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Black Looks

http://www.blacklooks.org

Pan African blog covering social justice and human rights issues in Africa and the Diaspora

• Added on: Mar 6th, 2008
• Country: Nigeria
• Language: English

• Author: BlackLooks
• Listed in: Political Activism Culture
• Tags: africa activism human rights nigeria gender lgbti

Recent Posts

• Happy birthday ntate Sobukwe!

  Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 06:21 in south africa, birthday

  Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was born on 5 December 1924...

• Petina Gappah wins Guardian award

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 05:06 in literature, Zimbabwe, african women, petina gappah, guardian first book award

  Petina Gappah has won the Guardian First Book award with her collection of short stories on Zimbabwe. Reading the various reports and interviews in the Guardian I see that Gappah is doing her best to distance herself from the usual “naming...

• Nigerian farmers take Shell to court

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 07:29 in nigeria, shell, niger delta, oil spills, ogoni, conflict mining resources, corporate watch

  Today is the start of a landmark court brought by four farmers from the Niger Delta against Shell Oil. The Nigerian farmers and fishers, who lost their livelihoods after oil from leaking Shell pipelines streamed over their fields and fishing pond...

• US / Uganda / Rwanda Christian connections

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 05:00 in human rights, uganda, Rwanda, rick warren, peter tatchell, yoweri museveni, african lgbti, "the family", uganda lgbti, uganda sexuality, ugandan anti-homosexuality bill

  Over the past week there has seen a string of blog posts and news articles criticising the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Below is a roundup of some of the more interesting and useful ones including a video from the October protest outside the Lond...

• Hideous photo

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 12:29 in rape, Violence against Women, hiv aids, african women, world aids day, african lgbti

  I dislike this photo intensely. It looks like something from a jam jar, a hideous caricature of Black women – an act of violence. It comes with this article on gender politics and AIDS. It talks about “cultural taboos” and rape ...

• Keep the oil in the soil

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 06:03 in nigeria, oil and gas, niger delta, conflict mining resources, petroleum industry, post petroleum nigeria

  A meeting of civil society organisations, lawyers, media, academics in Port Harcourt to discuss the future of oil in the Niger Delta and it’s impact on climate change and sustainability have issued a strong militant statement to the Federal Governm...

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