Making Tunisia non-African again – Saied’s anti-Black campaign

Shreya Parikh (1)

1 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)

Since last week, there has been a vicious campaign against sub-Saharan Africans in the streets of Tunisia, following comments by the president. Shreya Parikh writes how anyone who fits the category of ‘African’ – sub-Saharan students and documented or undocumented workers, as well as Black Tunisians are being harassed on the streets by police and civilians, and many attacked, stabbed, and forced into hiding.

Keywords: Tunisia; sub-Saharan Africans; immigrants; racism

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Political science

Shreya Parikh. Making Tunisia non-African again – Saied’s anti-Black campaign. Review of African Political Economy, 2023, en ligne. ⟨hal-04012364⟩