Posters commemorating the Garissa massacre.
After the shooting of 148 young Christians students in Garissa, Kenya, on the 2nd April 2015, and the poor media covering, as if African lives didn't matter,I wanted to express my anger towards this event and the general lack of interest people and medias had for it.
When on the 7th January 2015, 12 people ( Europeans, mostly Caucasians) got shot in the Charlie Hebdo's attack, hundreds of thousand people, all around the world, went down in the street on a demonstration against terrorism and for free speech and the medias covered it for several weeks.
On the other hand, when 2 month after, 148 African students got shot in the university, who spoke about it and for how long? It really seemed to me that there is a difference of value between the lives of Caucasians and Africans.
A life is a life, no matter the country and/or the color of the skin.
On the other hand, when 2 month after, 148 African students got shot in the university, who spoke about it and for how long? It really seemed to me that there is a difference of value between the lives of Caucasians and Africans.
A life is a life, no matter the country and/or the color of the skin.
That's why the poster attracts people' sight with a strong contrast and a simple visual and then asks the viewers if they can recall what they were doing on this day. Mostly, they wouldn't be able to answer, as they didn't hear about the shooting and/or don't remember hearing about it (yes the News spoke about it, but only for a few days...sigh).
Afrifférence comes from a play on words between Africa and indifference, highlighting the usual apathy from the world toward the continent and its inhabitants.
Translation: What were you doing on the 2nd of April 2015?
The 2nd April 2015, in Garissa, Kenya, 148 students got killed just because they were Christians.
Who's speaking about it? Who's going in the street (on a demonstration)? Who is Garissa?
I, here, salute the memory of those 148 people, killed for no reason.
