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  • Half hour for Haiti: 1000 dead Haitians not worth the words on paper

    Posted: September 28, 2008, 2:50 pm by Sokari
    A leaked email from a BBC editor highlights the Western media’s lack of interest in Haiti. David Edwards writes The whistleblower’s editor had listed several stories which he described as “not that interesting”, followed by the comment: “Dull stories - every one of them, don’t you think?” These were the stories: “The leading anti-drugs judge in [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Half hour for Haiti: 1000 dead Haitians not worth the words on paper", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/half_hour_for_haiti_1000_dead_haitians_not_worth_the_words_on_paper.html" });

  • Obasanjo Library

    Posted: September 26, 2008, 4:09 am by Sokari
    Nigerian writer, Wole Soyinka on the new Obasanjo library the “Most nauseating exhibition of executive extortionism” in the country which should not be allowed to stand. What I am tempted to say is not repeatable outside of my private space BUT fortunately Soyinka is able to express my feelings in clean English and adds [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Obasanjo Library", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/obasanjo_library.html" });

  • The Oil Industry and Human Rights in the Niger Delta

    Posted: September 25, 2008, 1:59 pm by Sokari
    The Director of Environmental Rights Action (Friends of the Earth Ngieria) Nnimmo Bassey testifies before the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law…. This submission describes the deleterious human and environmental  impacts of the operations of multinational oil companies in the Niger Delta in Nigeria. It provides information about the population of the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Oil Industry and Human Rights in the Niger Delta", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/the_oil_industry_and_human_rights_in_the_niger_delta.html" });

  • MEND & Rising Militancy in the ND

    Posted: September 25, 2008, 1:39 pm by Sokari
    For a week in September, militants from  MEND (The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta)   in the Niger Delta  engaged in a series battles with the Nigerian armed forces which included blowing up oil installations and taking oil workers hostage.   Despite reports that hundreds had been killed it came as a surprise when  [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "MEND & Rising Militancy in the ND", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/mend_rising_militancy_in_the_nd.html" });

  • I’m a sexworker & I’m not a victim

    Posted: September 25, 2008, 12:21 pm by Sokari
    In “I’m a sexworker dont take away my livelihood”, Lara responds critically to the “Brothel Report” by the Poppy Project (research into the UK sex industry in London. which goes to great lengths to paint sexworkers as women who are forcibly trafficked, drug addicts, drunken victims of pimps. Lara’s story which is [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "I'm a sexworker & I'm not a victim", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/im_a_sexworker_im_not_a_victim.html" });

  • Quick Links

    Posted: September 24, 2008, 12:21 am by Sokari
    Biko Lives by Andile Mngxitama, Amanda Alexander and Niger Gibson is launched at Xarra Books in Johannesburg on Saturday @ 3pm. With you in spirit! ABOUT THE BOOK: This collection looks at the on-going significance of Black Consciousness, situating it in a global frame, examining the legacy of Steve Biko, the current state of [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Quick Links", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/quick_links-13.html" });

  • Troy Davis 1 week reprieve

    Posted: September 24, 2008, 4:50 pm by Sokari
    This is torture and inhumane. Troy Davis waited until 2 hours before his execution to be given a week’s extension - a lifeline and a lifetime. Technorati: troy davis racism in the USA capital punishment errors Del.icio.us: troy davis racism in the USA capital punishment errors Furl: troy davis racism in the USA [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Troy Davis 1 week reprieve", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/troy_davis_1_week_reprieve.html" });

  • An American Sentence (for Troy Davis)

    Posted: September 23, 2008, 11:53 am by Rethabile
    With no evidence blacks don’t walk on a technicality blacks die. Links: + Why Am I Not Surprised? + Stuff White People Do + Troy Anthony Davis + A Hundred Death Penalty Mistakes, And Counting If you can, write an American Sentence for Troy, or about the failure of the justice system in the United States, and post it today on [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "An American Sentence (for Troy Davis)", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/an_american_sentence_for_troy_davis.html" });

