The nuclear bombs dropped during World War 2 may have landed in Japan‚ but the devastation they created is still being felt in a small village in Congo. Shinkolobwe‚ in the south of Congo‚ was destroyed to mine the uranium used to make the bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.Today (on Thursday)‚ on the 70th anniversary of the attack‚ the Congolese Civil Society in South Africa met at the University of Cape Town to remember the humanitarian disaster that took place in both countries.A “nuclear shadow” - similar to the ones left by the atomised bodies of those killed in the bombings – was created on the steps outside the Jameson Hall in solidarity with the people of Japan.Neil Goodwin from the Scalibrini Centre‚ which deals with aiding migrants‚ believed that a nuclear shadow still covers Africa in the form of continued illegal mining of uranium on the continent.“Even though Shinkolobwe has been closed since about 2002 people are still tunnelling and mining the uranium‚” said Goodwin. “It's supported through the black market and corruption.”Oliver Tshinyoka‚ who grew up close to Shinkolobwe‚ said the story of the mining town remained untold‚ and now it was a deserted place where vegetation blanketed the empty homes.Tshinyoka‚ who moved to South Africa in 2006‚ bought and sold illegally mined gold in order to fund his studies after school.“Shinkolobwe has never been commemorated‚” said Tshinyoka. “The disaster of the Hiroshima bombing is still going on‚ but in Shinkolobwe. The town is dead and is haunted by the ghost of Hiroshima.”He felt that what took place at Shinkolobwe was two-fold in that it helped the world to end Word War 2‚ but also contributed to disasters in Japan and Congo.Chair of Societies of the UCT student representative council‚ Thembelihle Ncayiyana‚ spoke at the event which was also attended by a representative from the Japanese consulate.Ncayiyana said history was selective in the way it remembered World War 2 and that more should be done to highlight Africa's role in it.“We only know about what happened in Japan‚” she said. “We talk about Pan Africanism but it's only lip service. We need to do more.”-RDM News Wire..