Mind the Violent Afrophobic Language Gap and Its Impact on Anti-Immigration in Post-Apartheid South Africa

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Author(s): Ndwakhulu Stephen Tshishonga (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 16
Source title: Fighting for Empowerment in an Age of Violence
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Milica Boskovic (Faculty of Diplomacy and Security, University Union Nikola Tesla, Serbia), Gordana Misev (Ministry of Mining and Energy Republic of Serbia, Serbia)and Nenad Putnik (Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Serbia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4964-6.ch002

Keywords: Civic Engagement & Social Justice / Ethics and Social Responsibility / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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This chapter explores xenophobic or Afrophobic language and its effects in perpetuating violence, hatred, and fear on non-South Africans. For decades, South Africa was subjected to colonial and apartheid regimes underpinned by governance ethos based on divisive policies that discriminate people based on race, gender, ethnicity, and place of origin. It argues that the derogatory language/vocabulary such as ‘amakwerekwere' migrants, ‘amagrigamba', ‘abelokufika', and aliens is used to describe and perpetuate xenophobia-Afrophobia. The author concludes that the daily articulation of derogatory labels does not only perpetuate xenophobic hatred and violence against fellow Africans (Afrophobia), but it also becomes the basis for the re-enforcement of oppressive, discriminatory, and violent tendencies of the past.

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