Current Event 8: In Nigeria, the mass abduction of schoolgirls isn't shocking

Over  200 young girls were kidnapped a week ago from a school in Nigeria. No one seems to know any whereabouts of the girls. An Islamist military group is said to have abducted the girls; the village people are mourning but they point out it is not uncommon. 190 girls are still missing and will likely never be reunited with their families.

In English 10 and 11 we've looked at how people's rights aren't all the same. Nigeria has a weak government and in the region the girls were taken from has little governmental influence. We read about  children being taken in Africa on accusations of witchcraft this year; even though these kids aren't accused, they are still taken. The president and the military are stepping back and not doing anything to help find the girls or to alive worry from the parents.

What is happening in Nigeria is sickening. No one should be captured ever. The fact that the government and military are not even thinking of getting involved is vilely repulsive. This effects me as a student because people younger than me are being taken for no reason and that's scary.

"Nigeria." Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. MediaWiki, 19 Sep 2005. Web. 21 Apr 2014. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Nigeria_carte.gif> 

• What is the purpose for using [statistics/quotations/headings/bullets/personal experience] (choose one of the options and write only on it.) If you have another element that you would like to discuss on this question, get the okay from me before proceeding. Use evidence from the selection to support your answer.

The author uses specific quotes from a parent of an abducted girl. The people see the as "using 'blatant propaganda' to [make] a 'blatant lie'" (Yhan). Using direct quotes from a girls father shows exactly what the Nigerian people of the region think of the government and military. They also use quotes describing how the native village people felt about the capture. "The people in the village are not surprised," the principal of the school reported. These quotes show how the people in the region feel about the incident and the horrible lack of governmental and military aid.



Works Cited

Yhan, Holly and Duthiers, Vladimir. "In Nigeria, the mass abduction of schoolgirls isn't shocking." CNN. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc, 21 Apr 2014. Web. 21 Apr 2014. <http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/21/world/africa/nigeria-abducted-girls/index.html?hpt=hp_t3>