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• Race at work: remembering Katrina three years on

  Posted: August 29, 2008, 11:56 pm by Sokari

  As headlines focus on conventions and running mates, the third anniversary of Katrina offers an opportunity to examine the results of disastrous federal, state and local policy on the people of New Orleans. Several organizations have released powerful reports in the past week, examining the current state of the city; while grassroots activists have plans [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Race at work: remembering Katrina three years on", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/race_at_work_remembering_katrina_three_years_on.html" });

• Chevron on trial

  Posted: August 29, 2008, 11:19 pm by Sokari

  Multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta have time and time again colluded with the Nigerian government in police and military action against local communities including women and children. In Etche Ogoni Egi and Ijaw, Shell Elf and Chevron have all paid for and employed the services of the para [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Chevron on trial", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/chevron_on_trial.html" });

• Our waste is your waste and your waste is ours

  Posted: August 29, 2008, 12:36 pm by Sokari

  The discussion on Climate Change has tended to focus on the impacts for the West. But this report on the sinking coastal regions of West Africa is a wakeup call for the continent. Swathes of West Africa’s coastline extending from the orange dunes in Mauritania to the dense tropical forests in Cameroon will be [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Our waste is your waste and your waste is ours", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/our_waste_is_your_waste_and_your_waste_is_ours.html" });

• It was so right

  Posted: August 22, 2008, 5:22 pm by Sokari

  “Yeah, we’re Americans for 10 seconds then we’re just “niggers”! a documentary on the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico. Links: Tibet Tags: 1968 Olympics Mexico SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "It was so right", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/it_was_so_right.html" });

• Demolishing Naipaul

  Posted: August 22, 2008, 4:00 pm by Sokari

  St Lucian poet and Noble Prize winner, Derek Walcott pulverizes VS Naipaul at a literary festival in Jamaica - I had so much pleasure reading this since I am unlikely to ever meet Mr Naipaul I was satisfied with the image of him squirming in his seat having his Biswas knocked off his [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Demolishing Naipaul", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/demolishing_naipaul.html" });

• Black August, birthdays, prisons & assassinations

  Posted: August 22, 2008, 3:32 am by Sokari

  Nehanda Abiodun celebrates her 58th birthday in Cuba. Like her friend and fellow activist, Black Panther Assata Shakur, Abiodun has been living in exile in Cuba where she set up a branch of the Black August Hip-Hop project. Black August was set up to honor Black Panthers San Quentin Six - [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Black August, birthdays, prisons & assassinations", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/black_august_birthdays_prisons_assassinations.html" });

• Avoiding the slippery road

  Posted: August 21, 2008, 4:15 am by Sokari

  Ghana is preparing to embark on oil exploration and it looks like they have learned some lessons from their neighbours in Nigeria and Gabon on the need to have a PLAN Ghana has taken a bold initiative towards a systematic establishment of economic, technical and legal framework to manage its oil extraction, whilst maximizing its benefits [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Avoiding the slippery road ", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/avoiding_the_slippery_road_.html" });

• “I am not a foreigner, I am not white”

  Posted: August 19, 2008, 4:49 pm by Sokari

  President Museveni of Uganda continues his assault on the Ugandan LGBTI community by praising the Anglican church in Uganda for “resisting homosexuality” and for this he is happy to give Bishops presents of cars “since walking is outdated”……… “I salute the Archbishop and bishops of Africa for resisting disorientation and a decadent culture, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "\"I am not a foreigner, I am not white\"", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/i_am_not_a_foreigner_i_am_not_white.html" });

• Black Weblog Awards

  Posted: August 19, 2008, 4:27 pm by Sokari

  The finalists for the 2008 Black Weblog Awards (including this here blog) are up at Electronic Village……….. Here is the list for the 2008 Black Weblog Award Finalists. Click here to cast your vote. The winners in each category will be announced on September 4. Tags: Blogging Black Weblog Awards SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Black Weblog Awards", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/black_weblog_awards.html" });

• Thembi’s AID’s Diary

  Posted: August 16, 2008, 3:27 pm by Sokari

  Thembi Ngubane spent a year recording her daily life and struggle living with AIDS in South Africa. The recordings are organised as “chapters” and start with a discussion with her mother about AIDS. Thembi is also blogging at “Thembi’s AIDS Diary Tour: South Africa” Via DigiActive Tags: Thembi Ngubane South Africa HIV/AIDS Blogging SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Thembi's AID's Diary", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/thembis_aids_diary.html" });

• Ugandan LGBT activists acquitted

  Posted: August 15, 2008, 5:42 pm by Sokari

  The case against three Ugandan LGBTI HIV/AIDSactivists has been dismissed. The three were arrested on 4th June 2008 during the HIV/AIDS Implementers meeting in Kampala. They were objecting to the exclusion of Sexual Minorities from the HIV/AIDS Prevention programmes in the country. After two days and nights of detention in police [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Ugandan LGBT activists acquitted", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/ugandan_lgbt_activists_acquitted.html" });

• Lagos Grids and Swerves

  Posted: August 15, 2008, 3:20 pm by Sokari

  There’s a tune by Midival Punditz, Bhranga Fever, which always reminds me of Lagos, a city of both grids and swerves. It’s loud, fast, uplifting but tiring, contradictory, polarised and expensive! Expensive in Lagos is scary, especially when you consider that the majority of people exist on less than $2 [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Lagos Grids and Swerves", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/lagos_grids_and_swerves.html" });

• Africans in Mexico

  Posted: August 15, 2008, 2:44 pm by Sokari

  Haiti is well known as the sight of the first successful slave revolt which resulted in independence in 1804. But African slaves, brought to Mexico by the Spanish in the late 16C , also have a history of rebellion and at the time Mexico had the largest African population outside the continent. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Africans in Mexico", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/africans_in_mexico.html" });

