Tunisia has a complex history with Black migrants and refugees, as well as its own native Black population. It led to round-ups of Black sub-Saharan Africans, their eviction from rented properties, and African countries mobilising to repatriate their citizens. Around 10 to 15 percent of Tunisia’s own population is Black, according to the anti-racism campaign group, Mnemty. “Let me ask you a question, do you see many Black Tunisians at events defending migrants? “It’s just always there, in everything you do,” she says of her experience as a Black Tunisian travelling the country’s south.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 14, 2023 16:34 UTC