Decolonizing Aid in Africa
The CIHA Blog continues to bring African perspectives on decolonization to our readers. This post provides a synthesis of discussions from the hybrid event on ‘Decolonizing Aid in Africa,’ sponsored by...
View ArticleSAHUDA Statement on Palestine
The CIHA Blog supports this statement by the South African Humanities Dean's Association (SAHUDA), and continues to stand with Palestinians against the genocidal acts of the Israeli government in Gaza.
View ArticleCanadian Jesuits International: Webinar explores root causes of mining misery...
In today's post, we feature the webinar 'Cobalt Blues: A Conversation on the Politics of Resource Extraction and Education in the DRC,' authored by the event's co-sponsor, Canadian Jesuits...
View ArticleHumanitarianism’s Narrative Problem and its Missionary History
The CIHA blog is very pleased to post Megan Cole Paustian's discussion of her new book Humanitarian Fictions: Africa, Altruism, and the Narrative Imagination. This book takes up themes that are central...
View ArticleGhana Bill Promotes Imaginary Family Values
By Akosua Adomako Ampofo, CIHA Co-Editor: After going through several readings, a bill known as the THE HUMAN SEXUAL RIGHTS AND FAMILY VALUES BILL was passed by the parliament of Ghana on February 28,...
View Article“10 African Scholars to Watch in 2024.”
The CIHA Blog is delighted to repost this piece by Sheriff Bojang Jnr in The African Report on “10 African Scholars to Watch in 2024.”
View ArticleWhat’s in a Name?
In this piece, Tina Adomako shows the importance of interrogating colonial place names as part of the humanitarian goal of equalizing relationships between Africa and the Global North. In Germany,...
View ArticleWarm Wishes for a Peaceful New Year
The CIHA team wishes our readers a safe, healthy, peaceful, and joyful New Year. The end of 2023 witnessed horrendous conflicts, including but not limited to Sudan, DRC, and Gaza. We must persevere,...
View ArticleDecolonizing Transnational Humanitarianism: Intersections between Germany and...
AIA-NRW Workshop Convenors: Nadine Machikou and Cecelia Lynch Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, December 12-13, 2023
View ArticleBook Review — SASINDA FUTHI SISELAPHA (STILL HERE): Black Feminist Approaches...
Today we are featuring a book review of Sasinda Futhi Siselapha (Still Here), written by Luce Graduate Fellow Jeni Francisco. All credit is given to Frontiers and their book review series, which you...
View ArticleASAA STATEMENT AND CALL FOR ACTION ON THE WAR IN PALESTINE AND THE ASSAULT ON...
We at the CIHA Blog support the statement of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) on the current war in Palestine.
View ArticleWebinar on Conflict Resolution, Peacebuilding, and Reconciliation
Please join CIHA blog co-editor Dr. Elias Opongo SJ. during a free Zoom webinar for Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR).
View ArticlePope Francis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Today’s post is by CIHA co-editor Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula, who is from DRC, on his perspective on Pope Francis's recent visit to the country, as well as his experience in a private audience with...
View ArticleChristian and African Identities vis-à-vis Postcolonial Ecologies (from...
The CIHA blog is pleased to repost a review for Contending Modernities by co-editor Cecelia Lynch, on Emmanuel Katongole’s book, Who Are My People. To read other articles in the series of reviews,...
View ArticleSteve de Gruchy Memorial Lecture – TOWARDS A RENEWED ECUMENISM: LESSONS &...
Introductory note by CIHA Blog Editorial Assistant, Bangirana Albert Billy: The CIHA Blog yet again brings you this year’s Professor Steve De Gruchy memorial lecture.
View ArticleUnique Opportunity! See the film “When Women Speak! // Occasion unique!...
Introduction by Ebenezer Bosomprah, Luce Graduate Fellow and PhD student at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
View ArticleNormalized Abnormality: Post-Colonialism in the World Today with...
The Critical Investigation of Humanitarianism in Africa blog (CIHA) and the Africana Institute for Creation, Recognition, and Elevation (AICRE) had the pleasure of hosting, Normalized Abnormality:...
View ArticleTrack Changes: Perpetuating Legacies of Racism in Medical Experimentation on...
By Elham Kazemi, CIHA Editorial Assistant and PhD Candidate, University of California, Irvine Today’s post delves further into the video that was aired on LCI (La Chaîne Info) in April and caused a...
View ArticleTrack Changes: Kenya and the New York Times redux
In our ongoing series, “Track Changes,” we critique online content that we have found to be problematic in its assumptions, framing, or language and provide questions or thoughts provoked by each...
View ArticlePart 2: Migrations of the Holy: Sacramentals or Charms? A South African...
First, we would like to say Happy Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day to all of our readers! Today we are posting the second half of Thabang Nkadimeng’s piece, Migrations of the Holy. Read...
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