Comments for Black Looks http://www.blacklooks.org black looks Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:08:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 Comment on Western media and lazy African reporting by solomonsydelle http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForBlackLooks/~3/473076694/western_media_and_lazy_african_reporting.html solomonsydelle Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:47:35 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/11/western_media_and_lazy_african_reporting.html#comment-113338 Yes, it does seem that the fact that the Jos riots were sparked by political conflict gets forgotten very quickly in the international press. I recently stopped by a blog that incorrectly stated that the ANPP is a Muslim party while the PDP is a Christian party. That kind of information will unfortunately cause more problems. I tried to offer a correction, I can only hope the blogger took heed, but if they got that information from some 'reputable' news site, I daresay they will stick with that conclusion over any insight we could give. And of course, our government doesn't seem to do anything to clarify things. How about someone going on record to clarify what happened? Oh well. Nothing will change until we Africans and like minded non-Africans, take the time to refute the stereotypical and often times condescending portrayal of the issues that concern us in the international press. I just visited femme's site and she just talked about a recent post on Nigeria in a Brazilian paper. Has the Nigerian embassy in Brazil (which just 'launched' a glitzy cultural center) taken the time to counter that interview and the stereotypes it propelled? I desperately hope so. Nigeria's Ambassador to the US would do well to have a press liaison officer contact CNN and offer a proper translation of Ms. Baba's words. Thanks for this post and i came here by way of Loomnie. solomonsydelles last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nigeriancuriosity/fpFU/~3/470873746/religious-political-violence-in-jos.html" rel="nofollow">RELIGIOUS & POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN JOS</a> Yes, it does seem that the fact that the Jos riots were sparked by political conflict gets forgotten very quickly in the international press. I recently stopped by a blog that incorrectly stated that the ANPP is a Muslim party while the PDP is a Christian party. That kind of information will unfortunately cause more problems. I tried to offer a correction, I can only hope the blogger took heed, but if they got that information from some ‘reputable’ news site, I daresay they will stick with that conclusion over any insight we could give.

And of course, our government doesn’t seem to do anything to clarify things. How about someone going on record to clarify what happened?

Oh well.

Nothing will change until we Africans and like minded non-Africans, take the time to refute the stereotypical and often times condescending portrayal of the issues that concern us in the international press. I just visited femme’s site and she just talked about a recent post on Nigeria in a Brazilian paper. Has the Nigerian embassy in Brazil (which just ‘launched’ a glitzy cultural center) taken the time to counter that interview and the stereotypes it propelled? I desperately hope so. Nigeria’s Ambassador to the US would do well to have a press liaison officer contact CNN and offer a proper translation of Ms. Baba’s words.

Thanks for this post and i came here by way of Loomnie.

solomonsydelles last blog post..RELIGIOUS & POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN JOS

]]> http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/11/western_media_and_lazy_african_reporting.html#comment-113338 Comment on Photos from AWID conference by Sokari http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForBlackLooks/~3/472937263/photos_from_awid_conference_.html Sokari Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:07:44 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/12/photos_from_awid_conference_.html#comment-113322 Standtall hope you find yourself :) Standtall hope you find yourself :)

]]> http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/12/photos_from_awid_conference_.html#comment-113322 Comment on Photos from AWID conference by Standtall http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForBlackLooks/~3/472490349/photos_from_awid_conference_.html Standtall Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:40:17 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/12/photos_from_awid_conference_.html#comment-113321 I was trying to see if I made the pictures. I will not give up until I see me. The 1 in 9 Campaign was powerful. I put the video on youtube and on my blog. I was trying to see if I made the pictures. I will not give up until I see me.

The 1 in 9 Campaign was powerful. I put the video on youtube and on my blog.

]]> http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/12/photos_from_awid_conference_.html#comment-113321 Comment on Western media and lazy African reporting by Sokari http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForBlackLooks/~3/471951761/western_media_and_lazy_african_reporting.html Sokari Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:09:07 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/11/western_media_and_lazy_african_reporting.html#comment-113285 d.lwanga @ first I am happy to see you passing by and back in cyberland. You got me there cause no I have not written to (not CNN) to the UK Guardian who generally are quite good at publishing letters so I do need to follow that up. Whilst there are sometimes tensions between Muslims and Christians Nigeria is on the whole very good at living side by side with these two religions. Again resources and poverty play a large part irrespective of religious persuasions. Its got a lot to do with the emonisation of Islam! d.lwanga @ first I am happy to see you passing by and back in cyberland. You got me there cause no I have not written to (not CNN) to the UK Guardian who generally are quite good at publishing letters so I do need to follow that up.

Whilst there are sometimes tensions between Muslims and Christians Nigeria is on the whole very good at living side by side with these two religions. Again resources and poverty play a large part irrespective of religious persuasions. Its got a lot to do with the emonisation of Islam!

]]> http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/11/western_media_and_lazy_african_reporting.html#comment-113285 Comment on Western media and lazy African reporting by d. lwanga http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForBlackLooks/~3/471951762/western_media_and_lazy_african_reporting.html d. lwanga Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:58:11 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/11/western_media_and_lazy_african_reporting.html#comment-113283 one more comment...this issue reminds of the international outpouring to Amina Lawal..how people were pouring scorn on Islam...until Ayesha Imam and co wrote an international "enlightenment and rebuke of misguided advocacy"..people were lit writing to all Nigerian embassies with all sorts of vulgarity...in the end, it's the Shari'a Courts through which the ruling of pardon (in favor of amina Lawal) was carried out d. lwangas last blog post..<a href="http://dlwanga.blogspot.com/2008/09/unhappy-fall-of-noble-men.html" rel="nofollow">The UNHAPPY FALL OF A NOBLE STATESMAN</a> one more comment…this issue reminds of the international outpouring to Amina Lawal..how people were pouring scorn on Islam…until Ayesha Imam and co wrote an international “enlightenment and rebuke of misguided advocacy”..people were lit writing to all Nigerian embassies with all sorts of vulgarity…in the end, it’s the Shari’a Courts through which the ruling of pardon (in favor of amina Lawal) was carried out

d. lwangas last blog post..The UNHAPPY FALL OF A NOBLE STATESMAN

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