The Plight of Africans in Guangzhou is Now a Topic on Breakfast Radio in Cape Town

To get a sense of just how widespread the discussion of the alleged discrimination against Africans in China has become in many parts of Africa, listen to the discussion between CAP’s own Cobus van Staden (whose day job is Senior China-Africa Researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs) and popular morning talk show host Refilwe Moloto on Cape Talk 570AM.

Against the background of all the newspaper editorials and social media outrage, Moloto’s conversation with Cobus makes clear that this issue has a lot of traction with African mass audiences and is unlikely to go away soon.

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