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African migrants plight in India: Afrophobia impedes India's race for Africa's resources and markets ...
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African migrants plight in India: Afrophobia impedes India's race for Africa's resources and markets ...
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ABSTRACT & RÉSUMÉ & ZUSAMMENFASSUNG : Africa and India share a long history of trade, investment and slavery. The Portuguese alone brought up to 80,000 slaves from Mozambique to India since the 16th century. Unlike slaves in other parts of the world, African slaves, soldiers, and traders had a strong military and cultural influence on India's culture and society. Some of the slaves even held privileged positions. Today India competes with other global players, especially China, for African resources and markets. Growing racism and Afrophobia towards African migrants, however, could hamper the ambitions of the New-Delhi government. India's social networks and political leaders are increasingly looking for scapegoats and “strangers” to blame for their failures due to religious, racist and linguistic prejudice. Racism and Afrophobia did not appear first under Modi's administration, but they have become more daunting and contagious. The famous Indian writer and political activist, Arundhati Roy, rated ...
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Africa; Afrophobia; India; informal sector; migration; minorities; racsim; remittances; Slave trade
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URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5781493
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