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It was the only way to reach the village of Dirty Box Junction.

Through dozens of interviews, I tried to understand why the residents of Dirty Box Junction now complied with safeguards.

The residents of Dirty Box Junction had calculated their risks — and decided to help one another carry on.

This year, when COVID-19 struck, Dirty Box Junction — and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa — considered it unwelcome, but not unprecedented.

For Dirty Box Junction — named for the thousands of square feet of smoke-billowing trash in its center square — it came sometime in the spring of 2015.