AO: These fictional case studies are based on experiences from studies of transnational medical research in Africa. They use this genre “in order to reach as wide of an audience as possible.”
AO: Analysts note continued reference to “overseas research” with rhetoric that continue to express hierarchical center-periphery geographies (implying secluded islands of civilization in the wilderness).
AO: The analysts note that discussion around bioethics in research has led to renewed emphasis on capacity building, and obliged Northern initiatives to invest further in involving African people in research, sometimes as a funding requirement. They note that at the end of colonialism such efforts were labelled ‘Africanization’. “The persistence of the term in discussions of research provides yet another point of continuity between the past, present, and suggested future of medical research in Africa.” (239)
