Death’s new rules
Coronavirus will force all of us to grapple with a new sense of mortality.
COVID-19
At the limits of inequality discourse
Race reductionism is stunting the possibility for radical change in an ever unequal South Africa.
The virus of whiteness
COVID-19 has been used to justify xenophobia and anti-Asian racism, but a white South African woman’s hoarding behavior illustrates the global anti-black and anti-poor response to crises.
How COVID-19 reveals the paradoxes of neoliberal logic
Pandemics force even neoliberal thinkers to admit government action and collective solidarity are urgently needed.
Who will watch the watchmen?
Who will watch the police and the army in South Africa as they act on behalf of the state to enforce COVID-19 regulations.
Ugandans brace for the worst
President Museveni announces 14-day lockdown as market vendors are beaten, the sick unable to move to hospitals and the wealthy bunker down in their solar-powered homes.
Why xenophobia is bad for the health of all in South Africa
South Africa mustn’t forget the public—and that includes migrants and refugees—in its public health response to COVID-19.
Addressing a pandemic on a continental level
What are the roles of the African Union and the African Center for Disease Control in responding to COVID-19?
The necropolitics of COVID-19
COVID-19 isn’t simply a medical or epidemiological crisis; it is a crisis of sovereignty.
Keep the phones on
COVID-19 presents an unprecedented threat, but a campaign by South Africa's security forces attempting to grind defenseless people into dust does not guarantee success.
The People vs 4G internet and other corona stories from Kenya
This crisis has further emphasized the neglect of Kenya’s poor by the government, and is therefore “a wake up call that we are on our own.”
Homesick: Notes on lockdown
We know what will happen with this new virus, and so I cannot blissfully self-isolate.
Fear and loathing in the time of COVID-19
Coronavirus and the problematic perception of migrants as health threats.
From cholera to corona: The politics of plagues in Africa
What lessons can we learn for today from the 2008-09 cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe?
What lies ahead?
The coronavirus pandemic places moral, economic, and political questions before us. Only two answers remain: socialism or barbarism.
The “China virus”
The coronavirus COVID-19, just like Ebola, reminds us what happens when crisis ignite deep-rooted stereotypes. Yet viruses, or any disease for that matter, do not see color. Nor do they recognize states borders and ethnic enclaves.
The films of Sarah Maldoror
Maldoror on filmmaking: "To make a film means to take a position ... I make films so that people—no matter what race or color they are—can understand them."