Abstract:
Can Afro-communitarianism serve as a viable ideology for addressing the human interaction
challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic? The ongoing pandemic poses many challenges to
the normal functioning of societies around the world. For example, it has caused problems ranging
from social, economic, and political disruption to various forms of hardship, including pain, suffering,
and millions of deaths. One problem that is not attracting sufficient attention is a disruption to
human interaction that leads to isolation, depression, mental health, and emotional crises. This
paper will investigate whether Afro-communitarianism can function as an ideological option for
addressing this challenge. This ideology, in our opinion, can foster social integration and the type
of informal solidarity that engenders emotionally helpful interactions among humans. We will also
argue that Afro-communitarian orientation can overturn the individualistic tendencies that hamper
efforts aimed at curtailing the spread of the coronavirus.
