Earlier this week we discussed the under-representation of women in panel discussions about development. Here Ramadhani Abdallah Noor argues that voices of the global south have a similar problemThroughout the Ebola crisis,pages and pages were written about the friendly work done by foreign missions like Médecins Sans Frontières and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ebola deaths were sensationalised in the media but the African doctors and nurses who shouldered the greatest burden of the death toll were noticeably absent.
It was refreshing to read a few acknowledgements for non-western heroes in Time magazine, but this was not enough. These frontline experts deserve to recount their stories and they need support with skills to leverage available opportunities and communication channels. No one can recount the memoir of Ebola better than those who fought the disease first hand.
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Source: theguardian.com