• Remembering Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine

  Posted: August 12, 2008, 4:39 pm by Sokari

  Today is the one year anniversary of the disappearance of Haitian human rights activist, Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine. His wife, Michelle has sent this open letter to the Haitian authorities expressing her and her family’s resolve and calling for the truth to be revealed and her shock at calling his mobile and someone answering the phone. Madam/Sir [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Remembering Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/remembering_lovinsky_pierre-antoine.html" });

• Nigeria: progress is nigh

  Posted: August 12, 2008, 4:22 pm by Sokari

  Nigeria’s “high rollers” return home in a rush of “reverse brain drain”. Meanwhile property prices for the elite reach US highs at the expense of bulldozing the poor to make way for $million homes for the new high rollers in business suits. This crew of new patriots are apparently abandoning regular power supplies and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Nigeria: progress is nigh", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/nigeria_progress_is_nigh.html" });

• Google launches African news

  Posted: August 12, 2008, 3:41 pm by Sokari

  Google launches 9 dedicated African news services including Nigeria, Ghana and Zimbabwe. News.google.com.ng for Nigeria news.google.co.ke for Kenya news.google.com.et for Ethiopia news.google.co.zw for Zimbabwe news.google.com.na for Namibia news.google.com.gh for Ghana news.google.co.ug for Uganda news.google.co.bw for Botswana news.google.co.tz for Tanzania Tags: Africa Google News SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Google launches African news", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/google_launches_african_news.html" });

• Music bits

  Posted: August 10, 2008, 5:05 pm by Sokari

  Every week Kikuyumoja [his blog] sends me at least 7 Del.icio.us links and I am very grateful as mostly they are gems and a few weird things like this exercise routine that would kill me if I dared to attempt it - which makes me wonder what he thinks of me! Here are [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Music bits", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/music_bits.html" });

• links for 2008-08-09 [delicious.com]

  Posted: August 9, 2008, 7:32 pm by Sokari

  France accused in Rwanda genocide (tags: france rwanda genocide) Advocacy Project - Undugu Society of Kenya (tags: streetchildren kenya technology capacitybuilding) monitter : real time, live twitter monitor search engine (tags: twitter socialmedia web2.0) Citizens for Nigeria - "Online Think Tank (tags: Nigeria commentary news) Digital Story Project: Young Kenyans express themselves (tags: Kenya digital blogging) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "links for 2008-08-09 [delicious.com]", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/links_for_2008-08-09_deliciouscom.html" });

• Eight centuries of Black presence in Holland

  Posted: August 9, 2008, 5:10 pm by Sokari

  “Rubens to Dumas - Black is Beautiful” is a collection of paintings, drawings and manuscripts portraying Black people over 8 centuries by Dutch artists Rubens, Rembrandt, Jordaens, Mostaert, Breitner, Jan Sluijters, Karl Appel and Marlene Dumas. Together these works give an idea of the changing role of black people in Dutch art and culture. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Eight centuries of Black presence in Holland", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/eight_centuries_of_black_presence_in_holland.html" });

• SOPUDEP turning a house of torture into community school in Petion-Ville, Haiti

  Posted: August 8, 2008, 12:48 pm by Sokari

  This time last year I was visiting Haiti and my host was Rea Dol and her family, all members of the Lavalas Movement and she herself co-founder of SOPUDEP school. SOPUDEP which created in 2001, is a private non-profit school that exists through the sheer determination of Rea and her colleagues. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "SOPUDEP turning a house of torture into community school in Petion-Ville, Haiti", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/sopudep_turning_a_house_of_torture_into_community_school_in_petion-ville_haiti.html" });

• Some youth conscious music

  Posted: August 4, 2008, 10:02 pm by Sokari

  I came across some new music over the weekend from a band called, Soulfège (’sOl-fezh) which goes under the name “Afropolitan Fusion” which I assume explains the mix of high energy AfroJazz, Hip-Hop and Reggae along with the conscious lyrics. They have recently released their second album “TakeBack TheMic” which [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Some youth conscious music", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/some_youth_conscious_music.html" });

• Zimbabwe in the shadow of empire

  Posted: August 4, 2008, 8:05 pm by Sokari

  With the pre and post election crisis in Zimbabwe there is, quite rightly, a focus on the present and future - a Zimbabwe without Mugabe and Zanu-PF. However Zimbabwe’s history is often lost in the present environment of fear, violence and economic catastrophe in the country. In this extensive article “In the Shadow [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Zimbabwe in the shadow of empire", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/zimbabwe_in_the_shadow_of_empire.html" });

• Niger Delta rejects UK government plan to arm Nigeria

  Posted: August 2, 2008, 2:29 pm by Sokari

  Gordon Brown recently offered to help the Nigerian government “fight rebels in the oil-producing Niger Delta“. Niger Deltans and other progressive thinking Nigerians reject any form of military assistance by the British government to Nigeria to be used in the Niger Delta or any part of the country. Please sign the petition [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Niger Delta rejects UK government plan to arm Nigeria", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/niger_delta_rejects_uk_government_plan_to_arm_nigeria.html" });

• Demonic cabals

  Posted: August 1, 2008, 3:16 pm by Sokari

  Following on from my post on Nigeria that never got further than a jumble of thoughts flushing around in my head just when I would be trying to sleep - take a deep breath…. I found a blog via “Nigeria, What’s New” called “Looking for good in Lagos“. It is fascinating to discover new [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Demonic cabals", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/08/demonic_cabals.html" });

• The Joker is wild

  Posted: July 31, 2008, 4:29 pm by Sokari

  A couple of years ago - maybe a year I cant remember - I read a blog post by Keguro on things he thought of / wanted to blog about but didn’t. Thinking about blogging on something and not doing it is a sure sign of blogger paralysis / disinterest / being blogged out [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Joker is wild", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/07/the_joker_is_wild.html" });

