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Being African in India: 'We are seen as demons'
Andre, Aletta
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/06/african-india-demons-160620101135164.htmlDate Written: 2016-06-26 Publisher: Aljazeera Year Published: 2016 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX19562 After a year in India, Zaharaddeen Muhammed, 27, knows enough Hindi to understand what bander means. Monkey. But it isn't even the daily derogatory comments that make him doubt his decision to swap his university in Nigeria for a two-year master's degree programme in chemistry at Noida International University. Nor is it the questions about personal hygiene, the unsolicited touching of his hair or the endless staring. It is his failure to interact with Indian people on a deeper level. Subject Headings |