screaming black axe have enormous power here. they have thousands of members in benin. ordinary people are at their mercy. they are heavily armed and seem to operate with impunity. i'm on my way to the university of benin to understand where all this violence began. the black axe formed here a0 years ago and students are still being murdered on campus, today. gunshot the black axe emerged out of a student fraternity known as the neo—black movement of africa, or nbm. the movement initially stood for peace, but over time became linked to crime. today, many people use the names