• links for 2008-07-30

  Posted: July 30, 2008, 7:33 pm by Sokari

  Matt Simmons and Peak Oil: How to Silence Fast Money Team : TreeHugger (tags: environment oil perspective) OSRAM|About Us|Society and the Environment - Global Care|Products and the environment|Off-Grid Lighting|index (tags: ecology green products kenya) Blackdown:Upping Dubset (tags: music blogging uk) My Mercedes is not for sale - photos | Mein Mercedes ist nicht zu verkaufen - Fotos (tags: travel photography funny blog [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "links for 2008-07-30", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/07/links_for_2008-07-30.html" });

• Action alert: putting the pressure on Mugabe

  Posted: July 28, 2008, 1:13 am by Sokari

  Sokwanele are calling supporters to take action against Austrian company : Jura JSP ACTION: We are calling on all our supporters and subscribers today to phone, email and write to Jura JSP and ask them to withdraw the software licence from the Zimbabwean government on the grounds that the cash they print has been used to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Action alert: putting the pressure on Mugabe", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/07/action_alert_putting_the_pressure_on_mugabe.html" });

• Molesters and Voters

  Posted: July 28, 2008, 11:32 pm by Sokari

  Marko Phiri of Kubatana draws the analogy between women being unable to exercise their democratic right to vote for their choice of candidate and that of the right of a woman not to be physically molested and to dress as she pleases. I listened with disgust the other day to a woman and two men [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Molesters and Voters", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/07/molesters_and_voters.html" });

• African artists respond to social injustice

  Posted: July 28, 2008, 10:37 am by Sokari

  “Reflections in Exile: Five Contemporary African Artists Respond to Social Injustice” at the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists in Roxbury. The show collects work by five immigrants, four of them now living in Greater Boston, the fifth a former MassArt student. Slide Show Tags: African Art Social Injustice SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "African artists respond to social injustice", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/07/african_artists_respond_to_social_injustice.html" });

• Kids behind Playstation 2

  Posted: July 26, 2008, 2:00 pm by Sokari

  “Kids in Congo were being sent down mines to die so that kids in Europe and America could kill imaginary aliens in their living rooms,” Links: Playstation Wars Tags: Coltan Sony Play Station DRC SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Kids behind Playstation 2", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/07/the_real_war_behind_playstation_2.html" });

• Hate speech kills

  Posted: July 25, 2008, 3:13 pm by Sokari

  Tags: LGBTI South Africa Hate Speech Homophobia SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Hate speech kills", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/07/hate_speech_kills.html" });

• Appalling homophobia

  Posted: July 24, 2008, 8:51 pm by Sokari

  My first reaction was “here we go again” but this is far worse. I’m referring to an article in the South African Sunday Sun “Call me names but gay is NOT OK”. The article - which includes a despicable cartoon equating same sex realtionships with bestiality, calls for a rewriting of the SA constitution [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Appalling homophobia", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/07/appalling_homophobia.html" });

• Not taking poverty seriously

  Posted: July 24, 2008, 2:29 pm by Sokari

  The South African supermarket chain Shoprite has been expanding into various countries across the continent, including Nigeria, for the past 10 years. The Lagos branch is part of the “Palms” mall complex at Lekki Beach opened in late 2005 and one of two malls on Victoria Island, Lagos’s most expensive real estate. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Not taking poverty seriously", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/07/not_taking_poverty_seriously.html" });

• Remember Olive Morris? - History of Black Britain

  Posted: July 22, 2008, 9:13 pm by Sokari

  I was not here in the 70s so no, I don’t remember Olive Morris but do remember the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD) in the early 80s which she was a founder member. Morris was part of the Brixton Black Panther Party and early post -WWII Black struggle in Britain. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Remember Olive Morris? - History of Black Britain", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/07/remember_olive_morris_-_history_of_black_britain.html" });

• To anyone who reads this blog

  Posted: July 21, 2008, 5:01 pm by Sokari

  Just in case anyone noticed I have been away for the past 3 weeks (Nigeria). Wish I had something to say about the trip but am too tired and there are too many stories to know where to begin and even after a mere 24 hours it all seems to incredibly far away in some [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "To anyone who reads this blog ", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/07/to_anyone_who_reads_this_blog_.html" });

• The Country That Never Was……Zimbabwe, ……………..wait before you……………….!

  Posted: June 27, 2008, 1:35 pm by Sokari

  Excitement gripped me when I was able to go back across the border to visit my family in Zimbabwe. Pleased as I was, I tried to ignore all the media reports on the country’s disregard of acceptable and proper treatment of human beings. Before going home, I braced myself for whatever the hell was to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Country That Never Was......Zimbabwe, ……………..wait before you……………….!", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/the_country_that_never_waszimbabwe_wait_before_you.html" });

• Niger Delta: 50 years of oil

  Posted: June 26, 2008, 3:41 pm by Sokari

  Photos from “Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta The lure of oil is its cheapness. What we mean is that oil is a cheap source of energy. It is cheap partly because oil’s costs of extraction—in the Niger Delta and much of the tropical world—are not reflected in the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Niger Delta: 50 years of oil", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/niger_delta_50_years_of_oil.html" });

• links for 2008-06-25

  Posted: June 25, 2008, 7:35 pm by Sokari

  100 years of Namibian diamonds - Although Namibia accounts for just over 1% of the annual world diamond output - about 160-million carats — the high percentage of high-quality gems has made Namibian diamonds among the world’s most sought after. (tags: leviev blooddiamonds namibia) UNICEF shuns Leviev money (tags: leviev blooddiamonds angola namibia palestine) Jews sans frontieres: UNICEF to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "links for 2008-06-25", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/links_for_2008-06-25.html" });

• Jesus loves me, the bible tells me so………… but the bishops tell me no

  Posted: June 25, 2008, 12:52 pm by Sokari

  The breakaway Anglican Church, Global Anglican Future Conference (Gafcon) has banned eight Anglican Church activists including Nigerian gay activist, Davis MacIyalla of Changing Attitude Nigeria. Gafcon which includes a large number of preachers of intolerance and un Jesus like individuals such as Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria, Archbishop Henry Orombi of Uganda and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Jesus loves me, the bible tells me so............ but the bishops tell me no", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/jesus_loves_me_the_bible_tells_me_so_but_the_bishops_tell_me_no.html" });

• links for 2008-06-24

  Posted: June 24, 2008, 7:35 pm by Sokari

  Kenya: Citizen Media in a time of crisis (tags: kenya citizen media elections web2.0 blogging) History Matters Promoting citizenship and democracy in South Africa (tags: blogging citizenship democracy southafrica) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "links for 2008-06-24", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/links_for_2008-06-24.html" });

• Forget about being executed just be descreet!

