Viruses and the Continent

In Le Virus et le Continent, the author analyzes how the pandemic redefined the relationship between power, freedom and sovereignty in Africa. The book shows how the health emergency served as a lever for the concentration of executive power, while highlighting the forms of institutional, community and social resilience that enabled the continent to face the crisis differently from the catastrophic scenarios predicted. From crisis management to response and resilience strategies, this book is an accessible and engaging essay at the crossroads of law, political philosophy and geopolitics, offering a nuanced reading of the pandemic. This book places the African continent at the heart of the analysis, not as a periphery of the global system, but as a revealing terrain for the limits of global health governance and the contradictions of globalization in times of crisis.