Tweet From Open Democracy, Amina Mama on where African women should stand in the age of war. [This article was first published in September 2011.] The anniversary of 9/11 has filled the US-dominated media with action replays and detailed excavations of the events surrounding the attacks on the World Trade Centre and two other [...]
#16Days: I am a Genderqueer Peculiarite.
November 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tweet 500 years ago a formidable army descended on the university city of Sankore in Timbucktu. When they left the Peculiarites emerged from the spoils. The inhabitants viewed by the Spanish as a strange skin colour, their strange language (if it could be called that thought the Spanish conquistador), and their ways earned their land [...]
#16Days: – Nigeria’s Memory Hole*
November 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In the early hours of the morning of the 20th November, 1999, 27 trucks carrying over 2000 soldiers plus 4 armored personnel carriers mounted with machine guns drove into Odi Town in Bayelsa State. Between 2pm that afternoon and 6pm the following day, the town was bombarded with artillery fire. By the end of the two days, practically every building in the town was flattened, set on fire and/or looted. In all 2,483 persons – mainly women, children and the elderly were
Excuse me while I die
November 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tweet We are 4 days into the 16 Days of Activist Against Violence Against Women which dates back to 1999. Fourteen years of days and weeks where the world supposedly focuses on violence against women will end on Human Rights Day, the 10th December. In Durban the 17th UN Climate Change conference begins today and [...]
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