The United Nations estimated that African leaders have siphoned more than 200 billion out of Africa in the year 1991, with little changing in subsequent decades (Owoye & Bissessar, 2018). The purpose of this research study is to explore how acts of corruption and the ethnic background of corruptors interact systematically within organizational life in Africa. Race has been explored widely in the academic literature, yet studies discussing corruption and race are underexplored. In the case of the African continent, race has been weaponized as a rationale to oppress large groups of people with entire countries such as South Africa still struggling to overcome this vicious cycle (Imiera, 2020). Historically, the Apartheid oppressive time period lasted from 1948 until 1994. This empirical study is critically important because it examines organizations within emerging markets in Africa as opposed to the more traditional focus on advanced, western economies. The importance of our research within the discourse relates to potential methodological and theoretical implications on how corruption exacerbates racial injustices globally. Ultimately, we aim to make novel contributions to the extant literature by examining race relations as measured by ethnic groups. We compiled a qualitative dataset of semi-structured interviews with business executives within the African context to explore their lived experiences with the phenomena.