Paul Ndiho -- Nigeria Government Bans District 9

One of Summer's big cinematic blockbuster-- a Sci-fi morality tale about aliens and Apartheid-- is drawing fire in Nigeria. The Movie cost less than 30 million dollars to make and includes a cast of mostly unknown actors. voa's Paul Ndiho watched it and has more

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[seymark2]

Nigerians are weak, why cant they Sue them, sue them billions of $ with that they will know what we all talking about.....

[Xenodamus]

I disagree, the movie was accurate in its depiction of contemporary Nigeria. It's a partition that shouldn't even exist.

[lilly34ecute]

I think Nigerians are mad because they do not expect another African country to make a movie putting them in a bad light.That is the real reason for them being angry. But to be honest the film did no justice to all the different race that was cast in it. It put everybody in a bad light. Black,white and if there was Asia characters they too was gonna be put in a bad light.The movie is disrespect to the human race and not to one particular group of people.

[Okoroman]

Amnesty International said that some police officers see the killings of 'armed robbers' in detention as acceptable practice.

[Okoroman]

Fifteen-year-old Emmanuel Egbo was killed by a police officer in Enugu in September 2008. According to witnesses, he was playing with other children in front of his uncle's house when three police officers came up to them. One officer pulled out a gun and shot the boy, claiming he was an armed robber. He was unarmed. In August 2009, his family discovered his body had disappeared from the mortuary. As of November 2009, the body is still missing.

[Okoroman]

"The majority of the cases go un-investigated and the police officers responsible go unpunished. The families of the victims usually get no justice or redress. Most never even find out what happened to their loved ones."

Police frequently claim that the victims of shootings were 'armed robbers' killed in 'shoot-outs' with the police or while trying to escape custody. These claims are often highly implausible.

[Okoroman]

Nigeria: Police kill at will

9 December 2009

Press release

Amnesty International exposed the shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria in a new report released on Wednesday.

"The Nigerian police are responsible for hundreds of unlawful killings every year," said Erwin van der Borght, Director of Amnesty International's Africa Programme.

"Police don't only kill people by shooting them; they also torture them to death, often while they are in detention."

[Okoroman]

At worst, it [Tribe/tribal] perpetuates the idea that African identities and conflicts are in some way more "primitive" than those in other parts of the world. Such misunderstanding may lead to disastrously inappropriate [foreign] policies.

[Okoroman]

The term/name/word "tribe" has no consistent meaning. It carries misleading historical and cultural assumptions. It blocks accurate views of African realities. At best, any interpretation of African events that relies on the idea of tribe contributes no understanding of specific issues in specific countries.

[Okoroman]

"Tribe" and its application in Africa is unacceptable. It is a colonial term calculated to undermine the "Black" people in Africa. While "Nation" is reserved from European [White] people, "Tribe" is used for the African [Black] people. Whilst in Africa a "tribe" has its population in 10's of millions (or even in a few millions), "nations" in Europe don't essentially have up to a population of 1 million.