African homophobia and the colonial roots of African conservatism
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[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="286"] Nairobi Skyline. Image credit Mkimemia via Wikimedia Commons.[/caption] Ever since Europe colonized Africa on the back of an imperial propaganda of the “Civilizing Mission,” the West has always been seen as an enemy of the customary, a modernizing savior rescuing a reluctant Africa from the jaws of a tribal existence. In…