Striptease Nigerian style

July 21, 2002 10:15 AM

Striptease Nigerian style The women, ranging in age from 30 to 90, used a traditional and powerful shaming gesture to maintain control over the facility -- they threatened to remove their own clothing. All jokes aside, these women may know a thing or two about political startegy ... either that, or they have an excellent PR rep....
posted by poorhouse (3 comments total)

or perhaps they are merely astonishingly ugly.
posted by Ryvar at 1:02 PM on July 21, 2002

they're also after $5m. all africa news. basically the company has been dealing with the male leaders, who, shall we say, were less effective.

from personal experience all i can say, there's nothing finer on god's earth than an african woman. part of the solution to africa's problems is to give these women real power.
posted by quarsan at 1:04 PM on July 21, 2002

On a more serious note than my original post would indicate, I really think that these women have something! Their action should be a reminder that there is always a vaster communtiy out there when the call for social action goes out. It is also a reminder that the power to bring effective change begins with creative thinking about solutions, not with guns....
posted by poorhouse at 7:01 PM on July 21, 2002