Isolationist legacy echoes in xenophobic attacks - The Nordic Africa Institute

[Cornelius Hamelberg]

https://nai.uu.se/news/articles/2019/10/02/110343/index.xml

[Gabriel Vega]

In this article, the xenophobia that stems from years of apartheid in South Africa is discussed by Eghosa Osaghae, a visiting Professor at the Nordic Africa Institute. The legacy that’s left from years of xenophobia has created internal discontent and strife in the area. Resistance to outsiders is built into the system that results in hostility. I think the article is fairly self explanatory, even if relatively shallow and short in its analyzation. We see the same type of xenophobia here in the US as well.

On Oct 2, 2019, at 11:10 AM, Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Evelyn Gomez]

In this article, Eghosa Osaghae, a visiting professor at NAI, shares his experiences and findings on xenophobia involving South Africa. The article starts off by saying the terror and destruction that xenophobia has caused, specifically by South Africans. He shares the hurt that Africans migrants feel since ALL Africans countries supported South Africa’s struggle to gain its own independence. They did this by boycotting. Even after every African country shared its support towards the end of apartheid, South Africa continues to show xenophobia towards other African migrants. I found it interesting how Eghosa Osaghae shared the point that being xenophobic is part of South Africa’s history and this is why they behave this way towards others.  

[Gerald D Liddell]

In this article the author Eghosa Osaghae speaks on South Africa's xenophobia. This article addresses the actions of other countries due to South Africa's xenophobia, which I think is very important to understand. The writer touches on the fact that all other African countries supported South Africa's struggle for independence , therefore the xenophobic ways of South Africa feels like a stab in the back. Other African Countries are not reacting well, South African embassies have had to be shut down due to protest, even artist and football teams have refused to come to South Africa. All in all this article was very helpful in understanding xenophobia and the result of it in Africa.

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[Charlie C]

In this article, author Eghosa Osaghae describes the xenophobic violence acted upon migrants in South Africa.  African countries have all somehow contributed to South Africa's independence from the apartheid state, though the isolation and misleading of resident South Africans has harbored extreme resistance against migrants from these countries.  South Africa is still somewhat isolated from the world, lacking international television networks for example, and the government has not done much to solve these problems.  Osaghae predicts that as long as South Africa continues to fail to provide for its citizens, this xenophobia will remain.  This article was very short and easy to read while still containing a lot of substantial information on the issue of xenophobia in Africa, though supplementary information is probably needed to get a fuller understanding of the issue.

On Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 2:58:53 PM UTC-5, Gabriel Vega wrote:

In this article, the xenophobia that stems from years of apartheid in South Africa is discussed by Eghosa Osaghae, a visiting Professor at the Nordic Africa Institute. The legacy that’s left from years of xenophobia has created internal discontent and strife in the area. Resistance to outsiders is built into the system that results in hostility. I think the article is fairly self explanatory, even if relatively shallow and short in its analyzation. We see the same type of xenophobia here in the US as well.

On Oct 2, 2019, at 11:10 AM, Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com> wrote:

https://nai.uu.se/news/articles/2019/10/02/110343/index.xml

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