Category / Journal Articles
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Local Politics of Xenophobia
Written by Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa this article explores how xenophobia is being produced by local governance processes and structures.
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Responding to Xenophobic Violence in Post -Apartheid South Africa: Barking Up the Wrong Tree?
Written by Dr. Jean Pierre Misago, this paper highlights the general failure to effectively respond to and prevent xenophobic violence in South Africa and offers critical reflections on reasons thereof.
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Tragedy or farce? Xenophobic violence against foreign nationals and other “outsiders” in post-apartheid South Africa
Prepared by Emma Monama and Professor Loren Landau, this policy brief discusses xenophobic violence against foreign nationals and other “outsiders” in post-apartheid South Africa.
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Protection from Xenophobia
Written by Dr. Jean Pierre Misago, Iriann Freemantle and Professor Loren Landau, this evaluation reviews attempts by UNHCR to protect refugees and asylum-seekers from violence and recurring xenophobic attacks in a country that has a long history of “othering” within its society.
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Introduction of xenophobia and citizenship: the everyday politics of exclusion and inclusion in Africa
Written by Laurent Fourchard and Aurelia Segatti this article in an introduction to xenophobia and citizenship, and more specifically the everyday politics of exclusion and inclusion in Africa
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Exorcising the Demons within: Xenophobia, Violence and Statecraft in Contemporary South Africa
Edited by Professor Loren Landau, Exorcising the Demons within: Xenophobia, Violence and Statecraft in Contemporary South Africa, this book draws on an interdisciplinary team of expert scholars and on new research. This is the first academic text to fully theorise the events that made global headlines in 2008.