'Sex for grades': Undercover in West African universities

[Briana Releford]

What happens behind closed doors at some of West Africa’s most prestigious universities.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-49907376/sex-for-grades-undercover-in-west-african-universities

[Dawn E. Smith]

This video and article expresses how there have been several allegations about sexual harassment while none of the stories were never proven. BBC Africa Eye sent an undercover journalist with a camera and voice recorder to catch the professors in action. The professors indulged in several inappropriate actions and conversations. I feel as though this video and article is very relevant because young girls are taken advantage of everyday and its important to address these issues.

[Julius Eto]

In resolving this problem, the strategy of some female students who prefer partying and leaving their campuses on trips with sugar daddies instead of reading their books, only to lure or offer their lecturers sex for marks, should be examined.

In some cases, nothing is heard of this odious practice or trend because it is consensual. But what if the unscrupulous female student turns it into blackmail with her boyfriend by setting up the morally weak lecturer for who it may be too late to recoil after entering the net or trap? She knows that at this point, the lecturer will have no option than to give her more (undeserved) marks to avoid being exposed/shamed.

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[OLAYINKA AGBETUYI]

This is why professors should not fall into the trap of giving party girl's undeserved grade for sex.

I remember one such girl as an undergraduate.  She was never on campus on weekends to swot like the rest of us and will be dropped off Monday mornings by her sugar daddy.

Come day of Linguists exam she sitting across the aisle and asked me for permission to giraffe my paper because Linguistics was harder to master than the narrative courses.

OAA

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In resolving this problem, the strategy of some female students who prefer partying and leaving their campuses on trips with sugar daddies instead of reading their books, only to lure or offer their lecturers sex for marks, should be examined.

In some cases, nothing is heard of this odious practice or trend because it is consensual. But what if the unscrupulous female student turns it into blackmail with her boyfriend by setting up the morally weak lecturer for who it may be too late to recoil after entering the net or trap? She knows that at this point, the lecturer will have no option than to give her more (undeserved) marks to avoid being exposed/shamed.

On Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 4:34:40 PM GMT+1, Dawn E. Smith <dawnsm...@gmail.com> wrote:

This video and article expresses how there have been several allegations about sexual harassment while none of the stories were never proven. BBC Africa Eye sent an undercover journalist with a camera and voice recorder to catch the professors in action. The professors indulged in several inappropriate actions and conversations. I feel as though this video and article is very relevant because young girls are taken advantage of everyday and its important to address these issues.

On Monday, October 7, 2019 at 12:04:06 PM UTC-5, Briana Releford wrote:

What happens behind closed doors at some of West Africa’s most prestigious universities.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/ world-africa-49907376/sex-for- grades-undercover-in-west- african-universities

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[Caroline L Pearce]

This article and accompanying video were extremely eye-opening to me and served to show that some experiences, such as sexual harassment by men in power, are common for women all over the world. In American universities, I would say that it is not uncommon to hear about teachers and students having sexual relations. However, in quite a few of the cases I have heard about, female students were the ones to bring up the idea of sex for a better grade in the class. This is not intended to victim blame or ignore cases where professors have abused their power to hurt their students, but rather to make a point about the differences between the American phenomenon that I have seen and this African experience which has now come to light thanks to "Africa Eye". It seems to me that in America, women are able to use their bodies for their personal betterment while in Africa, women's bodies are used against them. Both American and African women want to graduate with a degree so they may have a better life but that West African women must make more sacrifices, most often without their consent, just to get to the same place that has been handed to American women. Nevertheless, we must fight and stand up for our African sisters so that they can go to university and throughout life in a relative peace similar to the women of America. 

- Caroline Pearce

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What happens behind closed doors at some of West Africa’s most prestigious universities.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-49907376/sex-for-grades-undercover-in-west-african-universities

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[Edson Santos]

Institutions claim zero tolerance policies but do not take active measures to promote methods of encouraging the students to press charges in these situations. Despicable cases, like the ones retracted in the BBC interview are disturbingly common, and a certain system of monitoring and reporting is not imposed in figures that hold some type of power, they tend to exert those same powers on vulnerable students. I was raised aware of this, and my parents always made sure I was comfortable enough to at least report such situations to them, but for many, these cases might still be a taboo and the pressure felt when confronting it can be devastating. I urge for immediate change on the system, so that the suffering of past victims does not go in vain, and future generations can be preserved from such malice.

 

 

On Monday, October 7, 2019 at 12:04:06 PM UTC-5, Briana Releford wrote:

[Kalif McKinley]

The video and article show the issues within the universities among the faculty and students. The troubling video gives great detail on how professors prey on the students at the universities and how easy it is to manipulate the girls into continuing to listen to them. The camera and audio provided great evidence against the professors who were in this video while also being informative in a way to use this as a lesson on how to avoid these situations. This video and article was important because without these type of articles and videos there would be many more victims to these type of men.

On Monday, October 7, 2019 at 12:04:06 PM UTC-5, Briana Releford wrote:

[Ifeoma Okonkwo]

Reading this article directed me to watch the film on youtube. It baffles me that certain women do not get the opportunity to graduate college for deciding not to partake in such activity. Women with brains are held back or even drop out because men once again feel entitled. There needs to be a change in the system, because this mindset can not continue to exist. 

On Monday, October 7, 2019 at 12:04:06 PM UTC-5, Briana Releford wrote:

[Kissi, Edward]

I am very confused about what is going on here. Are these spam emails or someone has assigned a class to monitor our discussions here and offer summaries of the content of some postings? Some of the summaries I am reading are total mischarcterization of those postings or, charitably, not very good summaries of the discussions here.

