Chijioke John Ojukwu
Chijioke John Ojukwu is PhD student at Leeds Metropolitan University, School of Applied Global Ethics (www.leedsmet.ac.uk/international/age/index.htm). His thesis deals with the question of reconciliation and respect for human life in nonviolent resistance. He is especially interested in examples of nonviolent resistance where reconciliation was manifested, such as the Civil Rights Movement and the anti-apartheid struggle. He further explores the respect for human life through a cultural perspective, using the Igbo ritual of « Breaking the Kola nut », which is an act of hospitality and can be seen as an act of nonviolence.
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Collective memory and nonviolent resistance
Memory, whether individually or collectively constructed poses a moral dilemma, particularly in the struggle for justice and processes of social change.
Did Martin Luther King’s idea of a Beloved Community die with him?
An exploration of the turn towards racial separation in the civil rights movement and the pursuit of reconciliation through the Freedom Seder.
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References: collective memory and nonviolent resistance
Memory, whether individually or collectively constructed poses a moral dilemma, particularly in the struggle for justice and processes of social change.