I am fifty-eight years old. I have been a widow since 1995. Because of the ethnic conflicts that reigned in Rwanda over a period of many years, I grew up and lived in different neighbouring countries. I returned to Rwanda in 1992, at the age of thirty-eight. I was born into a family of six children, four of whom died during the genocide. Only one sister and I are still alive. I married my husba...

This fictionalized script (fictional dialogue between Coronavirus and the Philosopher) traces contours of conversation that seeks to fathom crisis unleashed by outbreak global spread coronavirus (COVID-19 pandemic) ensuing anxieties created in our current social living. The scenario deepened isolation self from other (social distancing ‘stay-at-home’ or various lockdowns) is considered, it prop...