Written amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, this edited volume
draws on the expertise of social scientists and humanities scholars
to understand the several ramifications of Covid-19 in societies,
politics, and the economies of Africa. The contributors examine
measures, communicative practices, and experiences that have guided
the (inter)action of governments, societies and citizens in this
unpredictable moment. Covid-19 tested governments’ disaster
preparedness as well as exposed governments’ attitudes towards
the poor and vulnerable. In the same vein, it also tested the
agency of the generality of the African populace in the face of
containment measures and how these impacted on everyday social,
cultural and economic practices of the ordinary peoples. In this
vein, our concern is to understand the relationship between growing
vulnerability on the one hand and ingenuity of agency on the other,
and how both were embodied, narrated and discoursed by the African
poor, university students, religious entities, and middle-classes,
and those that bore the major brunt of the lockdowns. Lastly, the
Covid-19 pandemic impacted regional trade and other bilateral
relations in Africa, creating possibilities for regional entities
such as ECOWAS and EAC to demonstrate their creativity (or a lack
of it) in dealing with the pandemic. The contributors thus examine
the regional dimension of the crisis and particularly evaluate how
covid-19 tested the resilience of multilateralism, regional trade
networks, cross border informal economies, and human movements. The
volume is thus a useful resource for scholars of Africa, policy
makers and those who want to understand Covid-19 in Africa. It
provides a multiplicity of perspectives of the pandemic and African
responses at different levels of society, economy and the political
spectrum. The continental focus of this volume gives room for
broader comparative analyses. Lastly, this interdisciplinary work
benefits from the input of medical historians, anthropologists,
sociologists, linguists, political scientists, literature scholars,
urban planners, geographers and others.
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