Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Dec 1

#Trumps #xenophobia erupts anew
👉#MuslimBan expanded and joined by #Afrophobia👈

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.. .him boycotting the recent #G20 summit in #SouthAfrica due to its *alleged* persecution of "white farmers."

https://www.news18.com/explainers/why-trump-skipped-johannesburg-g20-and-then-disinvited-south-africa-from-the-2026-summit-ws-l-9741635.html

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Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Dec 1

*#Trump's #xenophobia erupts 👉anew*
#MuslimBan expanded and joined by #Afrophobia👈

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...according to an internal memo from the State Department..."

The 36 countries under review are all located in #Africa and the #Caribbean with high percentages of descendants of the Euro-American #Slave trade, apart from the #Muslim country of#Kyrgyzstan.

This comes on top of his threat of action against #Nigeria...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cev18jy21w7o

...and...

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Trump tells military to plan for 'action' over his claim that Nigeria allows killing of Christians

The US president says his threat is over killings of Christians - though experts say there is no evidence they are disproportionately targeted.

BBC News
African Music Forum (AMF)Nov 28

Davido’s appearance at 'Amapiano’s biggest concert' turned a night of celebration into a study in Afrophobia, fandom, and the fragile borders of South African cultural nationalism.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/11/davidos-jacket

#SouthAfrica #Nigeria #AfroHouse #Amapiano #Racism #AfroPhobia #AIAC

Davido’s jacket

Davido’s appearance at 'Amapiano’s biggest concert' turned a night of celebration into a study in Afrophobia, fandom, and the fragile borders of South African cultural nationalism.

DJM (freelance for hire)Jul 4, 2025

Afrophobic metamorphosis

Afrophobia in South Africa is no longer shouted—it is rationalized, rebranded, and wrapped in the language of law and patriotism.

https://africasacountry.com/2025/07/afrophobic-metamorphosis

"sporadic xenophobic 'attacks' morphed into a formalized paramilitaristic 'civil movement,' and the phantasm of the African immigrant was crystallized."

#Africa #SouthAfrica #AIAC #AfroPhobia #Immigration #Capitalism #Poverty

Afrophobic metamorphosis

Afrophobia in South Africa is no longer shouted—it is rationalized, rebranded, and wrapped in the language of law and patriotism.

Commissioner for Human RightsApr 12, 2024
Thank you to my first #UnitedNations #HumanRights and Special Procedures Council visitor, Barbara G. Reynolds, Chair of the @un Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent.
Very timely discussion on the worrying extent of #Afrophobia in Europe and the need to urgently address it across the @coe area.
Communist Center☭🇵🇸🇾🇪🔻Dec 21, 2023

#Israeli chief rabbi calls black people 'monkeys'

#Israel #Zionism #WhiteSupremacy #racism #afrophobia

> "The Israeli Rabbi’s views are vile but, sadly, also a reflection of Israel’s ongoing and wide-spread racism against Africans as well as the indigenous Palestinian people."

https://abcnews.go.com/International/israeli-rabbi-fire-calling-black-people-monkeys/story?id=53929608

Israeli rabbi under fire for calling black people 'monkeys'

The chief rabbi of the Sephardic community used two slurs in his speech.

ABC News
FGZ RISCDec 12, 2022
"Against thy Neighbour: The Rise of Xenophobic Populism in South Africa" – new FGZ Blogpost by Constanze Blum (Leipzig) #afrophobia #apartheid #migration #populism #racism #migration #SouthAfrica ➡️ http://fgzrisc.hypotheses.org/3033 @unileipzig @ReCentGlobe @ConstanzeBlum
Show threadjhambyNov 28, 2022
I regret joining a German instance now because I had forgotten, in my naivety, about the extreme #Afrophobia of Europeans and the passive-aggressive ways in which it asserts itself. #Africa is the future of the global economy and the Internet. Being anti-Black is untenable. https://www.dw.com/en/africas-population-boom-may-boost-economy-global-relevance/a-63846133
Africa's population boom may boost economy, global relevance

As the population of the world's rich countries shrinks and ages, African nations are experiencing rapid growth. This could benefit African economies, and turn the continent into a burgeoning market.

Deutsche Welle