Is ‘Africa’ a racial slur and should the continent be renamed?

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 11:05:18 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/is-africa-a-racial-slur-and-should-the-continent-be-renamed-234740>

"Should African people be called black – or is the categorising of people by
skin colour a racist practice? How about Africa? Is the name of the continent a
racial slur because it was chosen by European exploiters and based on the
weather rather than the people – and should it be renamed?

These are questions that African philosophy scholar Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam
considers in a research paper. We asked him what he and his co-author
concluded."

Cheers,
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