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Jonathan O. Chimakonam, Associate professor, University of Pretoria

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

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.


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