Post-pandemic guidance invoked again, with African routes carrying the cost.
Global health officials are on high alert as the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to spread, now crossing borders into neighboring Uganda.
While the West scrambles to contain an African health crisis through aviation restrictions, the continent's music industry faces another round of international touring barriers that will inevitably hit our artists hardest, because when has a global health response ever been proportionate when Africa is the source? The irony is palpable: the same airlines now tightening protocols are the ones that spent decades under-investing in African routes, leaving our creative economy perpetually vulnerable to external shocks disguised as public health measures.
While the West scrambles to contain an African health crisis through aviation restrictions, the continent's music industry faces another round of international touring barriers that will inevitably hit our artists hardest, because when has a global health response ever been proportionate when Africa is the source? The irony is palpable: the same airlines now tightening protocols are the ones that spent decades under-investing in African routes, leaving our creative economy perpetually vulnerable to external shocks disguised as public health measures.
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