Pandemic Literatures and Being Human in Times of Mass Infection and Catastrophe: Some African Perspectives
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Ferguson, Melinda, ed. 2020. The Lockdown Collection. Cape Town: Melinda Ferguson Books.
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Mashigo, Mohale. 2018. Intruders Short Stories. Johannesburg: Picador Africa.
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Pfaller, Larisa. 2020. “Theorizing the Virus: Abjection and the COVID-19 Pandemic.” International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 40 (9/10): 821–29. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-06-2020-0243.
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2022-03-16
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Manase, Irikidzayi, and Thabisani Ndlovu. 2022. “Pandemic Literatures and Being Human in Times of Mass Infection and Catastrophe: Some African Perspectives”. Journal of Literary Studies 38 (1):5 pages. https://doi.org/10.25159/1753-5387/10409.
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