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xenophobia

[zen-uh-foh-bee-uh, zee-nuh-] / ˌzɛn əˈfoʊ bi ə, ˌzi nə- /


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Previous waves of xenophobia were localized and universally condemned by politicians, said Loren Landau, a senior researcher with the African Centre for Migration & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

He also told South Africans there was "no space for xenophobia, racism, sexism, Afrophobia or any other forms of intolerance in South Africa".

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

Waves of xenophobia had swept the nation at the turn of the century following a massive surge of immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe.

From Salon ● May 26, 2026

The latest tensions have revived uncomfortable debates across Africa about xenophobia, migration, and the gap between pan-African rhetoric and realities facing African migrants on the continent.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

In the near and paranoiac past of most countries in transition, terror-filled xenophobia was both a wise survival tactic and an indoctrinated instinct.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin


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