%0 Letter %T Colonial and Neocolonial Barriers to Companion Digital Humans in Africa. %A Cordeiro-Rodrigues L %J Hastings Cent Rep %V 54 %N 3 %D 2024 May %M 38842909 %F 4.298 %R 10.1002/hast.1594 %X This letter responds to the essay "Digital Humans to Combat Loneliness and Social Isolation: Ethics Concerns and Policy Recommendation," by Nancy S. Jecker, Robert Sparrow, Zohar Lederman, and Anita Ho, in the January-February 2024 issue of the Hastings Center Report.