Throughout this week Newsnight in BBC Channel, they have been programming your documentary with the issue of illegal immigration in Britain. you have produced three reports on the subject, involving undercover filming to test the boundaries of the British immigration system and expose a lot immigrants and Africans to a danger of being imprisoned or seen as criminals even when most of them may be legal migrant.
I am surprise to learn that you use to be an illegal immigrant. Now you are acting as an undercover to implicate the illegal immigrants who were like you before. It is also so sad that you have been bought by the so called western media simply because of money. Just to give you an advice traitor
You have a lot to cover if you want to spend your life as a film maker. You should cover the western marginalization on Africa and African people. You should cover why UK quickly sanctioned Zimbabwe for election fraud but not china or Russia for real human rights abuses and ethnic cleansing and invasion You should cover the hypocrisy of the UK and US in rebuilding alliance with Libya because of their Oil and because of Russia recent threat on her energy policy. You should cover how they exploited African people and how they are currently exploiting African people both in that country you live and elsewhere. You should cover how they treat even legal immigrants that have legal papers in UK by not giving them good jobs and taking them as second citizens. You should cover their racism and how they treat Africans in that country and even how they are treated in their stupid British airways why flying with African country passports. You should cover also things happening in London streets and show those drunken idiots on the street of London to the world. You should try to show the world that they also have beggars, drunkards, and mad people and poor people too in their country. You should cover the double standard of UK, US when dealing with Africa
UK and BBC should stop their play holy tactics and pretense and concentrate on their countries and solve their problem and leave Africa alone
They should do documentary about their country after all, BBC is suppose to be for their community.
You are a disgrace to African race¦ we don't need traitors like you who choose to please the so called white because of money. You escaped Africa to Europe as illegal immigrant and yet have documentary on how to get those people like you. Who is fooling who? I am so sorry to have people like you on the forefront of exploitation of Africa. Have you been to Abuja to cover their great development, Have you been to other countries in Africa to see their great achievements. We as an organization are fighting for our Future Africa and you are there collaborating with the western media to destroy it.
You have not shown yet how those countries, you are talking of in Africa should change. But you can show how bad they are
Maybe you should go and change your color to white and come out well to act like them than pretending to be of Africa and using it to exploit Africans in showing only the bad sides of them .
Are you not ashamed of yourself?
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Exercept from a letter sent to Mr. Sorious Samura,
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It was like a huge joke when a friend of mine told me that there are nationals of neighboring African countries faking to be Nigerians and then procuring Nigerian passports in order to travel to Nigeria.
We are compelled to write and publish this complaint after seeing your consistent attempt to destroy Africa and her people via your negative and bias programming. It is so sad and heartbreaking that your news anchors have chosen the part of damaging Africa and her people with their consistent negative stereotype. We rarely see your low class media presenters show the Africa that we are familiar with.
All through your programming about Africa, you have never seized at least one minute of your stereotypical biased programs to show the Africa that is healthy, the Africa that has good houses and infrastructure, the Africa that is striving to come out of your devilish exploitation and post-colonialism . But you can spend 30mins to report about UK birds flew to Africa or even one hour to discuss a picture of a model.
Having visited some major cities in Africa like Abuja, Nigeria Accra Ghana, and other part of Africa and getting first-hand information from our correspondents from different cities in Africa. We are proud to learn of some great development taking place in this countries both in terms of their economy and infrastructure. Not downplaying some difficulties these countries still need to work on, but as a developing country, at least we must give credit to the little they have done so far while holding their politician accountable too.
But Surprisingly , your reporters and presenters close their eyes to those achievements and pretend they never existed and instead, they have resorted to associate Africa with a continent of survivals and survivors or Africa of diseases and poverty. We must say that it is shameful and reprehensible. Your consistent attempt to mar the face of Africa and her people is outrageous and must be stopped immediately.
Your betcha journalists and your selfish politicians have continued in their devilish ambition to sell their dehumanizing propaganda to the world using your media as a tool to talk about the Africa you have always prayed to be. This is appalling.