  • Thoughts on a Sunday afternoon

    Posted: September 21, 2008, 7:27 pm by Sokari
    I have been feeling under the weather lately - I wonder if this has a deeper meaning being that the weather lately has been a great improvement on the failed summer of July and August. I received a message via Facebook today from a friend in Madrid apologising for not responding to my birthday greetings. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Thoughts on a Sunday afternoon", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/thoughts_on_a_sunday_afternoon.html" });

  • Trans-homosexuality

    Posted: September 21, 2008, 10:23 am by Sokari
    The funniest things happen when you out yourself as a translesbian (i.e. a transsexual woman identified woman; a lesbian.) I, for one, am an African translesbian and I have a beautiful girlfriend who is virtually more African (if I may use this as an honorific) than I am and she’s a lesbian as far as [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Trans-homosexuality", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/trans-homosexuality.html" });

  • None on record: Stories of Queer Africa (NOR)

    Posted: September 17, 2008, 1:42 pm by Sokari
    A short but poignant piece by Notisha Massaquoi on the life and influence of Sierra Leone lesbian activist, FannyAnn Eddy who was murdered on 29th September 2004. FannyAnn was the founder of the Sierra Leone Gay and Lesbian Association. The interview is part of the “None on Record: Stories of Queer Africa” series [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "None on record: Stories of Queer Africa (NOR)", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/none_on_record_stories_of_queer_africa_nor.html" });

  • 2 Ugandan LGBTI activists arrested

    Posted: September 17, 2008, 1:00 pm by Sokari
    Last Thursday two Ugandan activists, Oundo George and Kiiza, were arrested in Kampala. Both activists have not been charged and are still in custody despite the legal time limit of 48 hours. According to a spiritual advisor who had access to Oundo George in police custody, both are to be charged with attempt [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "2 Ugandan LGBTI activists arrested", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/2_ugandan_lgbti_activists_arrested.html" });

  • Activists and family march demanding justice for Eudy Simelane

    Posted: September 16, 2008, 1:45 pm by Sokari
    On 28th April Eudy Simelane was brutally murdered in yet another in the growing number of attacks - rapes, murder, beatings, targeted against Black lesbians in South Africa including those of Sizakele Sigasa and Salome Moosa, in Johannesburg July 2007, and that of Zoliswa Nkonyane in February 2006 in Cape Town. Five men have [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Activists and family march demanding justice for Eudy Simelane", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/activists_and_family_march_demanding_justice_for_eudy_simelane.html" });

  • Moroccan blogger Mohammed Erraji on trial

    Posted: September 15, 2008, 9:54 pm by Sokari
    Mohammed’s trial is set for tomorrow @ The blogger was arrested last Friday, September 5th following the publication on the e-zine Hespress.com of an article entitled “The King Encourages His Subject’s Dependency” criticizing the social policy of King Mohamed VI (original version in Arabic, French translation, English translation ). He was sentenced 72 hours later in [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Moroccan blogger Mohammed Erraji on trial", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/moroccan_blogger_mohammed_erraji_on_trial.html" });

  • House of Rainbow takes a brave stance in Nigeria

    Posted: September 15, 2008, 11:33 am by Sokari
    The headline on a Nigerian tabloild “PM News” ridicules the “House of Rainbow Church” run by Rev Jide Macaulay in Lagos. The ministry, House of Rainbow, operates from a two-bedroom apartment in Block 145, Jakande Estate, at the Oke Afa area of Isolo. Scores of homosexuals, bisexuals, lesbians, and ‘transgender’ people regularly congregate at the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "House of Rainbow takes a brave stance in Nigeria", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/house_of_rainbow_takes_a_brave_stance_in_nigeria.html" });

  • Fighting breaks out in the ND

    Posted: September 14, 2008, 6:15 pm by Sokari
    Reports are coming in of fighting between MEND and the Nigeria Government under the Joint Task Force (JTF) military command occupying the Niger Delta States. THE Joint Task Force (Operation Flush Out III) yesterday carried a full-scale aerial and marine offensive on the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) positions and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Fighting breaks out in the ND", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/fighting_breaks_out_in_the_nd.html" });

  • What Cost Reproduction??

