To be Black is to be foreign and Othered: Weaponising colonial borders to fracture PanAfrican unity

To be Black is to be foreign and Othered: Weaponising colonial borders to fracture PanAfrican unity

In South Africa and across the globe, systemic governance failures are being weaponized into rampant anti-Black xenophobia. This calculated ethno-nationalism forces oppressed communities to project their trauma inward, punching sideways at fellow Black migrants. Driven by the enduring architecture of white supremacy, the post-colonial nation-state thrives on this division—proving that until we unite, global anti-Blackness will destroy us all.

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