Lessons from Africa’s past to cope with COVID-19

How managing COVID-19 and other crises necessitates Africa’s structural transformation, and what we can learn from the early post-independence development projects.

Photo by Thomas de LUZE on Unsplash

This article is part of the “Reclaiming Africa’s Early Post-Independence History” series from Post-Colonialisms Today, a research and advocacy project of activist-intellectuals on the continent recapturing progressive thought and policies from early post-independence Africa to address contemporary development challenges. It is adapted from a webinar of the same name, which you can watch here. Sign up for updates here.

This article is adapted from a webinar of the same name, which you can watch here:

About the Author

Omar Ghannam is Research Director at Social Justice Platform. He is a Post-Colonialisms Today researcher.

Kareem Megahed is Economic Justice Programs’ Officer at Social Justice Platform. He is a Post-Colonialisms Today researcher.

Tetteh Hormeku-Ajei is Head of Programs at Third World Network-Africa and on the Post-Colonialisms Today Working Group.

Further Reading