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Ursprungligen postat av AllaOlikaAllaLika
Jag fick lära mig i grundskolan att kannibalism utrotades på 1950 talet. Tydligen stämmer det inte.
Det gör det faktiskt men vi får väl se saker och ting ur olika infallsvinklar emellanåt, och vi kan ju knappast tillåta att människor äter upp varandra? Detta är ett exceptionellt undantag från principen om alla kulturers rätt att utöva sina traditioner.
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The Cannibals' War - Liberia
The truth behind the cannibals of Congo
Chaos and cannibalism under Congo's bloody skies
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They knew it could happen. The two middle-ranking officers, observers with the United Nations mission in Congo, had already warned their headquarters. They called again saying: 'Get us out of here - we're going to get killed.'
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The helicopter did eventually turn up. It picked up the major and the young captain - but by then they were rotting in a ditch.
Someone had burnt them with cigarettes, and cut out their brains, hearts, livers and testicles. 'Our assumption is that at least parts of these men were indeed eaten,' said a senior UN source involved in the internal inquiry into why the unarmed officers were left to die.
Congo rebels are eating pygmies, UN says
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Marauding rebels are massacring and eating pygmies in the dense forests of north-east Congo, according to UN officials who are investigating allegations of cannibalism in Ituri province
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"We hear reports of [enemy] commanders feeding on sexual organs of pygmies, apparently believing this would give them strength," he said.
"We also have reports of pygmies being forced to feed on the cooked remains of their colleagues."
Cannibalism has re-emerged throughout eastern Congo as the last vestiges of colonial influence have been eroded during the war. Much of the vast forested area is controlled by the Mayi-Mayi, a loose grouping of tribal militias united by their magical beliefs and taste for human flesh.
On a recent assignment in eastern Congo the Guardian correspondent saw many Mayi-Mayi fighters wearing parts of the bodies of their Rwandan enemies, in the belief that this would make them invincible.
Det finns massor av olika trovärdiga rapporter och vittnesmål om nutida kannibalism i subsahariska Afrika. I takt med att det europeiska koloniala inflytandet över dessa länder har försvunnit under de senaste decennierna så har negrernas traditionella kulturer och beteende börjat komma tillbaka mer och mer. Innan européer koloniserade delar av det svarta Afrika så var kannibalism, ritualmord och häxeri en del av vardagen bland många negerstammar. Européerna tvingade negrerna att sluta med sånt och införde lag, ordning och civilisation så gott det gick men nu börjar alltså den ursprungliga afrikanska kulturen komma tillbaka.
År 2010 så registrerade Migrationsverket 86 asylansökningar från medborgare i Demokratiska Republiken Kongo. Under senare år har det kommit åtminstone hundratals personer från Kongo och Liberia till Sverige. En del av dessa kan mycket väl ha deltagit i kannibalism, massvåldtäkter av barn och annat bus.