petition calls for gandhi statue to be removed from ghana university /

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Professors say late civil rights leader was racist and considered Indians to be ‘infinitely superior to black AfricansGhanaian professors are calling for a statue of Mahatma Gandhi to be removed from their campus because they claim he was racist and considered Indians to be “infinitely superior” to black Africans.
A statue of the Indian
independence leader was unveiled at the University of Ghana in June by the Indian president,Pranab Mukherjee, who had delivered a speech calling on students to “emulate and concretise” Gandhi’s ideals. Related: Oxford students’ fight to topple Cecil Rhodes statue was the easy option | Peter Scott Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com