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A photo of a pro-lgbtq protester with a placard that reads "Homophobia is not pan-Africanism."

Protesters waves placards while joining supporters of the LBTQ community as they stage a protest against a planned lecture by Kenyan academic Patrick Lumumba (not visible) at the University of Cape Town on July 24, 2023.

Photo by Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images.

There is Nothing African about Homophobia

Lasting decolonization can only be achieved by acknowledging that homophobia is a European colonial import.