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Power of hate is back, Africa must respond

There is a chance that the peach coloured one who reigns from the White House shall retain his seat in the next election. This is largely because racists are liars. Make no mistake, just like in 2016 and in Brexit, racists will choose insanity over equality. The power of hate is back and it’s more potent than when Hitler wielded it.

Its potency is mixed with a confusing array of conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, climate denialism and religion. This mix has even roped in some hapless African believers who think that Trump who was a friend of Epstein, is somehow stopping child trafficking by the Clintons and therefore is a saint. So potent is this lethal mix of ideologies that racism seems not to be the issue yet it is.

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