Hip Hop Speaks on Recent Boko Haram Killings in Nigeria as we’re now well into the massacres by the militant group that reportedly have taken over 2,000 lives but has barely made the news. In the same week Nigeria has seen Boko Haram set off a suicide bomb with a 10 year old girl on top of the news that they reportedly drove into the town of Baga and “started firing indiscriminately.”
Hip Hop Speaks on Recent Boko Haram Killings in Nigeria while journalists and the mass media engine have been mostly low-key if not quiet about what’s going on. Many people haven’t even been aware of what’s recognized as the single largest slaughter of people in Nigeria’s history, or even the 10 year old girl who was used as a suicide bomber earlier this week. The Twitter-verse as always has been on it from jump–offering updates, condolences, and critical insights. @OwningMyTruth had this to say:
“I question a world that has capacity to talk about 12 French victims @ #CharlieHebdo but not the 2k killed by Boko Haram this week.”
True that while mass media has been crickets up to now for the most part, except for floating tweet-headlines like “Angelina Jolie calls on US and other nations to bring Boko Haram attackers in Nigeria to justice” or “Nigeria’s president among leaders who condemned Paris attacks yet his response to Boko Haram has been muted,” the Hip Hop community has not been silent or obnoxious for headlines.
Artists such as Nicki Minaj, Talib Kweli, Wale (who’s Nigerian American and quoted describing the events as “hell on Earth”), Karen Civil and more have used their social media to say something about the state of things. Whether a simple offer of prayers or strategically placed emoji it’s sad but true to form that Hip Hop Speaks on Recent Boko Haram Killings in Nigeria before a lot of politicians, officials, and news outlets even cover it.
While Hip Hop Speaks on Recent Boko Haram Killings in Nigeria this is hardly the most recent terror-tragedy for the country. A sad reality since it’s been months from the last major headline of their abduction of young girls who were reportedly stripped of their access to education and forced into marriage. The last number for that was 276 kidnapped and the resulting #BringBackOurGirls campaign worldwide. 30,000 people have been displaced due to the recent killings this past week according to CNN.
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RIP, #AllLivesMatter
