For years South Africa has been plagued with violence aimed at foreigners. Could xenophobia be a result of a sense of exceptionalism amongst South Africans? How has this ‘Afrophobia’ contributed to the downfall of Pan-Africanism among Africans?

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Is exceptionalism in South Africa the reason behind xenophobia?

 

Is exceptionalism in South Africa the reason behind xenophobia?