Name: African News Round-up - Thursday 5th May 2016 by BBC Africa
Duration: 2 min 47 s
Description: A round-up of other stories making news on the continent, presented by Veronique Edwards at 1700GMT.

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Introductions

A round-up of other stories making news on the continent, presented by Veronique Edwards at 1700GMT.

African News Round-up - Thursday 5th May 2016

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“What is being talked a lot here in TN is, ‘let us keep aside caste, let us not debate casteism. Let us come together as Tamils.’ But this will never happen. ‘Let's not debate caste, but let's come together as the proletariat, as the working class.’ This too will never happen,” says VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan, in the first episode of Puram, the podcast on The News Minute. 

“The larger understanding or interpretation of Tamil nationalism has been limited to language and race/ethnicity. "My language, my people," has been pushed to the front for a brand of emotional politics. But, Vidudhalai Chiruthaikal – VCK – disagrees with this, sees this differently. Affinity to Tamil, or racial/ethnic affinity alone will not define Tamil nationalism, will not be useful to the movement,” Thirumavalavan says.

“Casteism and caste-society is the obstacle to all growth. Which is why, for the VCK there is no Tamil nationalism without uprooting Hindutva,” Thirumavalavan says.

Episode 1 in English: In conversation with Thol Thirumavalavan

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