Section One discusses the history of colonialism and apartheid and their relationship to xenophobia. Section Two critically evaluates Pan-Africanism as a concept and as a practice in 21st century Africa. Section Three presents case studies on xenophobia in contemporary Africa. Section Four similarly discusses cases of nativism.

Section One: Pan-Africanism Then and Now.- Chapter 1: The Utility of Pan-Africanism in Africa and the African Diaspora.- Chapter 2: How Relevant is Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism in the Twenty-First Century.- Chapter 3: Xeno-Afrophobia and Pan-Africanism: What lies beneath the mask of an Identity.- Chapter 4: South Africa's Segue from Apartheid to Xenophobia: An Analysis Using René Dumont's False Start for Africa and Frantz Fanon's Pitfalls of National Consciousness.- Section Two: History in Colonial and Apartheid Eras.- Chapter 5: African History and its Contradictions: Re-thinking the Pan-Africanist Idea of Egyptology in Ayi Kwei Armah's KMT.- Chapter 6: Colonial Xenophobia and the Fear of 'Foreign' Politics in the Nineteenth-Century Cape Colony.- Chapter 7: Apartheid Segregation Laws as an Underlying Instigator of Xenophobia in South Africa: A Critical Reflection.- Chapter 8: A Theoretical Understanding of Xenophobia Through an Invisible Participant.- Section Three: Xenophobiain Contemporary Africa.- Chapter 9: Xenophobic attacks in South Africa: African responses in the context of Pan-Africanism.- Chapter 10: Xenophobia Attacks on Nigerians in South Africa: Counting the Human and Economic Costs.- Chapter 11: Xenophobia, Nativism and Regional Integration in Central Africa.- Chapter 12: Xenophobia in historical perspective: Causation, Consequences and Conquest.- Section Four: Nativism in Africa.- Chapter 13: Three Times a State, Never a Nation: Indians in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe.- Chapter 14: Social media and its role in Nationalistic Influence in Africa.- Chapter 15: Nativism in Nigeria: The Struggle for Ownership and Control of Resources.- Chapter 16: The Politics of Race and Colour in Southern Africa.- Chapter 17: Concluding Remarks: The Specter of Identity Politics against a Pan-African Backdrop.- Index.