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Bewitched?: Autochthony, Xenophobia, and Development in Africa

Bewitched?: Autochthony, Xenophobia, and Development in Africa

Agnes Behr
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781799870999|ISBN10: 1799870995|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799871002|EISBN13: 9781799871019
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7099-9.ch001
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Behr, Agnes. "Bewitched?: Autochthony, Xenophobia, and Development in Africa." Impact of Immigration and Xenophobia on Development in Africa, edited by Mavhungu Abel Mafukata, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7099-9.ch001

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Behr, A. (2021). Bewitched?: Autochthony, Xenophobia, and Development in Africa. In M. Mafukata (Ed.), Impact of Immigration and Xenophobia on Development in Africa (pp. 1-17). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7099-9.ch001

Chicago

Behr, Agnes. "Bewitched?: Autochthony, Xenophobia, and Development in Africa." In Impact of Immigration and Xenophobia on Development in Africa, edited by Mavhungu Abel Mafukata, 1-17. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7099-9.ch001

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Abstract

This chapter explores the modern organization of Africa as a continent. It uses Yves Mudimbe's representation of colonial organizations. The chapter argues that a collision of modern material individualism with the African perspective of 'the wealth in people,' appears as 'witchcraft' where an African picks up weapons to kill another in the name of autochthon versus a stranger. The answer to the impasse between Western capitalism and African integration is in delving in both in a manner that critiques and affirms to provoke further thoughts towards a lasting solution.

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