I was looking for a recent news story about Africa that could promote any of the six stereotypes discussed in class and I could realize that the most news I read about Africa were related with at least one of the six stereotypes.
I chose an article that shows a case, which happened in Port Harcourt in Nigeria, about some Nigeria gunmen that kidnapped and Indian citizen living in Nigeria’s restive oil region. The police have been looking for the kidnapers to try to rescue the man. However, they were unable to find him, and they are currently still on the hunt for him. The article says that this is the second case of kidnapping in the same region this week.
This case demonstrates signs of endemic violence because there were two cases of kidnapping in a short period of time, last two days, in the same region. The girl already found was kidnapped on Thursday and the Indian citizen, the continued disappeared, was kidnapped on Friday night. The article also says “Kidnappings of foreigners in Port Harcourt and the rest of the Niger Delta have become common in recent years as militants and criminals seek ransoms from employers”, so clearly I could realize that cases like this happens very often.
Another article, talking about the same kidnap of the girl, explains that “for years the kidnappers targeted primarily expatriate oil workers but recently wealthy Nigerians have been more common victims”. The kidnapers abducted the little girl, an eight-month old baby, for ransom.
In conclusion I think Port Harcourt promotes the stereotype of endemic violence. A place where kidnaps are considered common is clearly a violent place. However people have to consider that Nigeria is a really poor country with high levels of corruption, so the indices of violence will be higher. So people should not apply the endemic violence as a stereotype in the entire Africa.
If you want to know more about check the links below
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_af/af_nigeria_oil_unrest
http://www.euronews.net/newswires/148733-gunmen-kidnap-8-month-old-child-in-nigerian-oil-hub/
I chose an article that shows a case, which happened in Port Harcourt in Nigeria, about some Nigeria gunmen that kidnapped and Indian citizen living in Nigeria’s restive oil region. The police have been looking for the kidnapers to try to rescue the man. However, they were unable to find him, and they are currently still on the hunt for him. The article says that this is the second case of kidnapping in the same region this week.
This case demonstrates signs of endemic violence because there were two cases of kidnapping in a short period of time, last two days, in the same region. The girl already found was kidnapped on Thursday and the Indian citizen, the continued disappeared, was kidnapped on Friday night. The article also says “Kidnappings of foreigners in Port Harcourt and the rest of the Niger Delta have become common in recent years as militants and criminals seek ransoms from employers”, so clearly I could realize that cases like this happens very often.
Another article, talking about the same kidnap of the girl, explains that “for years the kidnappers targeted primarily expatriate oil workers but recently wealthy Nigerians have been more common victims”. The kidnapers abducted the little girl, an eight-month old baby, for ransom.
In conclusion I think Port Harcourt promotes the stereotype of endemic violence. A place where kidnaps are considered common is clearly a violent place. However people have to consider that Nigeria is a really poor country with high levels of corruption, so the indices of violence will be higher. So people should not apply the endemic violence as a stereotype in the entire Africa.
If you want to know more about check the links below
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_af/af_nigeria_oil_unrest
http://www.euronews.net/newswires/148733-gunmen-kidnap-8-month-old-child-in-nigerian-oil-hub/
Great work!
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