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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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2022
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2022, Issue: 2, Pages: 44-53 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Media
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| RelBib Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Violence
B Africa B Covid-19 vaccines |