15 thoughts on “Northern Nigeria and the Boko Haram Conflict – Stephen Akpe”

1. África es un continente muy desconocido para el resto del planeta Tierra.Solemos mirarlo como un todo y juzgarlo desde nuestra parcial visión.
   Escuchar a ciudadanos africanos, permite descubrir miradas distintas a las que se pueden oír en la televisión ,radio o libro de un europeo o americano.
   Con frecuenta solemos aplicar soluciones desde el conocimiento o creencia europea, por ejemplo, desentendiendose de tantas otras informaciones sociológicas , antropológicas ,políticas…. del propio país . Siempre es difícil encontrar soluciones en ambientes convulsos por lo que conocer ese otro conocimiento intangible de cada pais es esencial para encaminar la ruta de la PAZ. Gracias Stephen por enriquecernos la mirada.

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   1. Dear Sarabia,
      Vi ringrazio per la risposta e per i commentari profondamente ispirazionante! Sono felice per il fatto che abbia condiviso lo stesso pensiero di alcuni che sono pronti ad andare oltre la nozione di una rationalità chiusa; visto che tanta persona ha quella tendenza di agire e prendre decizione exclusivament grazie al tipo di informazione ricevuta. Africa è un Continente più grande che la Cina, USA, India e Europa messa insieme. Soltanto il Nigeria ha la capacità ad essere messo, da solo, al fianco con Italia, Spagna e la Francia tutto i tre insieme formando un solo componente. Il Nigeria conta trenta sei stati con la Capitale Federale del Paese. Questi stati sono anche cosi grande come ciascuno degli stati degli USA…Possiamo, infatti, dire che alcuni stati in Nigeria sono più grandi che molti altri stati degli USA quando si tratta della vastità del terreno. Il paese conta più di 740 Comunità amministrativa del governo locale. Ecco quindi che avete perfettamente capito il contexto della discuzione; C’è bisogno di estendre (approfondire) e decomporre gli elementi di questa discuzione per potere apprezzare di più le carateristiche di ogni sistema

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2. Estimado Stephen gracias por compartir un poco de tu país, tu conferencia me ha permitido conocer sobre la estructura educativa y la dinámica que en ella emerge, un tema que merece ser abordado nuevamente.

   Muchas gracias y un saludo desde México

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3. Dear Stephen Akpe,

   It is of great interest to notice how powerful the difficult conflicts that build on value differences are.

   This pertains also to more recent developments in Europe for instance in Scandinavia where many people have belittled such differences then in fact perhaps even allowing things to go on that have generated added difficulties and friction and conflicts. For instance Denmark has passed law enabling the state to withdraw citizenship of people who actively undermine the Danish state and culture for instance by ‘radically’ promoting sharia law as ‘jihadists’ and the Danish Police has captured people that seemingly were peaceful immigrants with bombs etc. It seems as if oil and water can’t mix on some issues.

   It looks to me as that some Islamic religious teachings are very focused on the state, on how government and education is run and is based on groups. Where as for instance the Lutheran churches in Scandinavia even though they have in the past been state churches respect human rights, and that individuals be allowed to take decisions themselves regarding their religious outlook and practice or lack thereof. To me it seems that many modern people in Scandinavia have a hard time to understand why religion should be so state focused and why individuals would want to be so tightly knit to group decision making.

   I fear that these will be some of the main issues in the future in the West and that is why I find your discussion so very relevant and informative.

   Do you foresee any solutions regarding fundamental value differences driven in part by different religious outlook?

   The discussion in the Nordic countries is very difficult as many people do not want to recognize that there is any conflict at all or any value differences to be discussed. And then there are also people in the minority who may be racist or xenophobic or others that may have legitimate fears of foreign cultures with value systems that are in opposition in some fundamental ways to their own.

   I myself have become more interested in the Ottoman Empire and the Balkan states because of looking into how people could coexist there with different religious outlooks. Regrettably in those countries there have also been horribly serious armed and other conflicts where religion has been blamed as a factor.

   https://www.thelocal.dk/20191126/denmark-strips-citizenship-from-man-under-new-anti-jihadist-law
   https://www.thelocal.dk/20191024/denmark-passes-law-enabling-withdrawal-of-jihadists-citizenship
   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/danish-government-denmark-radical-imams-citizenship-aarhus-mosque-islam-extremism-a6949651.html
   https://www.counterextremism.com/countries/denmark

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4. Dear Stephen,

   thanks a lot, your speech allows us to appreciate how education is at the core of all human questions, everywhere.
   When we allows to eradicate education or we give power to somebody to control it, we lose and made damages.
   Mario

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