Standing on the principle of true journalism, we know that the prime goal of journalism is not to destroy but to build, but BBC World and CNN and their correspondents have psychologically damaged the image of Africa/Africans by your false negative reporting. It is not fair to always show Africa as a country with no hope or future. Your aged-long hypocritical and deceitful actions are disgraceful and unwelcome in this age.
We think it is time for your media to re-evaluate the goal of journalistic reporting. Isn't it time your programming show the world the good side of Africa too. with your consistent showcase of survivors or rather devilish stereotype on an African people, don't you think is time to lift your bad spirit from that continent. We think it is enormously vital that your media should consider how best to report your findings.
Dear BBC and CNN Directors, Has Africa felt encouraged from the western media coverage? Why don't you show the world the main street in United States or the beggars in London Street? you do not programme and broadcast such to the world instead you always show us your skyscrapers and sparkling metropolitan cities. All we ask for , is for you to do the same… balance your reporting.. we are not asking you to ignore the sufferings or the corruptions of our politicians.. by all means expose them but do so without making Africa appear what you always wish your audience to believe.
As we write, we think the time is over-ripened for your reporters to re-programme their thinking, to let go of the negative patterns that have been sabotaging others and adopt positive and nourishing realities that can transform our world.
Let's face it, AIDS or HIVs and poverty exists every where in the world including UK, USA, China, Russia and other European countries. So we wonder why your media presenters always show pictures of sick Africans or Asians whenever such topic is been discussed. Are their no sick HIV patients in your hospitals to programme? or Are your countries HIV free . Check this links HIV and AIDS in the UK and HIV and AIDS in the US Where did HIV or AIDS originated from?
Most annoying and worst part of your low class anchorage is that, your correspondents don't even know that Africa is a continent not a country. But if they do know, why will they always use Africa to describe issues in one country. For example, As i am writing , Bill Clinton just visited one or two countries in 54 countries in African continent , so if Bill Clinton or whoever visit a country for whatever reasons…why not say the name of the country than reports that Bill Clinton visited Africa. Please Africa is a continent not a country. Again, if there is drought in Ethiopia or war in Somalia … why not call the name of the country than using Africa as a generic name for a country. Whenever you talk of HIV… Why not mention specifically the country than say Africa. You never mince words when reporting issues in Eastern Europe. like in Romania, Armenia , Greece and other poorer countries in Europe or Haiti, Venezuela , Cambodia, Jamaica in the Americas. you carefully make a distinction of the countries but not so when talking about African issues . Why are you so bias? it is shameful and disappointing.
Candidly, Your media is losing its meaning. Nowadays, you are known for negative news. once turn on to BBC channel , all you hear is death, war, corruption, diseases, HIV, survivor only in Africa and Asia etc. people are becoming tired of negative news. we doubt if negative stories still make good news. Bad news no longer entertains readers, viewers and listeners. They are sick of it. They want something new, something different. And that is news! If really we have great passion for this noble profession we call journalism, then we should do all that is required to make it achieve its purpose, otherwise we will only be informing and entertaining and not educating at all.
When you talk about Africa, you hide the good sides of them, even their great achievement and infrastructure and show poverty, war, HIV etc.. As an African, most of our members are living in different part of the world, and they have witnessed that even in your various countries where you show us only your skyscrapers that, poverty, HIV, political maneuvering, bribery and corruption, slums , ghettos and all kinds of fraud do exist. So why capitalize on Africa and Asia for your catastrophic-stories resource bank From your various reporting, it plays out that in your thinking that anything good and beautiful emanates from UK, and USA but for other part of the world, they are devoid of good things.
Do you know that negative reports break the spirit and undermine people's ability to make positive change or attract goodness into their life? Showing the positive side of Africa can manifest better dreams and results for the continent. Africans are human beings with feelings. They have been emotionally distressed by reading, hearing and viewing only the ugly side of their beloved continent. They are lamenting: "Show the world the other side of Africa". Reporting the good side of Africa is very possible and newsworthy enough to balance decades of your stereotype on Africa
.. Stop your negative press for good and for once be objective. The Africans you know during your colonial and imperial era are changing. The oldest of independent Africa state is barely 50 years to compare with your country of 200 to 500years . So help us achieve our potential as we are trying hard to recover from your exploitations and your wicked actions. We would appreciate your response.
