by Jim Harries
In terms of it being yet another example of the West telling Africa what to do, little that is happening with the COVID-19 crisis is original. Africa, in practice, has had to discount a lot of “good-sense” coming from the West. The sharpness of today’s COVID-19 concern is heightened by its life and death nature, and its sheer magnitude. But the way it is unfolding in Africa I should say is typical: serious advice sincerely given, that neither makes sense nor “works” in the African context. …
Who the West is today by comparison with other parts of the world, leads to the realization that the strength of the West arises from its profound Christian history. This strongly implies a need for evangelism and mission work as prerequisite for successful implementation in non-Western societies for anti COVID-19 strategies.
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