The case for educational justice in post-COVID Africa
If generations of African youth are to prosper post-pandemic, a fundamental and vital shift in educational context and content is needed.
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Abdou Rahim Lema
Abdou Rahim Lema is doing a Ph.D. at the University of Montreal, where he is a former Vanier Scholar (2022), He is also a former Yenching Scholar of Peking University.
China and Africa: A trial by pandemic?
Recent racist incidents in China are just a manifestation of deeply rooted attitudes vis-à-vis “blackness” in China that predate and will outlive COVID-19.
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.
Getting the story right
13 years after Binyavanga Wainaina’s satirical essay, many “experts” on Africa continue to fail to comprehend the need for African voices in stories about the continent.
The contradictions of Africa-China in Guangzhou
The reality for Africans living in China’s ‘African City’ contrast greatly with the way their governments and China’s leaders interact.