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“The success of Africa’s COVID-19 response should not have surprised the world. The people of Africa have demonstrated time and again, their resilience and ability to work together to overcome even the greatest challenge.”
– President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa

Riding the Storm: The Untold Story of Africa’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic chronicles Africa’s resilience and determination during a borderless crisis. Through the actions of heroes like H. E. Cyril Ramaphosa, Mr Strive Masiyiwa, Dr Vera Songwe, Dr John Nkengasong, and Professor Benedict Oramah, a narrative of leadership, duty and sacrifices emerges. From securing vaccines to complex negotiations, this book tells of the journey to an outcome that surprised the world. In this book, the author presents the facts in an illustrative manner that highlights African innovation, competence and spirit.

“When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.”
– African Proverb

Toni Kan is the award-winning author of critically acclaimed works of fiction and poetry, including Songs for Bar Beach (A memorial in verse), The Carnivorous City, Nights of the Creaking Bed, and When a Dream Lingers Too Long. He has also ghost-written ten biographies.A fellow of the Heinrich Boll Writing Fellowship (Germany), Civitella Ranieri Writing Fellowship (Italy), and Yaddo Writing Fellowship (USA), his works have appeared in Agni, Wasafiri, Sentinel, Eleven-Eleven, BBC and the Financial Times. He is a 2021 recipient of the Global Talent Visa in the Exceptional Talent Category.His awards include the Saro Wiwa/NDDC Prose Prize, Prof. Wole Soyinka Award for Literature, MUSON Poetry Prize, Liberty Short Stories prize, and Swiss Radio Essay Competition prize.Kan is working on a novel, The Devil Got Up to Drink Water.