What a way to 'thank' Africa!I recall "Baffour's Beefs" (NA May 2007) about the xenophobia Xenophobia Boxer Rebellion Chinese rising aimed at ousting foreign interlopers (1900). [Chinese Hist. in post-apartheid South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. stabbing pan-African solidarity in the back. I was really shocked and very disappointed at the recent hysteria and hostilities in South Africa leading to the loss of innocent lives and property in the African communities. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How did pan-Africanism degenerate into political violence against Africans living in Africa? Is the concept of pan-Africanist solidarity dead? What role did the legacy of apartheid play in this anti-pan Africanist onslaught? Do South Africans suffer falsified pan-Africanist consciousness? Ironically, the xenophobic xen·o·phobe n. A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples. xen attacks in South Africa came at a time when Africans at home and abroad were celeberating 50 years of African Liberation Day African Liberation Day on May 25 is an annual holiday in various countries in Africa, coinciding with African Union's Africa Day. History On April 15 1958, in the city of Accra, Ghana, African leaders and political activists gathered at the first Conference of Independent . What a way to "thank" the rest of Africa! victor Payne Raleigh, NC, USA |
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