{"id":18070,"date":"2020-06-14T04:31:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T04:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barazalab.com\/?p=18070"},"modified":"2023-09-04T05:38:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T05:38:36","slug":"global-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/global-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings, friends:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the past two weeks, protests have erupted around the world \u2013 and here too, in Kenya \u2013 demanding an end to anti-black racism and police brutality. It has been difficult watching the backlash to what, in my mind, is an uncontroversial demand \u2013 that Black Lives Matter \u2013 in the form of police beatings and harassment, teargas and heavy-handed tactics. But the events of the past fortnight have left me hopeful that global consciousness is shifting, even in a small way, towards a more just and equitable world. At the very least, some conversations are now being taken seriously in a way that wasn\u2019t the case even a short while ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m reminded of Toni Morrison\u2019s words on the artist\u2019s role in troubled times. This is precisely the time we get to work, she said in the searing 2015 essay No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear. \u201cWe speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal. I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge \u2014 even wisdom. Like art.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So let\u2019s get to work even in these chaotic times. Write that paragraph, take that photograph, create in whatever way you do, even if it seems too emotional and messy to be putting anything down at this time. Even thinking is work, so engage your mind and work through those ideas. Don\u2019t shut down or check out. Our voice is needed, as Nanjala Nyabola reminds us often, the archive needs us in it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I leave you with the comforting exhortation that Baraza member Laura Ekumbo shares with us often. It makes me stop and take a moment to appreciate that I\u2019m alive, I have breath. Why don\u2019t you do the same?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18072\" src=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/baraza-twitter-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/baraza-twitter-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/baraza-twitter.png 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Yours in solidarity,<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Christine Mungai<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Curator at Baraza Media Lab<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings, friends: In the past two weeks, protests have erupted around the world \u2013 and here too, in Kenya \u2013 demanding an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christine-mungai","category-barua-ya-baraza"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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