We are compelled to write and publish this complaint after seeing your consistent attempt to destroy Africa and her people via your negative and bias programming. It is so sad and heartbreaking that your news anchors have chosen the part of damaging Africa and her people with their consistent negative stereotype. We rarely see your low class media presenters show the Africa that we are familiar with.
All through your programming about Africa, you have never seized at least one minute of your stereotypical biased programs to show the Africa that is healthy, the Africa that has good houses and infrastructure, the Africa that is striving to come out of your devilish exploitation and post-colonialism . But you can spend 30mins to report about UK birds flew to Africa or even one hour to discuss a picture of a model.
Having visited some major cities in Africa like Abuja, Nigeria Accra Ghana, and other part of Africa and getting first-hand information from our correspondents from different cities in Africa. We are proud to learn of some great development taking place in this countries both in terms of their economy and infrastructure. Not downplaying some difficulties these countries still need to work on, but as a developing country, at least we must give credit to the little they have done so far while holding their politician accountable too.
But Surprisingly , your reporters and presenters close their eyes to those achievements and pretend they never existed and instead, they have resorted to associate Africa with a continent of survivals and survivors or Africa of diseases and poverty. We must say that it is shameful and reprehensible. Your consistent attempt to mar the face of Africa and her people is outrageous and must be stopped immediately.
Your betcha journalists and your selfish politicians have continued in their devilish ambition to sell their dehumanizing propaganda to the world using your media as a tool to talk about the Africa you have always prayed to be. This is appalling.
Standing on the principle of true journalism, we know that the prime goal of journalism is not to destroy but to build, but BBC World and CNN and their correspondents have psychologically damaged the image of Africa/Africans by your false negative reporting. It is not fair to always show Africa as a country with no hope or future. Your aged-long hypocritical and deceitful actions are disgraceful and unwelcome in this age.
We think it is time for your media to re-evaluate the goal of journalistic reporting. Isn't it time your programming show the world the good side of Africa too. with your consistent showcase of survivors or rather devilish stereotype on an African people, don't you think is time to lift your bad spirit from that continent. We think it is enormously vital that your media should consider how best to report your findings.
Dear BBC and CNN Directors, Has Africa felt encouraged from the western media coverage? Why don't you show the world the main street in United States or the beggars in London Street? you do not programme and broadcast such to the world instead you always show us your skyscrapers and sparkling metropolitan cities. All we ask for , is for you to do the same… balance your reporting.. we are not asking you to ignore the sufferings or the corruptions of our politicians.. by all means expose them but do so without making Africa appear what you always wish your audience to believe.
As we write, we think the time is over-ripened for your reporters to re-programme their thinking, to let go of the negative patterns that have been sabotaging others and adopt positive and nourishing realities that can transform our world.
Let's face it, AIDS or HIVs and poverty exists every where in the world including UK, USA, China, Russia and other European countries. So we wonder why your media presenters always show pictures of sick Africans or Asians whenever such topic is been discussed. Are their no sick HIV patients in your hospitals to programme? or Are your countries HIV free . Check this links HIV and AIDS in the UK and HIV and AIDS in the US Where did HIV or AIDS originated from?
Most annoying and worst part of your low class anchorage is that, your correspondents don't even know that Africa is a continent not a country. But if they do know, why will they always use Africa to describe issues in one country. For example, As i am writing , Bill Clinton just visited one or two countries in 54 countries in African continent , so if Bill Clinton or whoever visit a country for whatever reasons…why not say the name of the country than reports that Bill Clinton visited Africa. Please Africa is a continent not a country. Again, if there is drought in Ethiopia or war in Somalia … why not call the name of the country than using Africa as a generic name for a country. Whenever you talk of HIV… Why not mention specifically the country than say Africa. You never mince words when reporting issues in Eastern Europe. like in Romania, Armenia , Greece and other poorer countries in Europe or Haiti, Venezuela , Cambodia, Jamaica in the Americas. you carefully make a distinction of the countries but not so when talking about African issues . Why are you so bias? it is shameful and disappointing.
