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 universitynin 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 black axe and nbm interchangeably. singing dr stone is a political science lecturer at the university and an expert on the axemen. dr stone was once a senior member of the black axe, a chairman. he has agreed to share secrets from the inside, breaking his oath of silence. is there any concern that members, some of your colleagues will come after you? that looks like a walking stick. in his office, dr stone showed me the ceremonial ropes he wore as an axeman. they tell you? singing: that great day... ..is coming. that great day is coming... the name black axe comes from the old fraternity, the nbm symbol of an axe, breaking chain