Context

• A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been removed from Ghana’s most prestigious university after complaints that “he was racist against black Africans”.

Details

• India’s former president Pranab Mukherjee had unveiled the statue of the global peace icon at the University of Ghana in Accra two years ago as a symbol of close ties between the two nations.
• But lecturers soon began a petition calling for its removal, citing passages written by Mahatma Gandhi claiming that Indians were “infinitely superior” to black Africans.
• The online protest was one among many on university campuses in Africa and beyond about the enduring symbols of the continent’s colonial past.
• The other side mentioned that it was removed on the note of ‘self-respect’