Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University

“In this important and timely volume, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
brilliantly investigates the ‘various disruptions and dysfunctions of
the early twenty-first century for Africa’ through the lens of both the
African continent and the diaspora. This collection of wide-ranging
essays powerfully and persuasively challenges the reader to relect upon
the way in which a crisis, including the current pandemic, ‘holds a
giant mirror to society’ in order to expose underlying social, economic
and racial injustices.”