UNESCO to hold webinar on role of African history on social, human consequences of COVID-19 on Africa

22 Juin 2020

Paris, France, June 22 (Infosplusgabon) - UNESCO is organizing a webinar on Monday on the theme, "What role can African history play in addressing the social and human consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent?"

The UN body said on its website that the aim is to see how African history can help in analysing the social/societal and human consequences of COVID-19 on the continent and in addressing the challenges posed by this pandemic.

It said that the webinar is part of the General History of Africa mainstream of the Humanities Pillar of the Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme of UNESCO.

It follows up on the webinar which UNESCO organised on 7 May 2020 on the theme, "Imagining the world to come – How does Africa view the COVID crisis and its consequences."

Its purpose is to make a brief overview of the current healthcare and social situation on the continent, analyse the social/societal consequences that COVID-19 is likely to have on African societies as well as the challenges it poses to them and, with the light that history, particularly recent history, can shed on the development of pandemics/epidemics on the continent, propose possible solutions to meet these challenges.

The webinar targets social scientists, historians, experts on famines, economists among others.

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