Jacob Zuma was President of South Africa when he declared on October 21, 2013 that South Africa should not “think like Africans in Africa, generally.” The remark, delivered at an ANC manifesto forum at Wits University elicited gasps across Africa. History remembers it as the infamous “I am not an African” speech. As of three days ago, the Nigerian government has evacuated 801 Nigerians from South Africa. From city to city, black South Africans were almost unanimous that their poverty was because of blacks from other African countries. …
Afrophobia: Should Nigeria ask South African companies to leave? By Lasisi Olagunju
