Sindiso Nyoni is a seriously talented designer. Marklives.com! shares several of Nyoni’s anti xenophobia posters based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights articles. His work addresses the xenophobic attacks in South Africa in 2008.

The inclusion of a cockroach is a chilling reminder of the Rwandan genocide. And the poster contains the highly inflammatory word Kaffir. In this regard I liked what Mark had to say

Mark knows the word Kaffir to be of the worst sort. We were not going to publish it until the team realised we had no such qualms with the word Kwerekwere. It is time South Africans realise the one is interchangeable with the other. Both are disrespectful, both dehumanise. Its time we see these words used in the same sentence, for it to be underlined, they serve the same purpose. They are both evil.

Meanwhile Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa continue to experience callous treatment.

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