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Mediating Xenophobia in Africa “Otherness is socially constructed. Whether in South Africa, Europe, Asia, or the Americans, commercial and social media or the political rhetoric they convey are potent forces. They shape the labels we use and to whom they apply. As this volume’s authors demonstrate, the names and terms we use carry moral value about deservingness, about hospitality, and about rights to space and resources. As communal conflict continually reminds us to seek and fear communal solidarity, this book offers distinct insight that explain the dynamic dangers of exclusion. This is not the first book on xenophobia across Africa. Nor should it be the last. Xenophobia is an increasingly prominent feature of a continent grappling with the combined and continual impact of inequality, imperialism, and political unaccountability. Often explained away as an almost inevitable by-product of popular dissatisfaction with government and material conditions, this book bolsters scholarship locating xenophobia where it should be—at the heart of politics and nation-building. One cannot speak about contemporary configurations of class, race, political party, or gender without recognise their connections to fundamental processes of othering and inclusion. The book deserves particular credit for deploying a remarkable collection of scholars and practitioners to surface these themes. This is not a story of outsiders looking in. Rather, almost all the writers are from the region. While many will not yet be known to the global academy, their contributions suggest they should be.” —Loren B. Landau, Professor, University of Oxford, UK and University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Dumisani Moyo · Shepherd Mpofu Editors

Mediating Xenophobia in Africa Unpacking Discourses of Migration, Belonging and Othering

Editors Dumisani Moyo Department of Journalism, Film & Television University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa

Shepherd Mpofu Department of Communication, Media and Information Studies University of Limpopo Polokwane, South Africa

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