As part of the @globalvoices Coronavirus Civic Media Observatory, I investigated social and mass media reports on #COVID19, by employing an ethnographic qualitative research.
Part of the research was to dig into the mysterious deaths in #Kano, the resultant confusion and it's link with #COVID19.

"The Kano COVID-19 deaths: Stories untold (Part I)" https://globalvoices.org/2020/06/19/the-kano-covid-19-deaths-stories-untold-part-i/ via @feathersproject
The Kano COVID-19 deaths: Stories untold (Part I) · Global Voices

Our research reconstructed the failure of authorities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Kano, which resulted in hundreds of deaths despite persistent mass media and social media documentation.

https://globalvoices.org/2020/06/19/the-kano-covid-19-deaths-stories-untold-part-i/
The Kano COVID-19 deaths: Forced relocations and disinformation creates widespread confusion (Part II) https://globalvoices.org/2020/06/19/the-kano-covid-19-deaths-forced-relocations-and-disinformation-creates-widespread-confusion-part-ii/ via @feathersproject
The Kano COVID-19 deaths: Forced relocations and disinformation creates widespread confusion (Part...

Forced relocations of children contributed to the possible spread of COVID-19 and online disinformation along ethnoreligious lines added to the general confusion surrounding mass deaths in Kano...

https://globalvoices.org/2020/06/19/the-kano-covid-19-deaths-forced-relocations-and-disinformation-creates-widespread-confusion-part-ii/
It was a complex, layered context with - Kano State government's denial of the deaths, political rivalry, disinformation, ethno-religious comments, lack of documentation and the forced relocation of almajiri - all competing in this web of confusion.
It indeed takes a village to raise a child. I am extremely grateful to the following @globalvoices colleagues for their help in the research, excellent editing of these two-part posts on #Kano: @ivonotes @travelfarnow and @asteris

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