    Posted: September 14, 2008, 12:26 pm by Mia Nikasimo
    Childbirth in transgender circles has made it into the headlines yet again. This is no quip about whether transpeople should be allowed to have children or not. Rather, it is about the fact that with Thomas Beatie (a transsexual man) giving birth to a baby girl on the 4th of July 2008, precedence was set, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "What Cost Reproduction??", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/what_cost_reproduction.html" });

  • Support Mr Ayodeji Omotade!

    Posted: September 12, 2008, 8:52 pm by Sokari
    Mr Ayodeji Omotade has been charged with threatening, abusive, insulting, disorderly behavior towards British Airways (BA) crew, as a result of intervening in the violent deportation of a fellow Nigerian. The man, who was thought to be about 30, was being held down in his seat by four or five police officers as the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Support Mr Ayodeji Omotade!", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/support_mr_ayodeji_omotade.html" });

  • Three Spoons

    Posted: September 12, 2008, 5:03 pm by Rethabile
    After she swallowed me, my mother, swollen with me, looked for the proper place to empty me, the pain of carrying me harsh on her body, a weight in a child’s hand. So she had me among wild poppies at the foot of her bed, flowers with faces opening, and cactuses arranged in a range of well-wishing brightness smiling to welcome me. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Three Spoons", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/three_spoons.html" });

  • Half hour for Haiti: Hurricane disaster relief

    Posted: September 11, 2008, 9:05 pm by Sokari
    The situation in Haiti is truly horrible - Faye, Gustave, Hanna, Ike. Haiti Action has an appeal out for donations to help those in Gonaïves and elsewhere in the country. Paul Farmer who started Zanmi Lasante Hospital, describes the situation… The need is of course enormous. After 25 years spent working in Haiti and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Half hour for Haiti: Hurricane disaster relief", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/devastation_in_haiti_-_dn_interview_with_dr_paul_farmer.html" });

  • Child prisoners in Yarlswood detention center

    Posted: September 11, 2008, 4:12 pm by Sokari
    The New Statesmen publishes a special issue on the detention of non-British children some of whom are detained for indefinite periods of time in a manner which is “cruel and inhuman”. It is shameful that UK law allows children who are not British to be detained without time limits and without judicial oversight. Many [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Child prisoners in Yarlswood detention center", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/child_prisoners_in_yarlswood_detention_center.html" });

  • There were no white heroes in Haiti’s revolution

    Posted: September 10, 2008, 4:16 pm by Sokari
    Danny Glover discusses the problems in raising money for the forthcoming film on Haiti’s revolutionary hero, Toussaint-Louverture… Producers said ‘It’s a nice project, a great project… where are the white heroes?’” he told AFP during a stay in Paris this month for a seminar on film. “I couldn’t get the money here, I couldn’t get the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "There were no white heroes in Haiti's revolution", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/there_were_no_white_heroes_in_haitis_revolution.html" });

  • Biofuels take over farmland

    Posted: September 10, 2008, 10:16 am by Sokari
    Biofuels multinationals are rushing to invest in Eastern and Southern Africa. It all sounds wonderful as the companies pay in kind for use of farm land with the creation of jobs, investment in schools, health clinics and roads……. The Tanzanian government has granted the British firm the use of 9,000 hectares (22,230 acres) of sparsely populated [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Biofuels take over farmland", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/biofuels_take_over_farmland.html" });

  • Lagos

    Posted: September 9, 2008, 4:15 pm by Sokari
    The title aside, I think of Chris Abani’s Lagos of Graceland - SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Lagos", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/lagos.html" });

  • I am a Community Organiser

    Posted: September 8, 2008, 12:08 am by Sokari
    Organising within my multiple communities…………….. Every Wednesday evening since September 2007 I, along with many other people have stood together in a weekly vigil outside the Brazilian Embassy and Consulates in London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Port-au-Prince calling for the safe return of human rights activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine who disappeared on the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "I am a Community Organiser", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/i_am_a_community_organiser.html" });

