In the News: #BeyGood4Burundi
National Public Radio’s Goats and Soda recently highlighted a new philanthropic campaign by American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress, Beyoncé, #BeyGood4Burundi. According to her […]
July 2017
In the News: “Congolese musicians rarely provide a critique, but continue to provide solace”
By: Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula
A recent piece by Thomas Salter, an independent consultant in the Great Lakes Region, claims that musicians rarely provide a critique, but continue to […]
Religious Women Constructing Modernity in Cameroon
In this post first published on the Contending Modernities blog, CIHA Blog Co-editor Dr. Cecelia Lynch discusses her new research project entitled “Gender, Authority and Community: Religious Women Constructing Modernity in […]
Upcoming Relevant Events
We recently upgraded the Events section of our site, modifying it into a CIHA Blog calendar for relevant upcoming events related to critical humanitarianism, broadly defined, in/on Africa. There are several […]
In the News: “Pastor’s Wives Open Up Off the Pulpit”
By Abena Kyere
“Why does everything have to be about God?” This is a friend’s Whatsapp account status. Many endeavors in life are complex, but being married to a ‘Man of […]
Pan-African Cinema: Critiques of Western Humanitarianism
By Thomas Barker, University of California – Irvine Intern
As African cinema gains increasing success internationally with films such as Sembene, there is a potential for films to […]
Africans “Looking Sharp” and Dowdy Wazungus
By Angela Okune
Source: http://www.gocollette.com/en/tours/africa/kenya
A few days ago on my way home from work, I stopped into The Junction, one of Nairobi’s many high-end malls to grab a […]
Recentering Research in Africa
By: Edwin Adjei
In 2016, I undertook a trip to Larteh in the eastern region of Ghana to collect folktales for a research project I was undertaking for a publication. The […]
Opportunities: UN Best Media Coverage Award | Hekima Peace Studies MA | Research with CODESRIA
2017 U.N. CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION AWARDS FOR BEST MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND U.N. AGENCIES
The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) invites media worldwide to submit entries for its 21st […]