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Let’s Decolonize the Coronavirus

Author(s): Filipi, A. & Wittig, K.

Journal: Review of African Political Economy

Core Themes: Humanitarian Principles
Crisis Types: Epidemics and Pandemics
Resource types: Commentaries
Additional Themes: COVID-19
Formats: Short read
Collections: COVID-19 Response Collection; Learning from crises; Topics

Date published: 20 April 2020

In this blog, Andrea Filipi and Katrin Wittig share their observations in the coverage of COVID-19 and how it has been utilised as yet another opportunity to perpetuate cliches and colonial imagery.

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