How did South Africa produce an anti-African movement?

In a country where xenophobia has a legacy, a recent well-funded iteration has emerged that feeds on post-apartheid failures and local insecurities Don’t already get The Long Wave in your inbox? Sign up here It’s been a terrifying few weeks in South Africa. A campaign against African immigrants has gathered steam, resulting in the deaths of at least four people and the mass fleeing of thousands of others. I spoke to Fezokuhle Mthonti, a cultural historian and writer based in Johannesburg, a...

By Nesrine Malik