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Nigerian Search and Rescue By: Steve Breen San Diego UnionTribune 5/11/14
The cartoonist is criticizing the Nigerian government of being negligent in its search for the 276 girls kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram. The event that inspired the cartoon is the kidnapping of the Nigerian schoolgirls. The Nigerian government, represented by its search and rescue team, is depicted as careless in their search for the girls. In the cartoon the artist’s sentiment is represented by the truck being parked outside a donut shop instead of on the road searching for the girls. I agree with the artist’s opinion that the government has been lax in its search. The Nigerian government has a history of carelessness, especially in its northern areas. When the news first came out about the kidnapping, the government gave the press different numbers of how many girls had been taken. Later on, it made the claim that it had helped some of the girls escaped, but it was revealed that the girls escaped on their own. Additionally when some activists went to go meet the Nigerian first lady about the kidnapping, they were arrested. The artist is trying to evoke anger towards the Nigerian government so that they would make more of an effort to find the girls. The artist has liberal leanings shown through his efforts of raising awareness for the girls.
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Boko Haram By: Jonathan Shapiro The Times 5/15/14
The cartoonist is stating that Boko Haram is the not only one oppressing the kidnapped girls, but the Nigerian government has as well. The event that inspired the cartoon is the kidnapping of the Nigerian school girls by the terrorist group, Boko Haram. Another way to interpret the cartoon is perceiving the Nigerian government as an accomplice in the kidnapping by not making more of an effort to search for the girls. In the cartoon a girl is presented as prisoner behind the bars of Nigeria while having the threat of death be held over her head by Boko Haram. I agree with the later sentiment, but not much with the first. Prior to the kidnapping the Nigerian government has been ignoring them and has not interfered with their education or any other part of their life. While the government could be considered as an accomplice because this could have been prevented if the government had made more of a continuous effort to stopping Boko Haram’s actions. The cartoonist is trying to raise awareness about the girls and the government than evoke emotions from the audience. The cartoon depicts the artist as a person with liberal political leanings towards this issue because he is berating the Nigerian government and trying to raise awareness for the girls.
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Hashtag Activism By: Eric Allie 5/14/11 cagle.com
The cartoonist is criticizing the general public for not taking action when it is needed the most. The event that inspired the cartoon is the kidnapping of the Nigerian schoolgirls and the publicity it has received all over the world. With the rise in publicity over various social networking sites, there was the creation of its own hashtag, which is used predominantly in the cartoon. The artist is making the statement that people nowadays believe they are helping by “spreading the word”, but are totally ignorant of what is happening right in front of them. In the cartoon there is a woman being attacked and people in a nearby apartment building aware of the attack, but refusing to help her. Instead these people are on their social networking sites “#DoingSomething” to help prevent future attacks. I agree with the cartoonist’s sentiment that there are some people, not all, that believe that they are activist by making one comment, but never taking any real action. The cartoon reveals the artist as a cynic who believes that the majority of the population is dominated by the kinds of people he depicts. The relation between the cartoon and the Nigerian affair, is that the public is just making a passing comment about these schoolgirls and not taking action to do something to save them. The cartoon depicts the artist with personal biases about apathetic people can be.
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The Real War on Women By: Gary Varel 5/11/14 Indianapolis Star
The cartoonist is saying the public and the government should focus on the more extreme injustices being done to women than the smaller ones people have been fighting. The event that inspired the cartoon is the kidnapping the Nigerian schoolgirls. In the cartoon a soldier, most likely Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the terrorist group, is depicted holding Boko Haram’s manifesto. In the cartoon he is also stating that he sells women, representing human traffickers. I do not agree with the cartoonist’s sentiment because, the way the cartoon is presented, makes it seem that he wants the government’s and public’s complete attention towards the bigger injustices. It would be better it there is a way to spare some attention to the smaller injustices towards women in our own country because we need to be able to help ourselves before we can help others. The cartoon depicts the artist as a person with conservative leanings because he is trying to divert attention away to the prominent injustices of other countries. The artist is trying to evoke anger towards the perpetrators of the these injustices, like Abubakar Shekau.
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Boko Haram By: Bob Englehart 5/7/14 Hartford Courant
The cartoonist is trying to criticize the terrorist group, Boko Haram, of being afraid of educated girls. The cartoon is inspired by the kidnapping of the Nigerian schoolgirls. In the cartoon the artist depicts a female graduate holding her diploma, representing educated females. Then right next to her is a soldier, labelled as Islamist terrorists, calling her the enemy. The artist is trying to show how the soldiers are intimidated by these schoolgirls and, in desperation, decided to kidnap them. I do agree with the artist’s sentiment because one of the reasons why Boko Haram would kidnap the girls is that they believed it went against their religion to have girls who could think for themselves. They are afraid that they cannot continue their domination over these educated girls, so they like them to remain uneducated. That cartoon depicts the artist as a person with liberal leanings because they are advocating that girls should be given a education and the rights that come with it. The cartoon is intended to be ironic because it shows a terrorist, with his gun and bullets, considering an educated woman the enemy, compared to entire nations they have made as their enemy.
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Nigeria By: Joe Heller 5/7/14 Green Bay PressGazette
The cartoonist is trying to criticize the terrorist group, Boko Haram, of being ignorant of the reaction it is evoking from the international audience. The event that inspired the cartoon is the kidnapping the Nigerian schoolgirls. Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau, representing all Nigerian Islamist terrorists, is depicted in the cartoon during one of his speeches. Another object identified in the cartoon is a armed military airplane labelled “U.S. and World Reaction” representing the inevitable campaign by various countries to destroy the Islamic extremist group. I do agree with the sentiment that Boko Haram is being ignorant of backlash that will come after making a show of how they kidnapped the girls. Additionally the publicity the group has garnered over the past few weeks will only spur on various countries to eradicate the group. The cartoon depicts the artist as a person with conservative political leanings because of his prediction and opinion that military force will and should be used to retrieve the girls.
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As a whole, the collection of cartoons, is trying to raise awareness for the kidnapped Nigerian
schoolgirls. Though some also tries to criticize Boko Haram for kidnapping the girls, the Nigerian
government for their inactivity, or the public for their “activism”. The cartoons demonstrates that the
U.S. and the international community agree with each other that these girls needs to be returned home
and that the terrorist group needs to be stopped, a view that every cartoon shared. Considering the
topic, it is virtually impossible to find a news source that would promote the kidnapping and
imprisonment of the schoolgirls.
These cartoons did not change my prior opinion in any way, instead they reinforced my belief
that something needs to be done to return these girls. Alternatively, I was able to create new opinions
from these cartoons, such as that the public should stop raising their “awareness” on their social
networking sites and act, protest, anything that create change faster. My opinion is shared by the
majority’s because many people around the world wants to see the schoolgirls home safely rather than
harmed.
Even though these cartoons does address a more obvious event or topic, the cartoonists uses it
as a stepping stone to address a smaller issue. For example in the first cartoon, Nigerian Search and
Rescue, there is the big sign notifying people that the girls are missing, but off to the side it also
addresses the inefficiency of the Nigerian government. This action the cartoonist takes sets the message
and tone of the cartoon. For instance the Hashtag Activism cartoon is cynical in its depiction of the
public as apathetic creatures, while the first cartoon was scathing in its criticism of the Nigerian
government. As a result of being presented two issues simultaneously, I learned about other topics that
I didn’t think were closely related to the kidnapping. In the Real War on Women, I was not expecting
to be presented with human trafficking alongside with terrorism.