Covid-19 in Africa and the Violence of Prejudices in Western Representations
This paper is a reflection on the power of the west to frame and represent Africa. Highlighting how colonial interpretive fore-structures constrained western predictions about Covid-19 spread to Africa, it claims that the virus misbehaved, failing to materialize the expected catastrophic outcomes. I...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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SCM Press
2022
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Concilium
Année: 2022, Numéro: 2, Pages: 44-53 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Afrique
/ Covid-19
/ Pandémie
/ Médias
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| RelBib Classification: | KAJ Époque contemporaine KBN Afrique subsaharienne ZG Sociologie des médias; médias numériques; Sciences de l'information et de la communication |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Violence
B Africa B Covid-19 vaccines |
| Résumé: | This paper is a reflection on the power of the west to frame and represent Africa. Highlighting how colonial interpretive fore-structures constrained western predictions about Covid-19 spread to Africa, it claims that the virus misbehaved, failing to materialize the expected catastrophic outcomes. It contends that the shunning of the vaccine programs in Africa is rather a synecdoche for popular resistance against non-participatory policies. Beyond distribution and access to vaccines policies, it advocates a different kind of social justice that includes listening with respect to African voices and empowering the peoples to read, interpret, and tell their own experiences and stories. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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