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Afro-descendants fighting for their right to belong in Portugal

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Lisbon (Portugal), Feb 17 (EFE), (Camera: Andrea Caballero).- Mamadou Ba arrived in Portugal 23 years ago from Senegal and shortly after got used to receiving threats. Nowadays this activist against racism is at the centre of a political storm that has reopened the wounds of the Portuguese colonial past. SOUNDBITES OF MAMADOU BA, ACTIVIST:"In the past 20 years, it has been some changes, several setbacks but also some achievements. The most important achievements are, in my opinion. Firstly there is a great presence in the public space of Afro-descendants and a more capacity of political vindication...A greater normalisation of the hate speech...There is an MP at the Assembly of the Republic who is clearly racist and this means that while we are reaching important achievements such as the Afro-descendants are complete Portuguese citizens there are also reactionary forces that fight against it."

Added on the 18/02/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés

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