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In the mind of the West, the “centre” of global civilisation, Africa remains the Dark Continent. It conjures up images of a place writhing in pain. It’s mysterious, dangerous, and full of man-eating pathogens. The most fatal bugs originate there. That’s what they said about Aids. It supposedly came from deep in the Congo jungle. That’s what they said about Ebola, the virus ravaging Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
But Ebola has made it to America, and the country is in full panic. Predictions are that at its epicenter in West Africa, the Ebola virus could fell hundreds of thousands by year’s end. Even so, can it truly be said that Ebola is an African disease?
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