The lost heritage of emergency relief
Local traditions of crisis management have largely been shed along the path to “development.” The age of COVID-19 is the time to recover them.
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Mitch Edwards is a doctoral student in African History at Northwestern University. His research explores local traditions of humanitarian relief in Acholi-speaking Uganda.
Local traditions of crisis management have largely been shed along the path to “development.” The age of COVID-19 is the time to recover them.