In interrogating at Africa’s low coronavirus caseload the impulse among Western observers has been to identify what makes these countries like each other but unlike us—to reach for explanations that tell a soothing story about why Africa is better off than, say, New York City. Meanwhile, a rather obvious possibility stares us in the face: What if some African governments are doing a better job than our own of managing the coronavirus?
For The New Yorker
What Africa Can Teach the West about Fighting Coronavirus
