“Someday we will find a magic bullet and go back to living a life that somehow resembles this one,’’ says Shaka when discussing life during the coronavirus pandemic. He goes on to talk about the AIDS epidemic and how new drugs were developed.

Shaka: Extra Time is a weekly show (every Tuesday at 16:30 UTC) on the Straight Talk Africa Facebook page, where viewers and social media followers ask the popular Straight Talk Africa host, Shaka Ssali, questions about politics in Africa. Paul Ndiho hosts the show.