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cord-312759-py2d4rjq	Thiaw, Ibrahima	Archaeology of Two Pandemics and Teranga Aesthetic	2020-08-25		.txt	text/plain	2979	155	47	Building on archaeology's multiple contributions to Africa's past and observed practices of resilience in Senegal by ordinary people in the face of the spread of COVID-19, this essay reflects on the relevance of the archives, including the archaeological record, as usable resources for managing the problems of our times. S'appuyant sur les multiples contributions de l'archéologie pour la connaissance du passé de l'Afrique et sur les pratiques de résilience observées au Sénégal par les individus ordinaires face à la propagaOur contemporary moment is plagued by two major pandemics: COVID-19 on the one hand and racism and coloniality on the other. A few days before the Mira-Locht exchange, there had been an ecstatic reaction to the March 27 prediction of Antonio Guterres, the United Nations General Secretary, on France 24 television channel and Radio France International (RFI), that "even if the population [in Africa] is younger than in developed countries, there will be necessarily millions of deaths" on the continent due to the COVID-19 pandemic (France 24 2020a, b).	./cache/cord-312759-py2d4rjq.txt	./txt/cord-312759-py2d4rjq.txt