Although most residents of Sierra Leone’s capital have yet to witness Ebola firsthand, the outbreak has nevertheless affected virtually all aspects of daily life.
Posters advertising a new ebola themed comedy film in Freetown. Photograph by Jonah Lipton.
By Jonah Lipton, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 9 September 2014 (Think Africa Press)* — It’s midnight and I am driving around the East End of Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, with a young taxi driver known as Human Right.
For the past year, I have regularly been accompanying Human Right on journeys picking up passengers as part of my doctoral research in anthropology.
The East End is usually buzzing at night, every junction packed with people drinking, eating street food, and hanging out. But today there are only a handful of passengers. “The streets are dry,” Human Right tells me.
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