This piece was written for The Future of U.S.–China Relations, a joint special issue by The Yale Politic and Tsinghua Youth Voice. “When we move to a different place, we feel our identity is interrupted. We hold on to the…
It was 1:15 p.m. when Professor Sisay Ade, identified by a pseudonym, received a call from Mbale Regional Hospital that his sister, Kofi, also a pseudonym, 58, had gone into cardiac arrest. With a history of end-stage renal failure and diabetes, Kofi had checked into the Msaba Wing that morning to undergo routine dialysis treatment. Thirty minutes later, her heart abruptly ceased to function.
