School canings in Nigeria: Two video clips. Clip 2 is New!
Corporal punishment is prevalent in many Nigerian schools.
CLIP 1 OF 2
Date: 2012
Duration: 20 seconds
Here, a young boy receives two strokes of the cane, apparently in the school office. Other students are present, in what capacity is unclear. This clip illustrates why the typical African method of just having the recipient lie down on the ground is so unsatisfactory, because he can too easily twist round so that the strokes are not landing accurately in the correct place.
HERE IS THE CLIP:
CLIP 2 OF 2 (silent film) New!
Date: 2017
Duration: 4 minutes
THIS VIDEO HAS NO SOUND.
On the assembly ground of a high school, a mass caning of senior boys is taking place, supposedly for "dodging assembly". Several members of staff are administering the punishment simultaneously, using different methods: some of the beneficiaries are just standing up straight, others are lying on the ground. But either way, the canes are aimed mostly at the seat of the blue uniform trousers.
Each boy gets five or six strokes. The canes are long, thin and whippy. There is some clutching or rubbing of buttocks. The teachers (if that is what they are) are putting quite some vim into the task, and there is little sign of jocularity: this is serious discipline, evidently accepted as valid by the students, although many of them look rather sullen about it. The ceremony takes place in full view of the general public, who are seen wandering nonchalantly past. Maybe they are accustomed to coming upon such scenes at this location.
HERE IS THE CLIP:
