We witness this not only across cities in the US but well beyond. Technically Chicago is not a war zone – people who live there may feel otherwise, I dont know. But its not the DRC, Palestine or Yemen but still the children of Chicago are being killed and they are not white kids. The children in the DRC along with their mothers are murdered and raped and there are the thousands who are trafficked and forced into armies of war, or labour or sex slaves or all of these.
#16Days – African Women in the Age of War
December 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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: – 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
Not a pretty picture: A short documentary on Nigeria
February 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Of course; they have a lot to hide!
November 29, 2011 By 3 Comments
Tweet When I first heard this piece of news I was shocked, then I became angry and then I turned defiant and decided that I would chart my own destiny. The piece of news is that out of the 192 member states of the United Nations, Zimbabwe has decided to declare itself so special, setting [...]
Normalisation of violence against women
November 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tweet From Witness – how militarism, masculinity and the media contribute and facilitate the normalization of violence against women.. Images of masculinity and militarism pervade mass media across the world, with aggressive male behavior, sexually exploited feminine bodies, and pictures of conflict saturating visual culture. These images contribute to the normalization of violence in our [...]
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