Kony 2012: Activism or Slacktivism?

<p>Around a decade ago, one of the first “viral” moments of the social media age took place. This involved American men launching a campaign to make Joseph Kony the most famous man in the world. Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) (which had existed for decades prior), had been indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity. But was this a case of activism, slacktivism, or white saviourism on a global scale?</p> <p>Follow us on IG: itsacontinentpod and Twitter: itsacontinent. Pre-order It's a Continent (2022) on <a href="http://itsacontinent.com/book"><u>itsacontinent.com/book</u></a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Continent-Unravelling-Africas-history/dp/1529376785/">&nbsp;</a></p> <p>We're on Buy me a Coffee too:<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/itsacontinent"> <strong>https://www.buymeacoffee.com/itsacontinent</strong></a></p> <p>Visit our website:<a href="https://itsacontinent.com/"> <strong>itsacontinent.com</strong></a></p> <p>Hosts: Chinny: Twitter/IG: chindomiee</p> <p>Astrid: IG: astrid_mbx</p> <p>Artwork by Margo Designs:<a href="https://margosdesigns.myportfolio.com/"> <strong>https://margosdesigns.myportfolio.com</strong></a></p> <p>Music provided by Free Vibes:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&amp;v=3C8GXr44boM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FNkGhTg&amp;event=video_description"><strong> https://goo.gl/NkGhTg</strong></a></p> <p>Warm Nights by Lakey Inspired:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&amp;v=3C8GXr44boM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Flakeyinspired%2Fwarm-nights&amp;event=video_description"><strong> https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/...</strong></a></p> <p>Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=hkqGH4Lu_PwMlfLRdEnfPX7UYQR8MTU4MzA4NjYzNkAxNTgzMDAwMjM2&amp;v=3C8GXr44boM&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-sa%2F3.0