We at CIHA Blog have followed representations of mental health in West Africa (for example, see this Track Changes piece published last year). Recently, Brian Goldstone, a 2017 […]
International Policy Dialogue Conference on MONEY, SECURITY AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA
Application deadline: July 30, 2017
Conference date: October 19-20, 2017
Venue: Bamako, Mali
The Council for Social Science Research […]
By Edwin Adjei
Pan-Africanism, the global intellectual and activist movement that seeks to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between people of African descent, has existed for many decades. The mention […]
By: Cecelia Lynch
Humanitarianism is well-known for its buzzwords – sustainability, capacity-building, partnership. One of the newest buzzwords is “resilience.” As a recent report on resilience demonstrates, both faith-based and “secular” […]
In this post first published on The Conversation, CIHA Blog Co-Editor, Dr. Akosua Adomako Ampofo contributes to an ongoing CIHA Blog conversation about the power and authoritative role of churches […]
This Blog has been discussing ongoing issues underlying the widespread famine in East and West Africa. Yaa Ampofo recently highlighted the importance of strengthening the state of African climate […]
By Nozipho Dlodlo, PhD Candidate, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Introduction
The book ‘NGOs and Social Justice in South Africa and Beyond: Thinking Africa Series’ (UKZN Press 2017) edited by Sally Matthews, emerged […]
The latest University of California – Irvine Spring 2017 Magazine features our friend and colleague, Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s beautiful fictional story about why humans walk upright.
In the story, the human limbs […]
By Albert Billy Bangirana, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Africans and indeed many other peoples across the globe are known for their rich cultural heritage. Contemporary discourses in cultural studies have engaged with […]
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