Antiblackness in the Ebola response in Sierra Leone

Delving into legacies of colonial antiblackness in the global disease management of Sierra Leone today, Hirsch invites readers to question the colonial grammar with which global health events are usually written. Hirsch makes a strong argument that this expert's refusal to acknowledge the role European experts play in perpetuating colonial epistemic dependencies between West Africa, Europe and North America today illustrates how British intervention in Sierra Leone continues to be hidden by the language of humanitarian aid and development. Antiblackness and global health: a response to Ebola in the colonial wake Lioba Hirsch Pluto Press, 2024 pp 208, £20·34 ISBN 978-0745346281