  Posted: June 24, 2008, 5:22 pm by Sokari

  In an outrageous statement against LGBTs and asylum seekers, UK’s Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith claims gay and lesbian asylum seekers can be deported to Iran (and other countries such as Nigeria, Uganda and Cameroon) safely as long as they are “discreet”. In a letter to a Liberal Democrat peer, seen by The Independent, Ms Smith [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Forget about being executed just be descreet!", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/forget_about_being_executed_just_be_descreet.html" });

• links for 2008-06-23

  Posted: June 23, 2008, 7:35 pm by Sokari

  Neocosmos: The Politics of Fear and the Fear of Politics (Essay on the pogroms) | Abahlali baseMjondolo (tags: southafrica apartheid xenophobia) Leviev :Striking workers suspended in Namibia Leviev has a diamond polishing plant in Namibia, which recently has been making news over labor strife: (tags: Leviev blooddiamonds diamonds namibia) UK tops world table of weapons sales Britain won a dubious new [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "links for 2008-06-23", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/links_for_2008-06-23.html" });

• Mapping terror in Zimbabwe

  Posted: June 23, 2008, 6:41 pm by Sokari

  The awful reality of the violence against opposition leaders and supporters in Zimbabwe is made visual and very real by Sokwanele’s June map of terror. Via White African Tags: Zimbabwe SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Mapping terror in Zimbabwe", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/mapping_terror_in_zimbabwe.html" });

• An Angolan wedding -

  Posted: June 23, 2008, 11:31 am by Sokari

  An Angolan gay couple get married in the midst of hypocrisy walking in the night………. Angolan couple, Bruna and Chano paid a high price for making their homosexual relationship public. The two young men met when they were both living in the Luanda neighbourhood of Bês. After seeing each other for three and a half years, they [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "An Angolan wedding - ", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/an_angolan_wedding_-_.html" });

• On the Pogroms in South Africa

  Posted: June 22, 2008, 11:33 pm by Sokari

  This essay was written by a friend of mine, Richard Pithouse, in response to the xenophobic violence in South Africa. The essay is particularly interesting as Richard identifies links between the role of the state in the violence, post apartheid oppression, land rights and the state’s disdain and attacks on [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "On the Pogroms in South Africa", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/on_the_pogroms_in_south_africa.html" });

• links for 2008-06-20

  Posted: June 20, 2008, 7:34 pm by Sokari

  The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement - Two Sean Bell Video Tributes (tags: murder usa racism newyork) Autonomous London portal to various radical social centres and autonomous spaces in London. New spaces come and go in a seemingly constant cycle of occupations and eviction. (tags: london radical socialchange activist) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "links for 2008-06-20", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/links_for_2008-06-20.html" });

• Half hour for Haiti

  Posted: June 20, 2008, 3:05 pm by Sokari

  Pote Mak Sonje (Whoever Bears the Scar Remembers) : The Raboteau Trial explores how a community mobilized against formidable obstacles-a long history of impunity, corruption, lack of infrastructure, extreme poverty, and illiteracy-to bring about the best criminal prosecution ever in Haiti, and one of the most significant human rights trials in the Western hemisphere in [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Half hour for Haiti", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/half_hour_for_haiti-4.html" });

• Collective indiscipline in Ghana

  Posted: June 20, 2008, 1:58 pm by Sokari

  An exceptionally long rant about Nigerian 419ers and Ghanaian politicians - not sure of the connection except they sound very much like Nigerian politicians… We can never move forward as a people, if we don’t end the culture of indiscipline and impunity that pervades our nation from the very top to the lowest rungs of the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Collective indiscipline in Ghana", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/collective_indiscipline_in_ghana.html" });

• Learning to love “Red”

  Posted: June 19, 2008, 8:42 pm by Sokari

  Rethabile introduced me to Geoffrey Philp a couple of months ago - now I visit his blog all the time. This poem he wrote reminds me of the conversation a few weeks ago here on Black Looks on xenophobia, belonging and the words not to call people Red by Geoffrey Philp It burst from those lips [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Learning to love \"Red\"", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/learning_to_love_red.html" });

• switching race and other pessimisms

  Posted: June 18, 2008, 6:15 pm by Sokari

  The Chinese in South Africa have won their case to be designated “Black” showing us how arbitrary racial categories are. Lucky them, under apartheid they were able to take advantage of not being “Black” (they were coloured” - slightly up in the racial chain) and now they can take advantage of being “Black” and go [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "switching race and other pessimisms", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/switching_race_and_other_pessimisms.html" });

• links for 2008-06-17

  Posted: June 17, 2008, 7:37 pm by Sokari

  Digital Humanities: Timbuktu Project A project to electronically digitize ancient manuscripts and books from Timbuktu (tags: africa history digital) Forgotten Kenyan conflict exposed (tags: kenya conflict) What is the Bulungula Incubator? « The Bulungula Incubator (tags: ngo poverty projects southafrica tourism development) Afrigadget.com - 50 Best Websites 2008 - TIME (tags: web2.0 africa technology) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "links for 2008-06-17", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/links_for_2008-06-17.html" });

• Half Hour for Haiti

  Posted: June 17, 2008, 3:49 pm by Sokari

  Danny Glover speaking at LA vigil calling for the safe return of Lovinsky Pierre Antoine Please sign the petition Weekly Vigil in London every Wednesday 5-6pm outside the Brazilian Embassy Links: Lovinsky Pierre Antoine (blog under construction) Global Women’s Strike - Lovinsky Tags: Haiti Lovinsky Pierre Antoine Brazil UN + MINUSTAH SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Half Hour for Haiti", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/half_hour_for_haiti-3.html" });

