XENOPHOBIA (LEVITICUS 19:33-34) IN THE CONTEXT OF NIGERIA-SOUTH AFRICA RELATIONS IN THE POST APARTHEID ERA: MORAL REFLECTIONS
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Existing studies revealed the past struggles and efforts spearheaded by Nigeria among other African nationals in order to allow South Africa to attain freedom from the white dictatorial rule. For instance, the striving involves huge resources, diplomatic tactics and logistics, brain tasks, and unquantifiable risks majorly on the part of Nigeria. It is incumbent because of the common ancestry. It was projected that the post-apartheid South Africa would usher in a new state that is free of racial segregation. However, what happened in some years back were the constriction and prejudice against foreigners, particularly black Africans living in South Africa against Biblical ethos in Leviticus 19:33-34. At these hazardous and perilous moments in South Africa then, xenophobic attacks had inevitably caused a lot of fears and worries in the mind of people living within and outside the country. Pathetically, it has drastically discouraged Nigerians and many other foreign investors to come to South Africa again. It is on this backdrop that this paper takes socio-ethical reflections on the historical metamorphosis of Nigeria-South African relations; the impacts, implications and challenges of the xenophobic attacks; and to proffer recommendations in order to usher in fresh attitudinal reorientation. This study used secondary method of data collection and observation. Socio-ethical and theo-historical approaches were utilized in the analysis of the work; while Frustration-Aggressive Theoretical Frame work was applied to reinforce the paper.
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