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Africa Update: In South Africa, Chinese Are "Black" This week, Farai Chideya and Cassandra Waldon discuss the ongoing food crisis on the continent; upcoming elections in the Comoros Islands; and Chinese people in South Africa, who can now can call themselves "black."

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Africa Update: In South Africa, Chinese Are "Black"

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For analysis of news and events from Africa, Farai Chideya talks with Cassandra Waldon, chief of external communications at the United Nations Development Program.

This week, the two discuss the ongoing food crisis on the continent; upcoming elections in the Comoros Islands; and Chinese people in South Africa, who can now can call themselves "black."