I do not know the learning objectives or learning outcomes of the course that assigns this task to students. Are the students participating in the Dialogues by offering their own critiques of what they are reading here or they are summarizing some particular postings.

A better way to make the USAAfricaDialogue a learning resource for students is to create a separate online student discussion group for a course and ask students to monitor the conversations on the Dialogue and analyse the content of the postings here in their online discussion groups. That approach will spare us the spam we have been receiving daily.

The students would not have to post or share their summaries of our postings with us. I don't read them. I just delete them. They have to share their summaries of what is going on here with their peers in their separate discussion groups on Blackboard or Canvas. That means a vigorous analysis of how Africanists are discussing aspects of contemporary Africa takes place among students on a separate course listserv. That, to me, is a more productive pedagogy than what I am seeing here.


Edward Kissi

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Same here. I was about to write to the Moderator. If it is a course, our permission should have been sought. I have blocked their posts. 

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[Rachel Black]

This unsettling documentary of truth exposed in West African Universities brings to light the very unjust act of authority figures using their title, power, and status to manipulate and degrade young females. The audacity of trying to fulfill ones hidden sexual agendas is sickening-- even more so with the denial of this unethical behavior. These men are fully aware of the vulnerability, desperation, and fear of every young female in these institutions, and capitalize of these fragile emotion to exploit them in ways where they feel there is no other way if they want to succeed and continue elevating their education. How has this behavior prolonged without any action? Where are the repercussions? Will these universities take act6ion to prevent further exploitation of vulnerable young female students? This circumstance of using the bodies of these students requires extreme action from the executive members of these institutions. 

On Monday, October 7, 2019 at 12:04:06 PM UTC-5, Briana Releford wrote:

[Ban-Jian Pan]

The video talks about the actions that some lecturers take in order to exploit female students. This video sadly shows the truth of what actually happens, but what really angered me was the fact that with video evidence the university did not take actions to let go of the lecturers. This video goes on to talk a little bit about the victims' mental health after these incidents and the effects are devastating. I just feel like with this kind of evidence that the "Africa Eye" has, those professors should be exposed and let go of them as lecturers.

On Monday, October 7, 2019 at 12:04:06 PM UTC-5, Briana Releford wrote:

[Obododimma Oha]

I am also a lecturer in a Nigerian university. So, I am also implicated. Is it not possible that those we cannot admit in post-UTME are enjoying this discourse out there? "Yes; they are proud. Let them have it!" Those of who lecturers are already guilty (frowning)!

Anyway, this is the main point to be made: Is it not possible that ike otu gwu nwata, ike ogu adi ya mma (A child not interested in work, looks for a fight somewhere). When academics are busy with research, with thinking, how would they have time for sexual harassment?

Sincerely,

Obododimma.

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[Cornelius Hamelberg]

Today is actually Simchat Torah!

Of relevance here, perhaps  the clear message from Kohelet - Ecclesiastes - Chapter 3 

which is from the Hebrew Bible but is not one of the Five Books of Moses //the Torah. 

 

If it were not for human nature which some theologians attribute to “original sin”, and if only this were a comedy series, then this would be one of the most hilarious of rhetorical questions asked by a presumably innocent professor, even one voluntarily practising eunuchism “for the sake of Heaven”.

He asks in supposed wonderment, of course, not in merriment but in high seriousness, or maybe only sarcastically,

"When academics are busy with research, with thinking, how would they have time for sexual harassment?"

Indeed.

It’s not as if the academics in question are “busy” with their research, 24 hours a day, to the exclusion of everything else, such as eating, drinking and other basic bodily needs to keep themselves alive. 

 Didn’t we hear Bob Dylan say

But even the president of the United States

Sometimes must have to stand naked…

Hmmm. Slightly rephrasing the learned Professor, it could be,

 “When Presidents are busy with governing the country and making the country great again, how would they have time for sexual harassment?”

Well, once upon a time, we did hear Slick Willy remonstrate,

“Now, I have to go back to work on my State of the Union speech. And I worked on it until pretty late last night. But I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people. Thank you”

“When academics are busy with research, with thinking, how would they have time for sexual harassment?”

Hmmm…

As morning smiles in her eyes

I look at the question squarely in the eye

as the professor pauses - takes a coffee-

break from his research

anxiously awaiting a reply.

We have yet to hear one of the miscreant Naija professors boast about how they can’t resist grabbing their victims by the hussy…

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Tuesday, 22 October 2019 12:42:48 UTC+2, Obododimma wrote:

I am also a lecturer in a Nigerian university. So, I am also implicated. Is it not possible that those we cannot admit in post-UTME are enjoying this discourse out there? "Yes; they are proud. Let them have it!" Those of who lecturers are already guilty (frowning)!

Anyway, this is the main point to be made: Is it not possible that ike otu gwu nwata, ike ogu adi ya mma (A child not interested in work, looks for a fight somewhere). When academics are busy with research, with thinking, how would they have time for sexual harassment?

Sincerely,

Obododimma.

On Tuesday, October 22, 2019, Ban-Jian Pan <banji...@gmail.com> wrote:

The video talks about the actions that some lecturers take in order to exploit female students. This video sadly shows the truth of what actually happens, but what really angered me was the fact that with video evidence the university did not take actions to let go of the lecturers. This video goes on to talk a little bit about the victims' mental health after these incidents and the effects are devastating. I just feel like with this kind of evidence that the "Africa Eye" has, those professors should be exposed and let go of them as lecturers.

On Monday, October 7, 2019 at 12:04:06 PM UTC-5, Briana Releford wrote:

What happens behind closed doors at some of West Africa’s most prestigious universities.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-49907376/sex-for-grades-undercover-in-west-african-universities

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