Candidly, Your media is losing its meaning. Nowadays, you are known for negative news. once turn on to BBC channel , all you hear is death, war, corruption, diseases, HIV, survivor only in Africa and Asia etc. people are becoming tired of negative news. we doubt if negative stories still make good news. Bad news no longer entertains readers, viewers and listeners. They are sick of it. They want something new, something different. And that is news! If really we have great passion for this noble profession we call journalism, then we should do all that is required to make it achieve its purpose, otherwise we will only be informing and entertaining and not educating at all.
When you talk about Africa, you hide the good sides of them, even their great achievement and infrastructure and show poverty, war, HIV etc.. As an African, most of our members are living in different part of the world, and they have witnessed that even in your various countries where you show us only your skyscrapers that, poverty, HIV, political maneuvering, bribery and corruption, slums , ghettos and all kinds of fraud do exist. So why capitalize on Africa and Asia for your catastrophic-stories resource bank From your various reporting, it plays out that in your thinking that anything good and beautiful emanates from UK, and USA but for other part of the world, they are devoid of good things.
Do you know that negative reports break the spirit and undermine people's ability to make positive change or attract goodness into their life? Showing the positive side of Africa can manifest better dreams and results for the continent. Africans are human beings with feelings. They have been emotionally distressed by reading, hearing and viewing only the ugly side of their beloved continent. They are lamenting: "Show the world the other side of Africa". Reporting the good side of Africa is very possible and newsworthy enough to balance decades of your stereotype on Africa .. Stop your negative press for good and for once be objective. The Africans you know during your colonial and imperial era are changing. The oldest of independent Africa state is barely 50 years to compare with your country of 200 to 500years . So help us achieve our potential as we are trying hard to recover from your exploitations and your wicked actions. We would appreciate your response.
I believe many of us must have been touched by the article written by Chukwudi Nwokoye, a veteran of United State Marine published in Daily Champion, on the 3rd and 4th of April, 2008 with the head line “Why We Serve in the United States Military†Here is why we served in the Nigerian Army. Continue reading →
Amidst all the technological revolution in the United States and other dizzying changes in the ways we all live our lives as apart of an inter-connected world, the challenge of overcoming the raw emanations of racial bigotry, gender hostility and religious hatreds will follow mankind into the next century.
Africa is economically poor. Some Afri-philes and some Africans sometimes blame colonialism as part of the reason why the continent is economically poor. Afri-phobes insist that after half a century of freedom from colonialism, that particular excuse is no longer valid and that we need to look elsewhere.
Codewism was founded in the spirit of finding a Pragmatic solution of African emancipation from western coercion and enslavement, which has dwindled African growth for over five centuries.
It is the system of philosophical thought attributed to Anthony-Claret Onwutalobi, the founder of Codewit Global organization and the president of Codewit Association. Claret expanded on this philosophy through his recent works “The new Africa (2009) to be published
Overview
Codewism is characterized by eight principles for African liberation
Afro- Jingoism: To be a true patriot and defender of African values and culture without any apprehension or timidity
Mental emancipation: To be knowledgeable of African history and accomplishments, and to dismiss any kind of complex exhibited by any race or tribe.
Self-government: To expel from one’s self the notion that other world or country could help to solve African problem or help in governing African people
Self dependent: To believe in one’s self and to believe that one has full capacity and the ability and potential to fend for oneself and expel any notion of seeking for pity or aid from foreign world
Economic determinism: To realize that being self-sufficient economically is the basis for rescuing the Renascent African.
Political renaissance: To regain the sovereignty that Africa has lost to colonialists.
Community integration: To expel from one’s self national, religious, racial, tribal, political-economic, and ethical prejudice.
Religious tolerance: To show empathy for other peoples views, and recognize their right to hold such views.
Today, the world is in great turmoil. Not only do we see war and destruction, but we also see growing poverty and hunger, the emergence of new slavery, the western intimidation of African countries and the ravaging of our ecosystem. Some have defined the modern world not in terms of technological advances but in terms of the growing gap between haves and have nots. This division of the world’s population is not simply economic but also social and political” i.e., a separation of world populations between those with basic human rights and those without.
