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Guinea has declared an Ebola outbreak in one of its regions. The last outbreak in West Africa, which also started in Guinea, occurred between 2014 and 2015. It was the world’s deadliest Ebola outbreak – more than 11,300 people died. But West African countries are better placed today to deal with Ebola than they were seven years ago. Mosoka Fallah, who led national response teams in previous Ebola outbreaks, lays out crucial questions
which are key to preparedness strategies, and which all countries in the region should address.
Twenty-four years after his death, Fela Kuti’s influence on music and pan-Africanist thought hasn’t waned. The Afrobeat pioneer spoke truth to power through his music, challenging the Nigerian government at great personal and professional cost. Little wonder there seems to have been an unrelenting search for someone to perfectly fill the void he left behind. While there have been numerous musicians making protest music, musicologist Garhe Osiebe explains why none can be regarded as Fela’s successor and if anything, it is time for these calls to be discontinued.
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Moina Spooner
Commissioning Editor: East and Francophone Africa
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Medical staff check each others protective suits.
Photo by SUMY SADURNI/AFP via Getty Images
Mosoka Fallah, University of Liberia
Countries in the West Africa region are in a very different position to seven years ago. They now have the experience of the past as well as new tools to tackle Ebola.
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Femi Kuti performing in Mexico City in 2019.
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Garhe Osiebe, Rhodes University
The truth remains that no artist through Nigeria’s postcolonial years has contributed close to what Fela did – and continues to do - for human rights and social justice.
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