Xenophobia or Afrophobia?: Anti-African Hostility from Johannesburg to the Global North
Sat, Nov 14
|Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe
This first of a two part discussion series with Dr. Krista Johnson, Dr. Xolela Mangcu, Dr. Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi & Dr. Sipho Sithole will center on xenophobic attacks in South Africa, examining the factors that contributed to their emergence and consequential effects on society.
Time & Location
Nov 14, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
About The Event
Dr. Sipho Sithole is a South African and teaches Zulu Language & Culture in the Department of World Languages & Cultures at Howard University. He is a published author and regularly comments on culture and celebration, language and identity, migration and belonging, and music and society.
Dr. Xolela Mangcu is Professor of Sociology and History at George Washington University and a former Professor of Sociology at the University of Cape Town. A former Executive Director of the Steve Biko Foundation, he holds a PhD from Cornell University and has held fellowships at Oxford, Harvard, MIT, Brookings, the Woodrow Wilson Center, Rockefeller Foundation, and the University of London. Recipient of the 2015 Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship, Mangcu has authored or co-authored nine books, including Biko: A Life, and is currently writing a biography of Nelson Mandela (Bloomsbury, 2027).
Krista Johnson, Ph.D. is professor and director of the Center for African Studies at Howard University. She is also co-convenor…
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