Racism against Africans in India | The Stream

Brothers Endurance and Precious Amalawa were strolling with a friend through a shopping mall in a New Delhi suburb, when suddenly a mob of Indian students violently assaulted them. What was their crime? Being black.

In the latest attack against African nationals in India, the three young men were punched, kicked, and attacked with objects like steel dustbins and tables as Endurance cried for help and people stood by and watched. Cell phone video of the incident went viral after being posted on the Association of African Students in India Facebook page.

The attackers were among hundreds of people who went on a violent rampage targeting Africans in Greater Noida, where an Indian teenager died of a suspected drug overdose.

Mobs formed after rumours circulated that Nigerians supplied him with drugs. After Manish Khari’s death, signs sprang up overnight calling for Nigerians to go back to Africa.

Amid reports of threats to African students in the wake of the beatings, police have dispatched security to hostels and universities. But officials say the attacks are not racially motivated.

Black students are frequently targets of assaults and beatings,
particularly around India’s universities, where tens of thousands of Africans from Nigeria, Sudan, Kenya and other countries come to study and find a better life. So far, there has been no long-term solution to making minorities in India safer.
Last July, Masonda Ketada Olivera, a Congolese man, was beaten to death in a fight over hiring an auto rickshaw, prompting a flurry of statements and promises from the government amid outrage from African embassies.

African envoys said that case and others are frequently unresolved. Now, they have written a sharply worded letter urging the Human Rights Council of the United Nations to investigate.

The Stream discusses what life is like for Africans in India, and asks what can be done to make them feel safer.

On this episode of The Stream, we'll speak to:

Mahesh Shantaram @thecontrarian
Photographer
thecontrarian.in

Sadiq Bello @Sadiq8800
Student

Mina Wumbey @MWumbey
Student

Tarun Vijay @Tarunvijay
Member, BJP National

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