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Title: Dogon - Annihliation, intolerance, and strife... Post by: WhiskeyGirl on January 26, 2013, 05:08:34 PM Why does it matter? - Hillary
Quote "Caught in the crossfire of Mali’s war" Tuareg refugees fleeing Islamist rebels have taken cover with the Dogon, an ancient tribe in central Mali. Now both fear annihilation as al-Qa’ida and Malian troops close in. Quote It is here, in Mali’s Dogon country, that the Tuareg had taken refuge, fleeing both Islamist persecution and the suspicious and trigger happy Malian forces. Twenty one people had set out from their village between Mopti and Timbuktu, fifteen now remained. Four were arrested by soldiers at a road block with threats that they would be executed; two others, brothers, returned home after hearing that their parents had been taken away by jihadist fighters. The rebellion, which began in the north of Mali and which is now tearing the country apart, was started by Tuareg separatists, once a significant part of Colonel Gaddafi’s forces, armed with weapons looted from Libya. This has created deep enmities between the Tuareg and the Malian army, who blame them for creating the crisis the country now faces. Why does it matter? - Hillary, how many dead? “We have always faced enemies who want to harm the Dogon. In the long ago time they would take away our people and crops. Now they want to take away our beliefs. We are a very tolerant people... We also respect people who are Muslims and Christians. So why are people now killing each other for God? We lost the money we needed to live when the tourists went away. Now we have fighting, the roads are unsafe, we have little food. We are in a bad situation, very bad situation.” Would anyone pay attention if either side were white? White people could be blamed? read more here - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/caught-in-the-crossfire-of-malis-war-8467800.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/caught-in-the-crossfire-of-malis-war-8467800.html) |