President Tinubu Engages Nigerians And Afro-Brazilians In Brazil

e “I’m African Too” Gambit
This tactic often looks like:

Ancestry as passport: Claiming African bloodlines to bypass scrutiny, while maintaining distance from Black identity in their home countries.

Economic extraction: Entering African markets under the guise of cultural return, but operating with colonial business models, exploitative partnerships, and proximity to whiteness.

Cultural cherry-picking: Embracing African fashion, music, or spirituality while rejecting African people, especially those with darker skin or non-European features.

Those people arent Black