by Prof Willie Chinyamurindi (Repost by The Conversation https://theconversation.com/five-ways-academics-can-manage-covid-19-shutdowns-133947) The COVID-19 pandemic has begun affecting a range of African countries where infection rates have been rising, though not at the rates being experienced in the US and Western Europe. Governments have been taking drastic steps to stop the spread of infection. One has been the decision to close schools…