Africa: Analysis - Gay-Bashing in Africa Is 'A Colonial Import'

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Some have decried Botswana's enlightened High Court judgment on gay sex. But studies show that homosexuality existed - and was tolerated - across pre-colonial Africa.

Certain African leaders keep telling us that "no African is born gay" - that homosexuality is alien to African culture and was brought to Africa by westerners.

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