Garricks’ Tomorrow Died Yesterday. It explores how disillusioned and abandoned the youths felt that they resorted to violence which they perceived to be the best approach. The study hinges on Psychoanalytic theory which serves as the theoretical framework for this paper. The Youths were constrained by the system, a future killing system that killed their tomorrow, a system that gives no room for their development rather only on the enrichment of nation’s pockets. The researcher concludes by calling a motion for Gentle violence which will hopefully effect desirable changes on the situation of things in the country. That gentle form of violence which strikes a balance between compassion and toughness is really required. It advocates that citizens be tough to tough situations and soft to soft situations, toughness is not requires in all situation and vice versa.
Keywords: Gentle Violence, Youth Crises, Niger-Delta, Oppression, Disillusionment

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Publication Date: 2023-04-06