• “Returns Directive” immigration policy with the lowest common denominator

  Posted: June 16, 2008, 12:42 am by Sokari

  On June 17th & 18th the EU will vote on the proposed anti-immigration legislation”Returns Directive” which will enable member states to: Detain and deport migrants including vulnerable people, unaccompanied minors (under 18 years of age) and pregnant women. Expel unaccompanied minors and other migrants to a country where they have neither family nor legal support. Ban an expelled [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "\"Returns Directive\" immigration policy with the lowest common denominator ", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/returns_directive_immigration_policy_with_the_lowest_common_denominator_.html" });

• Arsema Dawit: 1993 - 2008

  Posted: June 16, 2008, 9:15 pm by Sokari

  15 year old Eritrean Arsema Dawit was murdered in London on June 2nd 2008. Via Africa Rise SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Arsema Dawit: 1993 - 2008", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/arsema_dawit_1993_-_2008.html" });

• “Shoot lezitabane” Drag Queen, Daisy Dube

  Posted: June 12, 2008, 5:53 pm by Sokari

  It seems it is so easy to move from name calling to drawing a gun and shooting someone simply because they are different, different sexualities, different nationalities, different races. The murder of Daisy Dube is under investigation but like so many previous murders, rapes and acts of violence, the perpetrators remain free sometimes even [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "\"Shoot lezitabane\" Drag Queen, Daisy Dube", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/shoot_lezitabane_drag_queen_daisy_dube.html" });

• International Carnival of Positives - Final Edition

  Posted: June 11, 2008, 11:14 am by Sokari

  This is my second and sadly the final edition of what has been an excellent series of posts and debates on HIV/AIDS. Ron Hudson who started the ICP has decided to end the Carnivals…. It is with relief and sadness that I have decided to allow the International Carnival of Pozitivities to come to an [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "International Carnival of Positives - Final Edition", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/international_carnival_of_positives_-_final_edition.html" });

• links for 2008-06-09

  Posted: June 9, 2008, 7:33 pm by Sokari

  El Oso Words Without Borders Review of Words Without Borders book publication (tags: literature online) Paradigm Initiative Nigeria :Youth-led Social Technopreneurship and ICT Capacity Building. PIN provides five key services: Consulting, ICT Capacity Building, Research, Telecentre Support and Youth-led Social Technopreneurship. Through these services, PIN connects individuals, people-groups, institutions and communities with the socio-economic o (tags: nigeria icts development) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "links for 2008-06-09", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/links_for_2008-06-09.html" });

• LGBT activist released and re-arrrested

  Posted: June 8, 2008, 12:28 pm by Sokari

  One of the three Ugandan LGBTI activists who was arrested at the HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting in Kampala on the 4th of June 2008, was re-arrested and held for an additional four and a half hours today. In response to demands for his release from his lawyer, the Chairperson of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), and UNAIDS, Usaam Mukwaaya was released this [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "LGBT activist released and re-arrrested", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/lgbt_activist_released_and_re-arrrested.html" });

• links for 2008-06-06

  Posted: June 6, 2008, 7:33 pm by Sokari

  A micro view of xenophobic violence from a township in durban To convey the reasons and effects of xenophobia in South Africa and its effect on the working class, (tags: xenophobia southafrica violence) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "links for 2008-06-06", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/links_for_2008-06-06.html" });

• Ugandan LGBT activists arrested

  Posted: June 5, 2008, 12:16 am by Sokari

  Three Ugandan LGBT activists have been arrested in Uganda whilst attending the HIV/AIDS Implementers Conference in Kampala. The LGBT and HIV / AIDS activists were protesting against comments made by the head of the Ugandan AIDS Commission that no funds would be given to AIDS programmes working with men who have sex with [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Ugandan LGBT activists arrested", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/1959.html" });

• links for 2008-06-05

  Posted: June 5, 2008, 7:33 pm by Sokari

  Risking it All to Find Safety by Kai Wright On the margines of Queer America - being young Black and gay on the wrong side of town (tags: LGBT usa africanamerican) Rights Groups Fear for Gays in West Africa (tags: LGBT africa humanrights) Roundtable on g8 Resistance: Perspectives for the Next Phase of Global Anti-Capitalist Uprisings (tags: capitalism globalisation g8) Naomi Klein [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "links for 2008-06-05", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/links_for_2008-06-05.html" });

• “illegality is not an identity; it is a status that can be mended”

  Posted: June 5, 2008, 1:41 pm by Sokari

  This article “The Great Immigration Panic” is set in the US but in many ways speaks to the whole issue of immigration across the world including Europe and South Africa……….. Immigrants in detention languish without lawyers and decent medical care even when they are mortally ill. Lawmakers are struggling to impose standards and oversight on a [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "\"illegality is not an identity; it is a status that can be mended\"", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/illegality_is_not_an_identity_it_is_a_status_that_can_be_mended.html" });

• The road to happiness is long - could be thousands of miles, if you persevere you may get there, BUT

  Posted: June 5, 2008, 2:00 am by Sokari

  Perils of lies will await you on the roadside, watch your front and back, turn sideways and round in a circle. Look to the sky, this is the home of ancestors with their eyes of ten thousand splendid suns watching over you. Beware of “enemies” in the shape of “friends”, you [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The road to happiness is long - could be thousands of miles, if you persevere you may get there, BUT", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/the_road_to_happiness_is_long_-_could_be_thousands_of_miles_if_you_persevere_you_may_get_there_but.html" });

• UGANDAN HOMOSEXUALS RESPOND TO INFLAMMATORY REMARKS BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE UGANDAN AIDS COMMISSION

