'COLONIAL VIRUS'? COVID-19 and Radicalized Risk Narratives in South Africa, Ghana and Kenya

Abstract

This report is the result of a research project undertaken in partnership with partners in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa between May and July 2020. It was supported by the University of Liverpool Global Challenges Strategy Group COVID-19 Official Development Assistance (ODA) Rapid Response Fund to tackle the COVID-19, or coronavirus, challenges faced by low and middle-income countries (LMIC). The research team adopted an ‘anti-colonial’ approach to this collaborative project. The research was co-designed by the team from the outset of the proposal, through to collectively creating and determining search terms, time limits, the literature review, methods for data collection, tools for analysis and methods for dissemination.