Countering Xenophobia: The history they don’t tell us about Namibia
We recognise that rising xenophobia, and specifically Afrophobia, scapegoats migrants while distracting us from the real causes of inequality. These include colonialism, weak governance, corruption, privatisation, and economic systems that continue to benefit a wealthy few at the expense of the majority. To understand migration today, we must remember history. Across southern Africa, colonialism, racial…