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Episodes of populism have emerged lately in Africa as a viable electoral strategy. Amid the upward trend is the dimension of the populist strategy that amplifies the reactionary sentiments of China’s growing role and influence in the country for political ends.
Read MoreFar-right populism is here to stay and counter-measures are slow in forthcoming. Indeed, the status quo could become the ‘new normal’, consisting of the unchallenged acceptance of new far-right values, norms, proposals, practices and routines. These developments go hand in hand with “shameless normalization” which is achieved via scandalization and provocation.
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