During World War II, the U.S Government appointed physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spent years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work came to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witnessed the world's first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history.

For fuck’s sake the world is dying. Temperatures are rising, the poor are suffering. Covid-19’s fucked the shit out of everyone. Look around you, women, sexual minorities are under constant violence. But we are not supposed to speak like this. How Dare You!

Maya Angelou was a famous American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. Her works are celebrated across the African continent. When her story is told, her controversial history of sex work and of being a pimp (madame) for lesbians is left out. For this debate, painting the full picture means active propagation of her story together with her controversial past through all means available.