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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| Medienart: | Druck Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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SCM Press
2022
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Concilium
Jahr: 2022, Heft: 2, Seiten: 44-53 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Afrika
/ COVID-19
/ Pandemie
/ Medien
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| RelBib Classification: | KAJ Kirchengeschichte 1914-; neueste Zeit KBN Subsahara-Afrika ZG Medienwissenschaft; Digitalität; Kommunikationswissenschaft |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Violence
B Africa B Covid-19 vaccines |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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