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The Massar Ba’s case
Africa in Argentina
Omer Freixa
Argentine Africanist Historian
Professor and Researcher at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and Tres de Febrero
(UNTREF). Professor at the Superior Council of Catholic Education.
Buenos Aires, Argentina

T

he death of the renowned Senegalese activist Massar Ba in
Buenos Aires calls into question
the Argentina's alleged tolerance toward

immigrants. It is not the first case, but
forgetting uses to prevail over remembering nowadays and prevents to seek
justice for the sub-Saharan diaspora.

Massar Ba
Massar Ba, 44, was found badly hurt at
the intersection of the streets Mexico
and San José early on Monday 7 March
2016. He was taken to the Hospital
Ramos Mejia and died the next day in
the afternoon, as a result of severe loss
blood. The judicial investigation remains secretive, but it could be another
violent episode of institutional racism.
Although there are no witnesses, securi-

ty cameras could provide important
data. Notwithstanding, after more than
two months of the fact, the case remains
unsolved. If it was actually a murder, as
it’s cetain for almost everybody interested in the case, no justice has been
done. Senegal does not have an embassy in Argentina and the special envoy
sent by this African republic has been
not been received until now by the local

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