Are Nigerians 'Black' Enough to Talk about Race?

If race explains why the relationship between Africans and African Americans and between South Africans and Nigerians ‘is so messed up’, then of what use can race be to remedy the situation? In April 2019, the Zimbabwe-born, South Africa-raised author, Panashe Chigumadzi, wrote an essay, ‘Why I’m No Longer Talking To Nigerians about Race’. In it, she suggested that Nigerians, among others, were not sensitive enough to, and did not think deeply enough about, the racial struggles stil

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