Life under Lockdown: An anthology of Stellenbosch student Covid-19 diary entries
About this ebook
From the humdrum of everyday life to anxiety about lost incomes, societal inequality and the physical, mental and economic health of the nation, the diary entries reveal the hopes and fears of young people during a time of crisis. The purpose of the anthology is twofold: to preserve these thoughts so they can be integrated into future historians’ accounts, and to help a generation that continues to experience the painful effects of a pandemic and of lockdown to think about how our perceptions have evolved and how much has changed in such a short time.
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About the author
Johan Fourie is professor of economics at Stellenbosch University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in economic history, including Economics 281, the class responsible for these diary entries. He joined the Economics department in 2006 and graduated with a PhD in Economic History from Utrecht University in 2012. He is a B1-rated National Research Foundation researcher, a founding member of the African Economic History Network, a former editor of Economic History of Developing Regions, former president of the Economic History Society of Southern Africa and currently heads up the Laboratory for the Economics of Africa’s Past (LEAP) at Stellenbosch University. His first book, Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom (Tafelberg), was published in 2021.
Laura Richardson is a South African postgraduate student interested in oral and written histories of emotion and everyday life. She completed her Master’s degree as part of the Biography of an Uncharted People Project at Stellenbosch University. She is now working towards a PhD at the University of Cambridge. Laura’s PhD investigates the everyday dynamics of sex education and reproductive decision-making in apartheid South Africa
