This article is part of the following series: Dispatches from the pandemic
In mid-2014, six months after the death of patient zero, the two-year-old boy in the village of Meliandou in Guinea, there were frequent reports of Ebola spikes across Guinea and beyond other parts of West Africa. I had just defended my PhD and soon after was accepted for a postdoctoral fellowship at Rhodes University, South Africa for the following year. In …
This article is part of the following series: Dispatches from the pandemic
For Cameroonians faced with the realities and stereotypes of their country’s armed conflict, watching COVID-19 hit New York City before Yaoundé is cinematic catharsis.
The WhatsApp messages started to arrive in March:
Hey, how are you coping with Covid-19 crisis?
How are you there Elizabeth???
Hallooo Elizabeth, please be careful there, I heard some news about corona virus in …
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