  Posted: June 4, 2008, 1:59 am by Sokari

  This Monday, 2nd June, 2008 the Director General of Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), was widely quoted by international media saying “Gays are one of the drivers of HIV in Uganda, but because of meagre resources we cannot direct our programmes at them at this time,” We would like to point out: * 26 years since the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: " Ugandan homosexuals respond to inflammatory remarks by Ugandan Aids Commission", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/_ugandan_homosexuals_respond_to_inflammatory_remarks_by_the_director_general_of_the_ugandan_aids_commission.html" });

• Anti-Afrophobia

  Posted: June 2, 2008, 4:37 pm by Sokari

  This statement from the Western Cape Anti-Eviction campaign links the regular evictions of it’s members with those of refugees who have been “evicted by violence” form their homes over the past few weeks. The link is important in understanding the role of the government in fueling the flames of xenophobia by police attacks against [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Anti-Afrophobia", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/anti-afrophobia.html" });

• links for 2008-05-31

  Posted: May 31, 2008, 7:32 pm by Sokari

  Democracy Now! | Interview with medical activist Dr. Paul Farmer Challenges Profit-Driven Medical System While Bringing Healthcare to Poor Communities Worldwide (tags: interviews socialjustice medicaljustice haiti) Egypt: Court Upholds HIV Sentences, Reinforces Intolerance Egypt: Court Upholds HIV Sentences, Reinforces Intolerance Five Convictions in Fear-Driven Crackdown a Blow to Health and Justice (tags: HIV Egypt prison) Nigeria churches continue to attack LGBT community (tags: [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "links for 2008-05-31", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/links_for_2008-05-31.html" });

• Ushahidi wins Netsquared competition!

  Posted: May 30, 2008, 4:53 pm by Sokari

  Congratulations to Ushahidi as this excellent African project has won first prize at the Net Squared Challenge competition. This is one huge prize and just shows what can be done with little resources - where there is a will there is a way. They project now has $25,000 so there is no telling where [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Ushahidi wins Netsquared competition!", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/ushahidi_wins_netsquared_competition.html" });

• links for 2008-05-28

  Posted: May 28, 2008, 7:36 pm by Sokari

  Renewed attacks force IDPs back to camps (tags: refugees kenya violence) Nixon on “little negro bastards” RICHARD NIXON: We’re going to [put] more of these little Negro bastards on the welfare rolls at $2,400 a family–let people like Pat Moynihan and [special consultant] Leonard Garment and others believe in all that crap. But I don’t believe in it. Work, (tags: Nixon USA [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "links for 2008-05-28", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/links_for_2008-05-28.html" });

• Message to religion - Women and men take control of their future

  Posted: May 28, 2008, 4:03 am by Sokari

  “God is simply a name for an uncompromising commitment to equality and justice…..There is no superior to humankind….. There is no Messiah other than the people….. God is a force for resistance, resistance against Macoutes and all evils. It is better not to believe than to believe in a miracle from heaven.” Jean-Bertand [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Message to religion - Women and men take control of their future", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/message_to_religion_-_women_and_men_take_control_of_their_future.html" });

• links for 2008-05-27

  Posted: May 27, 2008, 7:33 pm by Sokari

  Privacy Disaster At Twitter: Direct Messages Exposed (Update: GroupTweet Is Likely Culprit) (tags: privacy twitter internet socialmedia social security) DRISHTI Media, Arts, Human Rights (tags: india media humanrights video art journalism) YouTube - Moving Windmills (tags: afrigadget malawi youtube william kamkwamba) Aid workers & UN peacekeepers raping children in Haiti (tags: haiti UN NGOs rape children) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "links for 2008-05-27", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/links_for_2008-05-27.html" });

• UK court archives on African history

  Posted: May 27, 2008, 4:16 pm by Sokari

  The central criminal court in London, the Old Bailey has published court records from 1674-1913 online. The database includes records on the lives of Africans and their descendent’s in London. The defence of highwayman Joseph Guy in 1767 was that ‘There are a thousand black men in London besides me’. Unsurprisingly, most appear in criminal contexts. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "UK court archives on African history ", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/uk_court_archives_on_african_history_.html" });

• US + Halliburton + Cheney + Shell & Nigeria = corruption

  Posted: May 26, 2008, 5:53 pm by Sokari

  The bribery allegations against Halliburton’s actions in Nigeria during the Sani Abacha dicatorship have been widened to cover the past 20 years and will include investigating Halliburton’s (and presumably Dick Cheney’s - see video Cheney exposed) relationship with Shell and possibly other oil multinationals operating in Nigeria. Criminal investigations of former Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "US + Halliburton + Cheney + Shell & Nigeria = corruption", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/us_halliburton_cheney_shell_nigeria_corruption.html" });

• Toxic PCs

  Posted: May 25, 2008, 4:37 pm by Sokari

  The West has been using Africa to dump it’s toxic waste and unwantables for years and continues despite being illegal since 1992. In 1998 the EU implemented a ban against exportation of hazardous waste the West. [the USA, Canada and New Zealand refused to sign]. Just after the Tsunami of December 2004, barrels of [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Toxic PCs", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/toxic_pcs.html" });

• Ushahidi mapping xenophobia in africa

  Posted: May 24, 2008, 6:40 pm by Sokari

  The Ushahidi engine is being used to map xenophobic attacks in South Africa at the “United For Africa” website Tags: Xenophobia + South Africa Ushahidi SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Ushahidi mapping xenophobia in africa", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/ushahidi_mapping_xenophobia_in_africa.html" });

• Half-caste symphony, half ear, half head, half foot

  Posted: May 24, 2008, 2:35 pm by Sokari

  Via Poefrika This poem has a special meaning for me as I grew up in Nigeria being called “half-caste” and always despised the word and refused to acknowledge the term. Even today I meet Nigerians who continue to use the term either as a way of describing themselves or others leaving me cringing. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Half-caste symphony, half ear, half head, half foot", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/half-caste_symphony_half_ear_half_head_half_foot.html" });

• When we get cholera we must be educated about washing our hands when in fact we need clear water.

