Neo Black Movement of Africa

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Neo Black Movement of Africa (NBM) is a movement that advocates anti-racism and “social justice and equality for all”.

history

“Neo Black Movement of Africa” was founded as a student movement by nine students from the University of Benin at the beginning of the academic year 1977/78. It was initially known as "The Black Ax Confraternity" (The Brotherhood of the Black Ax). The group was ideologically close to Pan-Africanism . The round, yellow-ground logo of the association shows two black hands whose chain shackles are broken through by a black ax. After the renaming to "Neo-Black Movement of Africa", the members continued to call themselves "Axemen"; the logo was retained. In the 21st century, the organization is represented almost worldwide and has around 30,000 members. In Germany the organization is represented by a registered association. In the current spelling, the organization describes itself as the "Neo Black Movement of Africa" ​​(without a hyphen); “NBM” is used as the official abbreviation. In 2015, the Federal Administrative Court of Austria initiated various inquiries and found that there were other name variants: "New Black Movement of Africa", "Aye Black Ax", "Back Ax".

aims

The basic aim was initially a student representation to fight against oppression, racism and need in Nigeria. In the 21st century, according to the current leadership, the student brotherhood has become a movement whose global goal is "social justice and equality for all".

criticism

Over the course of its existence, the organization has pursued different goals in different regions and at certain times. At times it was considered a militant movement in Nigeria and was associated with acts of violence. On July 10, 1999, the Obafemi Awolowo University massacre occurred on campus . Forty members of the Black Ax Confraternity were involved in the massacre. Five people were killed and eleven more injured. Internationally, the movement is being watched critically because of its criminal machinations. At the University of Ilorin, Black Ax members are believed to have been involved in acts of violence and murders in the early 2000s. In Palermo, Sicily, a group of drug dealers who referred to themselves as the "Black Ax" and were partly members of the Neo Black Movement were convicted in 2018, according to the detailed testimony of a key witness for membership in a criminal organization "in the manner of the Mafia "condemned. In Canada, the local treasurer of the NBM was convicted of fraud, and other members were also the focus of the police there. According to a German investigator, there are no criminally relevant accusations against the members of the "Neo-Black Movement Germany eV" association. Overall, the Nigerian brotherhoods have so far hardly played a role in relevant investigative proceedings in Germany.

literature

  • OA Ogunbameru: Readings on campus secret cults . Kuntel Publishing House, 1997, ISBN 978-978-34273-0-3 .
  • Sean Williams: The Black Ax, How a pan-African freedom movement lost its way . Ed .: Harper's Magazine. September 2019 ( harpers.org ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ OA Ogunbameru: Readings on campus secret cults . Kuntel Publishing House, 1997, ISBN 978-978-34273-0-3 . , Page 24
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Nigerian Brotherhoods: The Black Ax . In: faz.net, Margherita Bettoni, David Klaubert . May 7, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "Neo Black Movement of Africa", official website . In: nbmworldwide.org . Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  4. ↑ Federal Administrative Court (Austria) (BVwG), June 8, 2015, reference number: W211 1409982-1, verdict: W211 1409982-1 / 7E ( Memento from August 19, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ How cultists murdered 5 OAU students in 1999 and nobody got punished . In: pulse.ng . February 10, 2015. Accessed August 17, 2020.
  6. ↑ Canada, Immigration Services : Report NGA43277.E , February 15, 2005 ( Memento of March 20, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ David Klaubert: "Nigerian Mafia": A key witness of the "Black Ax" unpacks . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed August 18, 2020]).
  8. ↑ David Klaubert: Organized Crime: Nigerian Networkers . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed August 18, 2020]).