This book explores the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic is poised to be a permanent temporality in the modern world in which contemporary time will be thought of in terms of before and after the pandemic. 

This book explores the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic is poised to be a permanent temporality in the modern world in which contemporary time will be thought of in terms of before and after the pandemic. 

This book reflects on the complex and contested idea of South Africa, drawing on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. The book covers themes including identity formation, modernity, race, indigeneity, autochthony, land, gender, intellectual traditions, language, popular culture, and national development planning.