In fact, it is probably more accurate to describe today’s world not as a division between haves and have nots but rather between haves and disposable people. Today’s disposable people are those who toil for pennies a day in sweatshops for global corporations, those who are kidnapped and trafficked in modern-day slavery, those suffering from poverty because of unwarranted sanction, those discriminated because of their color, race, gender and those without access to basic necessities such as fresh drinking water.
What can be done?
Historically, in times of crisis, some form of group activism involving students and activists has been a crucial force for social change. In the past, Students around the world have been at the forefront of movements to promote democracy and human rights. Such movements have toppled powerful dictatorships and military juntas. Such movements have ended wars. And such group activism has often served as the conscience for nations, reminding people in times of turmoil of the founding ideals of their countries and the aspirations of all people for justice, dignity, and equality. Thus, it comes as no surprise that the world’s most repressive government’s jail and often murder activists, close down organizations during times of crisis, and enforce strict guidelines about what can and cannot be discussed within the organization. Those in power understand the significance of such movements” often more so than the activists themselves.
In the spirit of our departed heroic activists like Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Saro-wiwa etc, Codewism emerged. Codewit movements expand its wings not because they are composed of militant and students members. But they draw their power through the formation of strategic alliances with other sectors of society facing oppression, such as workers, racial minorities, women, immigrants, the oppressed and peasants and other dispossessed peoples in the countryside. By joining in solidarity with others, Codewit movements gain the power necessary to transform society.
In order to form alliances with other sectors of society, Codewists must educate themselves and others about issues facing these sectors. Thus, Codewit activism is as much about educating and organizing as about engaging in actions such as participating in rallies and marches. Or more accurately, becoming an activist requires a new understanding about the relationship between educating, organizing, and acting. Unlike the traditional academic approach that separates knowing the world from interacting with it, activism requires rethinking the relationship between thinking and doing. Praxis is the term that captures this new understanding. Praxis connects knowing and doing, theory and practice.
Only in academia are knowing and doing regarded as separate things; in reality, knowing and doing are parts of the same process. In the course of everyday life, we are always simultaneously thinking and acting, and gaining wisdom and maturity is based on training ourselves to reflect constantly about our actions and to carry out actions based on an understanding of consequences and responsibilities. Becoming an activist helps each person become conscious of their role as an agent of historical and social change.
Thus, Codewit activism is about social change and transformation. But is the focus of activists only on changing the institutions of society? No, it is not! Changing society must be done in tandem with changing oneself. Otherwise, activists within their own movements and in the new social institutions they create will simply end up replicating the same relationships of oppression that they are fighting. Nor can we wait until later ” after the revolution, after the creation of new institutions, or after we have gotten into power” to address serious problems like racism, sexism, western bullism etc. that plague human relationships. These issues must be addressed as part of our ongoing struggles to change the world.
In other words, activism must be viewed as engaging in both social change and personal transformation simultaneously. We cannot change injustices in the world without also confronting and overcoming injustices in our own practices.
For Codewit activists in universities, personal transformation requires grappling with the question of privileges that they have as students. In all societies around the world, students who attend universities are a relatively privileged segment. After all, having the time and resources to acquire knowledge and to study and think critically about issues are, unfortunately, privileges in the world today. Privileged status brings a choice: how will a person use these privileges? Will the privileges be used to advance oneself economically and socially, even if it means ignoring oppression and destruction all around and perhaps even helping to perpetuate these conditions? Or will a person use privileges to confront and eliminate the conditions of oppression and destruction? Codewit activists are those who have seriously pondered these questions and have consciously decided to use their resources, time, and talents to confront social problems
I was not a great one for reading lists until I ran into Irving Wallace and his children’s TheBook of Lists. The bookis fun – brimful of odds, oddities, quirks and quiddities: The number of men suspected of being Jack the Ripper, the archetypal serial killer. Sixteen cases of people killed by God. Lists of sundry coincidences, chance meetings, botched robberies. Continue reading →
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