  Posted: May 23, 2008, 12:12 pm by Sokari

  No one is illegal - Abahlali baseMjondolo comment on the Xenophobic Attacks in Johannesburg We condemn the attacks, the beatings, rape and murder, in Johannesburg on people born in other countries. We will fight left and right to ensure that this does not happen here in KwaZulu-Natal. We have been warning for years that the anger of [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "When we get cholera we must be educated about washing our hands when in fact we need clear water.", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/when_we_get_cholera_we_must_be_educated_about_washing_our_hands_when_in_fact_we_need_clear_water.html" });

• - *No one is illegal -*

  Posted: May 23, 2008, 12:01 pm by Sokari

  Social Movements Indaba action against hate The Social Movements Indaba (SMI) - a co-ordinating national body of social movements, civil society and activist organizations - is organizing with its affiliated organizations and immigrant communities to roll back the groundswell of xenophobia. In the years since its formation in 2002, the SMI [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "- *No one is illegal -*", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/-_no_one_is_illegal_-.html" });

• no fish for oil

  Posted: May 22, 2008, 12:54 pm by Sokari

  Sweet crude for shell, bitter oil for people Part 2 Tags: Niger Delta Oil Enviornment SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "no fish for oil", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/no_fish_for_oil.html" });

• “the world is tragic by nature” so things fall apart?

  Posted: May 21, 2008, 4:04 am by Sokari

  A sentimental post afropanavisions left this thoughtful comment on South Africa I was so saddened, that the very people who received international solidarity to help bring about the end of the dreadful system of apartheid would turned into such monsters to hurt those who are foreign born. What a sad day it is indeed. Despite this [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "\"the world is tragic by nature\" so things fall apart?", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/the_world_is_tragic_by_nature_so_things_fall_apart.html" });

• presidential madness and stupidity

  Posted: May 20, 2008, 9:32 pm by Sokari

  More presidential madness this time it’s the Gambia. The president has ordered all “homosexuals, drug dealers, thieves and other criminals, to leave The Gambia or face serious consequences if caught“. This is so ridiculous, so bloody stupid, breaks every law that exists in Gambia and human rights laws everywhere. So what happens in 24 [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "presidential madness and stupidity", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/presidential_madness_and_stupidity.html" });

• Update on the Zoliswa Nkonyana murder trial

  Posted: May 20, 2008, 3:41 pm by Sokari

  Zoliswa Nkonyana was a 19 year old lesbian woman who was brutally murdered on 4 February 2006 by a mob of 20 men of which only 9 have so far been arrested and charged. The trial has faced delay after delay and has now been scheduled for August 22nd with instructions to all defense attorneys [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Update on the Zoliswa Nkonyana murder trial", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/update_on_the_zoliswa_nkonyana_murder_trial.html" });

• more thoughts on anti-immigraton violence

  Posted: May 20, 2008, 12:42 pm by Sokari

  Kameelah adds to the discussion on xenophobia in South Africa by linking to a number of articles in Pambazuka News and by making a connection between the violence, poverty and global food crisis. connected to this food crisis is the rise in violence against immigrants especially in south africa–joburg to be specific though cape [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "more thoughts on anti-immigraton violence ", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/more_thoughts_on_anti-immigraton_violence_.html" });

• Remembering Malcolm

  Posted: May 19, 2008, 10:48 pm by Sokari

  Rethabile remembers Malcolm X on Poefrika. It’s an easy day for me to remember as it’s also my son’s birthday. He spent the day looking at some of his maternal ancestors over at the British Museum in London meanwhile here is Rethabile’s post For Malcolm X All you violated ones with gentle hearts; You [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Remembering Malcolm", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/remembering_malcolm-2.html" });

• Xenophobia deflects government failures

  Posted: May 19, 2008, 5:50 pm by Sokari

  My friend Beauty at “Nigeria What’s New” posted on the violence against immigrants taking place in South Africa and wonders why bloggers in the diaspora are not screaming about this horrible human rights issue since the story broke on May 1st. Good point, Beauty after all if this was happening in Spain, France, Britain or [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Xenophobia deflects government failures", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/xenophobia_deflects_government_failures.html" });

• Ghada Karmi on 60 years of dispossession

  Posted: May 16, 2008, 2:13 am by Sokari

  Amy Goodman discusses the 60 years of Israeli occupation and Palestinian dispossession with Palestinian writer Ghada Karmi. The Dispossession,, Nakba displaced 750,000 Palestinians including Ghada Karmi. Her childhood memories of Palestine and her life as a refugee are chronicled in her book “In Search of Fatima” reviewed here and here. I was [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: " Ghada Karmi on 60 years of dispossession", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/_ghada_karmi_on_60_years_of_dispossession.html" });

• Bloggers Nigerians unite for human rights

  Posted: May 15, 2008, 4:00 am by Sokari

  After spending three hours on Tuesday listening to some 30 African women asylum seekers testify about their treatment by the British government, many of whom had been imprisoned in Yarl’s Wood detention Center, I thought I would write a general piece built around their stories. However before I started I received an email [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bloggers Nigerians unite for human rights", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_nigerians_unite_for_human_rights.html" });

• “Sweet Crude” the poverty of oil

  Posted: May 14, 2008, 6:26 pm by Sokari

  Sandy Cioffi, director of the documentary “Sweet Crude” interviewed on Democracy Now! In this small region of Nigeria known as the “south-south,” something huge is happening. The adverse effects of oil exploration have been unfolding in the Niger Delta for the past 50 years. Now, the people have had enough. From environmental [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "\"Sweet Crude\" the poverty of oil", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/sweet_crude_the_poverty_of_oil.html" });

• Update on Eudy Simelane - tactics employed by defense attorneys

  Posted: May 14, 2008, 1:39 pm by Sokari

  Photos from the 7-7-7 Campaign The five accused of the murder of Eudy Simulane reappeared in court today. The hearing was initially delayed because accused number 5 was appearing in another court on charges of rape and robbery, which he was out on bail for . Once proceedings began, they were further bogged down [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Update on Eudy Simelane - tactics employed by defense attorneys", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/update_on_eduy_simelane_-_tactics_employed_by_defense_attorneys.html" });

