... in many cases, these photographs are actually of women from Guinea-Bissau, a country about a 1,000 miles west of Nigeria. And the following, from Nigerian-American novelist Teju Coles Twitter feed: Protesting Boko Haram is like lighting candles to cure cancer. I understand the impulse to do something. But Boko Haram is irreducibly complex. Makes Kony look like childs play. What can I do to help? Unless youre a Nigerian with constitutional rights to participate in Nigerias democratic process: almost nothing. The something eventually done will likely—as in the past—get many other boys and girls killed, and no one will be accountable for it. pri.org/stories/2014-05-09/how-wrong-photos-became-faces-viral-bringbackourgirls-campaign
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 01:33:37 +0000
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