Africa will survive Covid-19; It survived slave trade, colonisation

A number of African residents and businessmen residing in China's southern city of Guangzhou stranded in streets in Guangzhou, southern China, after being evicted from apartments and hotels due to COVID-19 fears. PHOTO | COURTESY

I had vowed not to write about Covid-19 again, after having written in the past four weeks on how Africans can come together to show utu (humanity) to each other, enhance food security, improve health systems and combat racism, all of which are huge concerns in the face of Covid-19.

I, however, find myself drawn, like a moth to a lamp, to this never-ending Covid-19 story.