Zanele Muholi: Queering the Photographic Archive
Late last year, the CIHA Blog discussed an upcoming visit to New York by Zanele Muholi, a South African artist and visual activist working in photography, video and installation. […]
January 2018
“Supermarket Religion”
By: Professor Gerald West (Ujamaa Centre, University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Following allegations of abuse of their members by some churches, the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, […]
Gender theory and inequality in Africa / La théorie du genre et l’inégalité en Afrique
[English translation follows below] Aujourd’hui, nous affichons les remarques du chercheuse féministe de renom, Dr Fatou Sow, du dernier panel plénier de notre conférence de décembre au Sénégal sur le […]
Fortunes and misfortunes of nomadism and polyphonie/Heurs et malheurs du nomadisme et de la polyphonie
La conférence sur Santé, Guérison, Religion et Genre en Afrique organisée par le CIHA au Sénégal le mois dernier a suscité d’importantes réflexions sur des sujets relatifs à l’humanitaire en […]
Upcoming Relevant Events: January 2018
There are several exciting upcoming events that we’d like to bring to your attention. For the full listings, please check out the calendar section here. If you have relevant events that […]
Partner Update: Ujamaa Centre December 2017 Newsletter
This latest newsletter from CIHA Blog partner, the Ujamaa Centre, summarizes the 2017 Wittenberg Memorial Lecture by Rev. Dr. Andrew Warmback and other recent Centre events run at the end of […]
New Resources: Journals, Books, Scholarship Tool, and Mailing List
We would like to share the following new resources that may be of relevance to our CIHA Blog readers. If you have other resources, events or opportunities that you would […]
The Lord’s Prayer: A Systemic Theology of Poverty and Unemployment
By Professor Gerald West, Ujamaa Centre – University of KwaZulu-Natal
In a previous Ujamaa Centre newsletter available on CIHA Blog, we provided a link to the “Poverty Trends in South Africa.” […]
In the News: A Social Media Guide to Taking Selfies Abroad
This post by Malaka Gharib of NPR’s Goats and Soda covers the rationale behind a recent joint campaign about the use of social media by volunteers and travelers around […]