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Xenophobia and Nativism in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean
This book historicises and analyses the increasing incidence of xenophobia and nativism in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
It examines how xenophobia and nativism impact the political cohesion and social fabric of states and societies in the regions and offers solutions to aid policy formation and implementation. Rather than utilising an overarching framework, individual theory is applied to chapters to analyse the diverse connections between xenophobia and nativism in the regions. The book explores the economic, nationalistic, political, social, cultural, and psychological triggers for xenophobia and nativism and their impact on an increasingly interconnected and interrelated world. In addition to the individual and comparative examination of these triggers, the book outlines how they can be decreased or altered and argues that Pan-Africanism and the unity of purpose among diverse groups in the western hemisphere is still an ideal to which Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean can aspire.
This book will be of interest to academics in the field of African history, African Studies, Caribbean and Latin American studies, cultural anthropology and comparative sociology.
Introduction: Understanding Xenophobia and Nativism in the Global South
Sabella Ogbobode Abidde, Michael R. Hall, and José de Arimatéia da Cruz
SECTION ONE: PARADIGMS AND PERSPECTIVES
1: Xenophobia and Nativism in South Africa: exceptional phenomena or standard Africa-wide practices?
Ayabulela Dlakavu
2: Colonial Roots for Contemporary Xenophobic Attitudes: Dominican Hatred Towards the Haitians
Antonio J. Pinto and Nairobi Rodríguez
3. Citizenship, Belonging and the "Stupid Federation:" The Colonial Roots of Contemporary Xenophobia and Nativism in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Sitinga Kachipande
4. Aliens and Strangers in West Africa States: Interrogating the 1969/1983 Ghana-Nigeria Post-Colonial Immigrants Crises
Yemisi Olawale
SECTION TWO: DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL INSIGHTS
5. Global Perspective on Xenophobia: The African Experience, 2015-2019
Vincent Chenzi
6: When Xenophobes Turn Their Faces on Foreigners: Whom to Blame? The Government or The Natives
Anslem W. Adunimay and Tinuade A. Ojo
7. Factors Influencing Xenophobic Attacks Recurrences and Their Implications on South Africa’s Foreign Policy
Eric B. Niyitunga
SECTION THREE: CASE STUDIES AND MULTIREGIONAL ASSESSMENTS
8. Haitian Migration, The Bahamas, and the Wider Caribbean
Anne Ulentin
9. Migration and Xenophobia in Southern Africa: Assessing the Benefits of Social Inclusion in South Africa and Zimbabwe
Darlington Mutanda and Enock Ndawana
10. Xenophobia and Nativism against Haitian Immigrants in Brazil and Chile
Angela Ju
11. Othering Our Neighbors: Examples of Nativism and Xenophobia in Calypso
Alison Mc Letchie
12. Caribbean Xenophobia and Nativism
Raymond Ramcharitar
13. Conclusion: Xenophobia and Nativism in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
Sabella Ogbobode Abidde, Michael R. Hall, and José de Arimatéia da Cruz
Biography
Sabella Ogbobode Abidde is a Professor of Political Science and a member of the graduate faculty at Alabama State University, USA.
Michael Hall is a Professor of History at Georgia Southern University, USA.
José de Arimatéia da Cruz is a Professor of International Relations and International Studies at Georgia Southern University, USA.
