ABSTRACT

How Africa and Africans have been seen (or should be seen) has been a subject of interest for quite some time. Even, some believe that the choices of day-to-day phrases exhibit, even if sometime unconsciously narrative prejudices, as evident in some of the words below that once pervaded the social media:

When people came from Europe to Africa, they were “Voyagers”; but when people now come from Africa to Europe they are called “Immigrants”; a group of Africans coming to Europe are labelled as “Refugees”, whereas a group of Europeans coming to Africa are called “Tourists”; African People working in Europe are called “Foreigners” while European people working in Africa are called “Expatriates.