Comments on: Beast of No Nation http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/11/beast_of_no_nation.html black looks Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:03:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Ayodele Cole http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/11/beast_of_no_nation.html#comment-1123 Ayodele Cole Mon, 21 Nov 2005 02:48:36 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/11/beast_of_no_nation.html#comment-1123 "Beast of No Nation" looks raw. Necessary stuff. So many untold stories, I'm glad some of them are seeing the light of day. “Beast of No Nation” looks raw. Necessary stuff. So many untold stories, I’m glad some of them are seeing the light of day.

]]> By: owukori http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/11/beast_of_no_nation.html#comment-1122 owukori Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:58:54 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/11/beast_of_no_nation.html#comment-1122 Thank you - I hope you continue visiting. Thank you - I hope you continue visiting.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/11/beast_of_no_nation.html#comment-1121 Jeremy Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:11:55 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/11/beast_of_no_nation.html#comment-1121 In fact we like your blog so much we've just made it "blog of the week" on www.lagoslive.com In fact we like your blog so much we’ve just made it “blog of the week” on www.lagoslive.com

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/11/beast_of_no_nation.html#comment-1120 Jeremy Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:07:40 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/11/beast_of_no_nation.html#comment-1120 I like your blog. Keep on keeping on.. I like your blog. Keep on keeping on..

]]> By: owukori http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/11/beast_of_no_nation.html#comment-1119 owukori Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:21:14 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/11/beast_of_no_nation.html#comment-1119 During the wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone there were lots of reports on child soldiers but they now seem to have been forgotten. There are still child soldiers in Uganda (LRA), Burundi and the DRC. But I do think the issue is connected to child labour. Both are forms of child abuse which is underpinned by society's lack of respect for children and their rights. Their vulnerability becomes an asset for the abusers. If we take Nigeria for example - we can look at the way children are used as "slaves" in the home and who are very often victims of sexual, mental and physical abuse – children as young as 5. It is a short journey from there to using children in stone quarries or as child soldiers. I would really like to do something around this in Nigeria – I keep thinking about it but havent figured out anything as yet. The impact on abused children destroys them as people and stays with them throughout their lives. Check this post children in slavery During the wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone there were lots of reports on child soldiers but they now seem to have been forgotten. There are still child soldiers in Uganda (LRA), Burundi and the DRC. But I do think the issue is connected to child labour. Both are forms of child abuse which is underpinned by society’s lack of respect for children and their rights. Their vulnerability becomes an asset for the abusers. If we take Nigeria for example - we can look at the way children are used as “slaves” in the home and who are very often victims of sexual, mental and physical abuse – children as young as 5. It is a short journey from there to using children in stone quarries or as child soldiers. I would really like to do something around this in Nigeria – I keep thinking about it but havent figured out anything as yet. The impact on abused children destroys them as people and stays with them throughout their lives. Check this post

children in slavery

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