#IAmNigeria #NaijaNiMi - Madonna, Boris Kodjoe, Angelina Jolie Condemn Boko Haram Attacks
Madonna has lent her social media klout to speak out againt the Boko Haram attacks in Baga, Bui and some other villages and towns in Northern Nigeria. From 2009 till date, over 10,000 people have reportedly died and several hundreds of thousands displaced from their homes. International celebrities including Boris Kodjoe, Angelina Jolie, Nicki Minaj, Solange Knowles, Meek Mill, and have begun to comment on the killings after the outpouring of international support to France after the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris. They and many more point out that the same sympathy and solidarity is not being shown for the Boko Haram killings in Nigeria. Boris Kodjoe was the first to call out this disparity on the day of the million-man march in Paris. Angelina Jolie condemned the activities of Boko Haram in a statement released Jan. 13th , in which she called on the United States government and the rest of the international community to work together so as to “bring the perpetrators