Episode 73

In some countries around the world, the pandemic caused only a mere blip in the clubbing social calendar. Currently, Europe remains in the throes of an extended lockdown, some venues silent for over a year, that only mass vaccination will be able to rectify. But in China and Taiwan, the unmasked abandon of a packed dancefloor has been accessible every weekend. Meanwhile, in Accra, Ghana, people congregate at open-air venues. Why is this? An overlap of government policies, virus policy precedents, and cultural conduct play a major role. Artists Rui Ho, Tzusing, and Gafacci offer their perspectives on the state of clubbing in non-western countries.