• Racist hate in Russia

  Posted: May 13, 2008, 4:02 am by Sokari

  Just over two years ago a friend of mine Kayode Ogundamisi wrote a piece “Are you a Black man? Don’t go to Russia” in which is spoke of the racism experienced by African students in Russia….. It is a shame that the Russian government is turning a blind eye on the growing level of attacks on [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Racist hate in Russia", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/racist_hate_in_russia.html" });

• Quick Links

  Posted: May 13, 2008, 3:06 am by Sokari

  W.TEC launched the Networking For Success Project in Lagos, Nigeria……….Future projects need online volunteers to act as mentors, and cash, books, software, computers. Contact W.TEC via their website. The Networking for Success project will teach women how to use Web 2.0 tools and other ICTs to effectively develop and advance their work. Participants will [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Quick Links", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/quick_links-11.html" });

• Limited campaign against sexual violence

  Posted: May 10, 2008, 12:52 am by Sokari

  Two important events from the DRC - The one month campaign against sexual violence in the DRC took place between March 17-April 17th and coincided with a new law to ending the crimininalisation of children by accusing them of witchcraft. The campaign was funded by the UN Population Fund. However the question is in [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Limited campaign against sexual violence", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/limited_campaign_against_sexual_violence.html" });

• Bloggers Unite under Human Rights

  Posted: May 7, 2008, 3:17 pm by Sokari

  The 15th May - a day for bloggers to unite and focus on human rights everywhere. For more information Bloggers Unite. Via Devious Diva Tags: Blogging Human Rights SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bloggers Unite under Human Rights", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_unite_under_human_rights.html" });

• Quick Links

  Posted: May 7, 2008, 1:58 pm by Sokari

  May’s International Carnival of Pozitivities is up at dropdeadhappy. Two blog posts stand out - “Myths and misconceptions about HIV and AIDS” by The AIDS Pandemic in which he looks at some of the “old” myths and some more contemporary myths such as HIV is a “black disease” or “two positive people do not need [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Quick Links", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/quick_links-10.html" });

• Killers of EUDY SIMELANE appear before a packed court.

  Posted: May 5, 2008, 12:20 am by Sokari

  Lesbian and Gay Equality Project, Johannesburg, South Africa. In a packed Springs Magristrate Court C, the five young men accused of murdering Eudy Simalane appeared this morning before Acting Chief Magistrate Mandla Mthombeni. The five young men, (K. Magabhula, J. Mahlangu, T. Mvuba, T. Pitja and T. Phithi) did not have anything to say to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Killers of EUDY SIMELANE appear before a packed court. ", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/killers_of_eudy_simelane_appear_before_a_packed_court_.html" });

• Eudy Simelane: Another lesbian raped and murdered

  Posted: May 3, 2008, 5:03 pm by Sokari

  Once again another lesbian has been raped, tortured and murdered in South Africa on Monday 28th April. Sizakele Sisgasa and Salome Masooa were tortured and murdered just 10 months ago. Since then lesbians, gays and transsexuals across the continent - Nigeria, Uganda, Senegal and Cameroon, have been attacked and beaten and arrested [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Eudy Simelane: Another lesbian raped and murdered", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/eudy_simelane_another_lesbian_raped_and_murdered.html" });

• No Visible Movement

  Posted: May 1, 2008, 3:25 am by Sokari

  In Prison The Whole Of My Life is a documentary covering the arrest, trial, imprisonment and fight for a retrial for Mumia Abu Jamal. Mumia’s is presently undergoing a complex appeal process which focuses on three major trial violations - the racism of the judge who was heard by the stenographer at [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "No Visible Movement", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/04/no_visible_movement.html" });

• Solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe

  Posted: April 23, 2008, 2:25 pm by Sokari

  PRESS STATEMENT: SA LESBIAN AND GAY COMMUNITY CONCERNED ABOUT DEMOCRACY CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE The South African Lesbian and Gay Equality Project (LGEP), formerly known as the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality (NCGLE), is concerned about the deepening political, economic and social crises in Zimbabwe. We express our full solidarity with the lesbians, gay men, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/04/solidarity_with_the_people_of_zimbabwe.html" });

• death threats from mob violence & state sponsored homophobia in the name religion

  Posted: April 20, 2008, 1:55 pm by Sokari

  Mostly in the name of Christianity and Islam………. Even in Africa–a continent not known for its gay-friendly cultures or governments—Nigeria stands out for the virulence and violence against gay men in particular as well as lesbians. Continued…………. Tags: Nigeria LGBTI Religion + Christianity + Islam SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "death threats from mob violence & state sponsored homophobia in the name of religion", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/04/death_threats_from_mob_violence_state_sponsored_homophobia_in_the_name_religion.html" });

• Aime Cesaire: 1913 - 2008

  Posted: April 17, 2008, 10:50 pm by Sokari

  The Martiniquan poet, novelist, playwright and activist, Aime Cesaire died today aged 94. I feel sad that the last of our literary and ideological [negritude] warriors is now gone. Sad that we people of African descent remain at odds with each other. Where the people who stayed behind have forgotten [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Aime Cesaire: 1913 - 2008", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/04/aime_cesaire_1913_-_2008.html" });

• 136 Nigerians forced to leave BA flight to Lagos

  Posted: April 16, 2008, 1:00 pm by Sokari

  British Airways Must Apologise I have done my fair share of flying over the years but ever since I can remember, flying to and from Lagos has always been THE most stressful and unpleasant travel experience. From the days of BCal through British Airways and Virgin Nigeria, Nigerians have had to put up [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "136 Nigerians forced to leave BA flight to Lagos", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/04/136_nigerians_forced_to_leave_ba_flight_to_lagos.html" });

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