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Beauty contest sparks row over who counts as South African

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Chidimma Adetshina's name hints at her connection to Nigeria , but internet detectives wanted to know more.

They found that her father is Nigerian and though her mother is South African , her family had come from neighbouring Mozambique .

Ms Adetethina said the whole situation felt like "black-on-black hate", highlighting a strain of xenophobia in South Africa known as "afrophobia".

Ms Nayimuli's father was treated like a criminal because, she believes, he looked like a foreigner.

Her family had often "tiptoed" around the xenophobia they faced.

Last year's Miss South Africa called for African unity in the face of hate.

But it seems it did not take root as the discrimination has resurfaced.

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informal

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English

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46

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