2023/01/19 by Ampson Hagan · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · #Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy #African cultural and philosophical studies #Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
paper · doi:10.1017/asr.2022.154
openalex publication_date 2023/01/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract African nations have struggled to secure lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines, while rich nations have purchased more than they needed, depleting the global supply. High vaccine prices and intellectual property regulations that block the production of cheaper generics have contributed to a condition of African waithood. Hagan examines this waithood, which characterizes the disjuncture between African countries’ existential and humanitarian need for COVID-19 vaccines and corporations’ quest for profits in the pandemic. African waithood, produced by pharmaceutical companies including Moderna and Pfizer, is a direct product of colonialism. Waithood echoes the ongoing colonial relations between African nations and the corporations that continue to exploit them.