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Every Wednesday at 3pm we gather at Uhuru Park in Nairobi for a tribute to our fallen sisters and brothers. The pain is not over! (read more..)
Wednesday Word
Violence and intimidation. The key words that first pop in our heads during ballot season. Not only in Kenya but lots of African countries when they get ready to go to the ballot. It is rarely ever peaceful. The main reason we get to the ballot is to practice our rights as citizens in any country...right to chose the leader of our choice, constitution/law of our choice and as the norm, we are given the right to either accept or reject a given system or leader. But this turns out to be the latter, blood is shed, innocent lives are lost, properties are destroyed and animosity spread out in the quest of practicing your rights as a citizen. Nigeria experienced violence in 2007, Kyrgyzstan in June this year experienced the same, so did Togo in 2005, Zimbabwe in 2008...Iraq or how could i forget Kenya in 2007-2008? When will we all remember that violence is not the way? Kenya is getting ready to go through the ballot come next week, 4 August 2010, and its in pursuit of finding a new constitution..the Kenya National Human Rights Commission has already allayed fears of violence breaking out in particular spots in the country. When will we ever learn? How about today we pay tribute to the blood that has been shed in different countries during the ballot, let us start by remembering that we must all respect the fact that no one has the right to take away the others life, let the courts settle our grievances, let the politicians learn to accept defeats, let us not accept to be used to spread animosity and above all the negative impact of the ballot has to stop!
Nelson Mandelas Birthday
Written by Matt
So we all have celebrated the 90th birthday of the greatest Man on Earth and also AngelTrust likes to tribute to this strong mind. We show you a 'must see" from African soil, Emmanuel Jal. Jal is the kind of person to make it out of daily struggles in Sudan via artistic energy, word up!
Meanwhile under Madiba's old eyes the world keeps turning and mostly not in the most respectful way. In Vienna / Austria the AIDS 2010 conference takes off, hosting all kind of celebrities like Bill Clinton and Ban Ki-Moon.So world leaders gather over this ongoing drama and seem to remain empty handed..
Nowadays 5 Million people get AIDS treatment (merely in the West), where 15 Million people (merely in Africa) do not get any treatment. People do die of AIDS, when not provided proper treatment, we all know that. So question is: Isn't Aids curing a basic human right? In the West people do not die of AIDS anymore, where in Africa people die like flies. It should be a matter of distribution, relocating some lose petty cash in a more equal way over the world. But our World Leaders seem stuck in their own policies and so solving a minor problem remains a big issue. AngelTrust is asking you, is the life of an African worth less than the life of an American...? In any case. Happy Birthday Madiba!
Live Aid 1985, true aid activism or just a western symbol?
Written by Matt
Today exactly 25 years ago we faced the London Live Aid concert for "the starving in Africa". An impressive amount of $50 Million had been collected and the world cheered about this so called spirit of solidarity. The world in 1985 showed solidarity with the African motherland. Described as the Woodstock of the eighties, the world's biggest rock festival was organised by Bob Geldof to raise money for famine relief in Africa. Some 70,000 people were attending the Wembley festival and over 1,5 billion people watched the concert live on TV. No less than David Bowie, Wham, Dire Straits, Queen and Madonna were performing for an outrageous crowd. "Don't go to the pub tonight. Please stay in and give us your money. There are people dying now", were the exact words of Sir Bob Geldof.
Now what has this all brought to Africa. Has it contributed to a better Africa, has it really saved Africa? Since 1985 Africa has seen reductions in income and peace process. Rwanda was yet to come. Zimbabwe still faced a relative prosperity back in these days. And Kenya was yet to expect its post election violence. Meanwhile more people were dying of famine, HIV Aids and wars. And the well meant initiative did not have a proper follow up. The West relieved their minds and wallets just for once, where no African artists were even allowed to perform on stage. AngelTrust is asking you is the West can or should save Africa...