  • HIV+ couples paired up for marriage

    Posted: September 8, 2008, 11:36 pm by Sokari
    Nigeria’s Bauchi State is acting as a “dating agency” by arranging for HIV+ people to meet each other with the aim of getting married and reducing the spread of HIV. Around 70 couples have been matched up in the last few weeks, Bauchi state authorities told the BBC. Authorities in the state say they are trying [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "HIV+ couples paired up for marriage", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/hiv_couples_paired_up_for_marriage.html" });

  • Poison fire - mapping gas flares in Niger Delta

    Posted: September 8, 2008, 3:35 pm by Sokari
    Poison Fire video draws attention to the massive destruction of people’s lives and communities in the Niger Delta………… Poison Fire follows a team of local activists as they gather “video testimonies” from communities on the impact of oils spills and gas flaring. We see creeks full of crude oil, devastated mangrove forests, wellheads that has been [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Poison fire - mapping gas flares in Niger Delta", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/posion_fire_-_mapping_gas_flares_in_niger_delta.html" });

  • Make amends now or fall!

    Posted: September 7, 2008, 2:44 pm by Mia Nikasimo
    When the acronym LGBTI hit the headlines the first thing a friend’s sister said was, “I don’t give a toss about all that Lesbian, gay, transgender, transsexual stuff if you ask me. We are all human, all that is about identity”. I wasn’t asking her but she said it, anyway. When I [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Make amends now or fall!", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/make_amends_now_or_fall.html" });

  • Old age and stories of periwinkles and mudfish

    Posted: September 7, 2008, 1:49 pm by Sokari
    I just read a post by Hathor on being old and singular which made me feel quite sad………. I have been called bitter, because I thought I had deserved more in life and said so. I am invisible, because I am older and I am also singular. I became a singular person during [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Old age and stories of periwinkles and mudfish", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/old_age_and_stories_of_periwinkles_and_mudfish.html" });

  • Completely Abolish U.S. HIV Travel Ban

    Posted: September 5, 2008, 1:48 am by Kameelah
    TAKE ACTION! Completely Abolish U.S. HIV Travel Ban: Please write your Representative now! Dear Friend, Recently we celebrated the passage into law of H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (PL 110-293), which reauthorized the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to a [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Completely Abolish U.S. HIV Travel Ban", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/completely_abolish_us_hiv_travel_ban.html" });

  • Quick Links

    Posted: September 4, 2008, 2:34 pm by Sokari
    South Africa is the only safe zone in Africa for LGBTI but how welcome are asylum seekers? SA IS one of only seven countries in the world that grants refugee status on the basis of sexual orientation. But people seeking that relief are battling as much as other refugees in the country. Asylum in Greece Campaign [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Quick Links", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/quick_links-12.html" });

  • Police brutality matters

    Posted: September 4, 2008, 2:10 pm by Sokari
    La Chola reminds us reminds us (just in case we’ve forgotten) “Why that police brutality stuff matters” I think that for violence against women to end, violence on all levels must be questioned, challenged and interrogated–violence on all levels regardless of who is committing it, must stop making sense. Police brutality at protest events matter because [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Police brutality matters", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/police_brutality_matters.html" });

  • Ethnicity is not solely race, nor vice versa…..

    Posted: September 3, 2008, 2:12 am by Sokari
    Marian Douglas-Ungaro with some very provocative thoughts on the nomination and possible presidency of Barack Obama….. her view may not be a popular mainstream one but it is an important one and at least encourages a debate away from the cultist mass worship of “Obamatronics” which is gathering momentum in Africa, the Americas and Caribbean……….. Speaking [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Ethnicity is not solely race, nor vice versa.....", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/ethnicity_is_not_solely_race_nor_vice_versa.html" });

  • Stamping on the Chosen Few: Township Soccer in London

    Posted: September 1, 2008, 1:33 am by Sokari
    Sport is continuously being assigned to a non-political space but no-one lives in a bubble – sports people or LGBTI people . The arrival in London of the Chosen Few (CF), a team of young out Black lesbians from the township of Soweto coming to play in the London 2008 IGLFA World Championships tournament, which [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Stamping on the Chosen Few: Township Soccer in London", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/stamping_on_the_chosen_few_township_soccer_in_london.html" });
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