#Covid19 drove hundreds of Africans out of Guangzhou. A generation of mixed-race children is their legacy
""Now it is very, very quiet," Dieng says of Little Africa, a nook of #Guangzhou."
#BlackLivesMatter—China #Biracial #racism #ChinaAfrica
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""Now it is very, very quiet," Dieng says of Little Africa, a nook of #Guangzhou."
#BlackLivesMatter—China #Biracial #racism #ChinaAfrica
cnn.com/2021/03/17/chi…
""China wants to be the middleman and not have Africans (in its borders)," says Mathews, author of "The World in Guangzhou." "So it would make much more sense for the Chinese merchants to move to Africa, rather than having the Africans go to China."
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Jenni Marsh, CNN, says that
'Africans also brought with them value systems that did not easily fit in with China's political environment.
"Many were deeply religious, founding underground Christian churches, which sometimes attracted Chinese congregations
Jenni Marsh, CNN, says that
'Africans also brought with them value systems that did not easily fit in with China's political environment.
"Many were deeply religious, founding underground Christian churches, which sometimes attracted Chinese congregations
-- a deeply contentious practice in a country where proselytizing by foreigners is illegal."
"Africans also formed small democracies within their own communities, voting for a head of each nation within #Guangzhou, to lobby on their behalf with the local authorities ...
"Africans also formed small democracies within their own communities, voting for a head of each nation within #Guangzhou, to lobby on their behalf with the local authorities ...
.. on matters such as visas."
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