A tweet that alleges that French people are taking revenge in a horrible way on Malians, after France’s ambassador was kicked out of the country, has been gaining a lot of attention.
The post says that a Malian was caught in a remote French village and then people urinated on her.
It is accompanied by a video showing a woman curled on the ground, covered in black coal and holding her face in her palms as someone stands over her urinating.
But the video was not filmed in a remote French village as the post says.
The clip is actually from a performance art installation that took place at the University of Sao Paolo, Brazil, in January 2013.
The performer was the renowned Guatemalan body artist, Regina Jose Galindo.
Called Piedra, Galindo wanted to capture the suffering of Latin American women.
Galindo’s work revolves around raising awareness about issues of social justice, environmental degradation and violence against women in all its forms.
In recent months relations between Mali and France have deteriorated over the security situation in Mali.
The French ambassador to Bamako was expelled for criticising the military for involving Russian mercenaries in the fight against militant Islamists to restore security in the restive country.
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BBC