ABSTRACT
Protest is one of the characteristic features of a democracy. In the Western countries of the world, protest is synonymous with democratic cultures. This chapter examines the protest culture in Nigeria and the use of traditional communication to express protests in a modern Nigerian democratic setting. It examines the use of leaves, burning of tyres, chanting and dancing as well as the female stripping naked in public. The chapter employs the qualitative approach and explores instances of such protests in Nigeria and the potency of such traditional communication methods in drawing the attention of the authority and public to perceived grievances. We caution against accepting traditional modes of communication in Nigeria literally because this way of communication has wider consequences for the communicative processes.
