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Kony 2012 en die olie in Uganda

Tant Alie 2012-04-03
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Ek het onlangs na die video Kony 2012 op Youtube gekyk, en was dadelik baie ontstig oor die barbaarse praktyke wat in Uganda plaasvind.Soos menige ander wou ek sommer dadelik inspring en seker maak dat Kony uit Uganda verdryf word, en sommer tereg moet staan by die Internasionale Hof in Den Haag. Ons dominee het selfs dit in een van sy preke vermeld, so die impak van die video is wyd gevoel.

My seun het laasweek met my 'n gesprek gehad. Ek het nou onlangs geleer om Skype te bedryf, so dit is 'n droom om bietjie met my kinders te gesels en hulle te sien! Toe ons oor Kony begin praat, toe noem my seun dat die pers in Nieu-Seeland, baie belangrike feite navore gebring het oor die redes agter die Kony 2012 video. Blykbaar is Kony al lankal uit Uganda uit, en baie mense beweer selfs hy is oorlede! Volgens die pers daar is dit moontlik 'n verneukspul omrede die groep wat die video gemaak het, al lank bekend is dat hulle meeste van hulle donasie geld op hulle self spandeer.

Dan is daar ook ander redes wat genoem word. Blykbaar het Uganda baie olie reserwes wat gemyn kan word. Deur die publiek sag te maak teenoor 'n moontlik aanval teen Uganda, kan die VSA sodoende hulle hande op die oliebronne kry.

Ek wonder maar net of hierdie bewerings vergesog is? Het iemand dalk bietjie meer informasie vir my? Die feit bly staan dat die vervaardigers van die video beslis iets het om weg te steek. Hoekom nou skielik met die Kony-ding te voorskyn kom, terwyl die man al hierdie dade al jare terug gepleeg het, en beslis nie meer in Uganda is nie?

Groete
Tant Alie

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  • Wouter
    Hello, 
     

    Uganda in die visier weens die land se olie, dit word aan Tant Alie se vlymskerp geo-politieke ontleding gelaat om dit te verklaar. 

     
    Vanaf WNYC, (New Yorkse radiostatsie), is daar die volgende program waarop ek ingeskryf en vrylik beskikbaar is en vir die wat nog wil opvolg is daar die bespreking van WNYC se "On the media" program oor Kony: 
     
    WHAT TO MAKE OF KONY 2012
     
    The internet film KONY 2012, which calls for the capture of Joseph Kony - the fugitive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, has received tens of millions views on YouTube. Reaching an incredible number of people has brought the film, and the organization that produced it, under criticism however. Brooke speaks with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof who says that despite some faults, the film might help bring about change. 
     
    Die eerste deel van die program kan hier gehoor word: 
     
     
    THE KONY THAT UGANDANS KNOW
     
    Musa Okwonga is a writer and musician of Ugandan descent, he wrote about the Kony 2012 phenomena for British newspaper The Independent.  He grew up hearing about Kony and he talks to Brooke about the sudden attention that Kony’s received and whether the video’s benefits make up for its shortcomings. Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal - OscarineD
     
     
    "On the Media" is een van my gunsteling programme weens die persoonlikheid van die aanbieders, Brooke Gladstone en Bob Garfield en hoe duidelik dit is dat hulle poog om tot die waarheid te kom. 
     
    Indien daar nie na die program geluister kan word nie is daar die volgende transkripsie met die onderhoud gevoer met Nicholas Kristof van die New York Times: 
     
     
    Die inleiding is soos volg: 
     
    BROOKE GLADSTONE:  The film immediately sparked a backlash from critics who challenged everything from Invisible Children’s governance to its tactics, to its portrayal of a complex situation, one that’s greatly changed in the years it took to produce the film. The charity quickly opened its books and repeatedly explained its intention, to create a tipping point for action. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has spent much of his life exposing human rights abuses and pondering what inspires empathy and action. He’s seen how putting the focus on a single figure works.
     
    NICHOLAS KRISTOF:  For example, when the anti-apartheid movement was trying to figure out how to galvanize the public, for a long time they had an effort to free South African political prisoners. And it got nowhere. And then they changed the slogan to “Free Mandela.”
     
    Laat daar geen onduidelikheid wees, hierdie vraag oor Kony was 'n goeie vraag en 'n brief wat die moeite werd is, dit was slegs die aspek wat oor die VSA se dreigend inval handel wat te dik vir 'n daalder was en my dit laat ignoreer het. 
     
    Johan Wiese se repliek elders, het my hierna laat terugkeer. 
     
    Baie dankie
     
    Wouter. 
     
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  • Wouter

    Hello, 

     
    Vir Tant Alie en ander lesers, vanaf WNYC word it bevestig dat daar 'n opvolg is en die detail is soos volg: 
     
    'Kony 2012, Part II' Is Released Thursday, April 05, 2012
    By Mark Memmott
     
    One day later than had been scheduled, the Kony 2012, Part II video is online.As you'll see, it's partly an explainer about Invisible Children — the organization behind the original Kony 2012 video that has now been watched more than 100 million times. It also recaps the story of Joseph Kony, the Lords' Resistance Army warlord who stands accused of killings, kidnappings and other atrocities in and around Uganda. And it's a promotional tool for Invisible Children's Cover the Night — a plan to have supporters around the nation gather on April 20 to perform acts of community service.It only indirectly mentions the controversy generated by the first video, which critics said oversimplified the conflict in Uganda. In clips, some news reports mentioning the criticism are shown. 
     
    The Part II moves on to focus on what Invisible Children says it has been doing and why.
     
    Copyright 2012 National Public Radio. Die beskrywing kan hier gevind word: 
     
     
    Net soos die agtergrond aangebied word deur die Brian Lehrer Show van WNYC opgevolg kan word:  
     
    A Kony 2012 Reading List: 
     
    The Atlantic: The Soft Bigotry of Kony2012 | Invisible Children: Response to Criticism | BoingBoing:African Voices Respond | Christian Science Monitor: It's Fine to Watch Kony 2012 but Learn to Respect Africans | ThinkProgress: A Partial Defense of Kony 2012 | Black Star News: 10 Questions for Invisible Children | Africa is a Country: The #Kony2012 Show | Foreign Policy: Joseph Kony is Not Uganda 
     
     
    Bogenoemde skakel sal toegang bied tot die verdere artikels. 
     
    Baie dankie
     
    Wouter
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