But for Africa's largest country, Sudan, November 7 will silently fade into obscure infamy as hundreds or perhaps thousands of people will be slaughtered, starved, raped, displaced, and neglected by their own government. While we exercise our civic right to fundamentally affect our leadership, they will simply try to survive their own. The Sudanese government in Khartoum is as corrupt and violent as they come. In 1983 it instituted Sharia law, during the 90's it habored Osama bin Laden, and it responded to a rebellion in 2003 by hiring Arab fighters (Janjaweed) to carryout a campaign to systematically destroy the people of Darfur. They have their campaigns, and we have ours.
This little girl was hit by a Janjaweed bullet. No, it didn't rip that gash in her side. Look below where the index finger is pointing. The bullet went through her tiny lung.
I know you are busy people, and that the human capacity for concern is limited. The human capacity for outrage is even less. And the capacity to actually do much about Darfur seems almost nil. But you probably have time to click on a few links and learn a few things about the people of Darfur. To that end I've created a little springboard from which you can launch into a couple of the main points about the crisis in Darfur, Sudan.
An interactive grid explaining the nexus of relationships in the crisis
An interview with a Janjaweed defector
A brief Realplayer movie produced by a PBS journalist
Facts and Stats
A Time photo essay
First-hand photos of the atrocities of Darfur *warning: graphic content*
2 comments:
Nate, when are you gonna do a blog on your best friend!
i think the biggest struggle in all of this is that i am nodding in agreement with you, while typing on a laptop that cost over a grand. i am being brought further and further in a struggle with how i use my resources. i am beginnin to feel like the dichotomy between my words and actions are more like a chasm than a crack.
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