On Friday 27 March, the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Younous Omarjeem (The Left, French), called for a profound change in Europeans’ perception of Africa, referring to an ongoing process of “Africanisation of the world”.
“In a few decades’ time, one human being in four will be African (...) African cities will be among the largest metropolises on the planet. And Europe, like the world, is going to become Africanised”, declared the MEP, originally from the Réunion...