Illegal aliens and demons that must be exorcised from South Africa : framing African migrants and xenophobia in post-apartheid narratives

dc.contributor.authorPineteh, Ernest A.
dc.contributor.emailpineteh.angu@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-20T05:03:11Z
dc.date.available2018-07-20T05:03:11Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-13
dc.description.abstractThis article interprets narratives that have dominated the public sphere in post-apartheid South Africa, following the influx of African migrants. It uses qualitative data from personal interviews with local South Africans, excerpts from familiar political speeches and print media articles to tease out how the construction and intersection of public messages about foreigners and xenophobia have contributed to the recurrent attacks of African migrants. The article argues that although postapartheid South Africa has become a prime migration destination, the country’s economic and psychosocial challenges have influenced the way citizens frame narratives about African migrants from other parts of the continent. These narratives are often fraught with images and metaphors that demonise and attempt to justify violence against African migrants. The article attempts to examine how the framing of such narratives provides a discursive space for understanding South Africans’ perceptions about African migrants and the multiple perspectives of xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentUnit for Academic Literacyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2018en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the American Council of Learned Societies through the African Humanities Program.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.cogentoa.com/journal/social-sciencesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationIllegal aliens and demons that must be exorcised from South Africa: Framing African migrants and xenophobia in post-apartheid narratives, Ernest A. Pineteh, Cogent Social Sciences (2017), 3: 1391158.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2331-1886 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/23311886.2017.1391158
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/65795
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherCogent OAen_ZA
dc.rights© 2018 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.en_ZA
dc.subjectXenophobiaen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrophobiaen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican migranten_ZA
dc.subjectFramingen_ZA
dc.subjectPost-apartheid South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleIllegal aliens and demons that must be exorcised from South Africa : framing African migrants and xenophobia in post-apartheid narrativesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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