Engaging Borders Africa
Employing literature + arts in a soft approach to change perceptions of violent extremism, radicalization, and hate amongst Africa’s digital youth.
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The Engaging Borders Africa project, designed by Nigerian writer, Richard Ali, works with writers and journalists to mainstream a soft approach to addressing violent extremism, disinformation and hate speech on the continent.
Our aim is to resist the narratives to extremists by hosting thirty (30) counternarrative short stories crafted by young people from Nigeria, Mali, Niger Republic, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Kenya, and to produce three (3) short films.
At the core of our pan-African project is a two-day MOOC-style virtual workshop on PCVE + Creative Writing delivered in English and French, backed by an extensive network of partners commited to an Africa of inclusion, cooperation, progress and development.
Stories
YAPD4Africa Turns 5
For the past five years, Youth Awareness for Peace and Development (YAPD4Africa) has been working tirelessly to empower marginalized communities …
Press Release: Engaging Borders Announces Screenwriters for Sahel Film Making Project
Embargo: Open The Engaging Borders Africa project created by Nigerian novelist, Richard Ali, has announced a filmmaking component to its …
The Vultures of Lumbila || Fanidh Sanogo
In the Sahel, time seemed to have frozen ever since the crusting soil’s gaps became so wide, one could smell lucifer’s dinner from the pits of hell. Cows collapsed along with a
Sound of Silence || Lucy Wangari
It has dawned on me that the very idea is ridiculous. No one is coming to save me, be it in white clothes or otherwise. I'm doomed, Njeri. Doomed!
The Black Widow || Clifford .O. Ochieng
One day, he received a friend request from a user who went by the name Black Widow. Black Widow’s cover photo was a black flag with Arabic writings and her profile picture was of
What Will Allah Say On The Last Day? || Adekeye Lukman
“What will Allah say on the last day? The one teaching has taught the wrong thing, the ones learning have learnt the wrong thing. Who will carry this burden? What will Allah say?
The Baobab of Waroba || Alkasim Abdulkadir
A little later, things became quiet and for some time it seemed things were back to normal but something became very clear: the Nigerian Army was no longer the greater enemy. Since
The Coin || Mercy Gladys Ateino
They are in prison with no bars yet others like to think that they are free when they are not because freedom entails doing what you want when you want and they do not have that. T
The Unwary Almajiri || Bashir Yahaya
On the tenth day after the abduction, at about 1.00 a.m., Kaushe and his men attacked the divisional police station at Gabari using Molotov cocktails and an assortment of other arm
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