Taking Stock of Biafra’s Ghosts in Cameroon’s Current Events
Wrapping up our series on the conflict in Cameroon today, we repost Chimamanda Adichie Ngozie’s recent OpEd in the New York Times with an extended introduction by Dr. Cilas Kemedjio […]
Critical Legacies from the Past
An exploration of the connections between modern-day Africa and its history.
The Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon: What Went Wrong?
Gerald Acho revisits the history of the crisis in Cameroon and makes a plea for subsidiarity. Joining Father Lado and Dr. Cilas Kemedjio’s previous posts, Acho discusses the historical […]
“Africa for the Africans?: Reimagining Space, Place and Possibility in 1860s Lagos”
By: Emeizmi Mandagi, University of California – Irvine CIHA Blog Intern
The University of California, Irvine’s International Studies Public Forum recently hosted […]
Izinhlungu zomzabalazo: How Madikizela-Mandela can help us relearn the love that is resistance
Guest post by Minenhle Nomalungelo Khumalo, Drew University
“I am not Mandela’s product. I am the product of the masses of my country and the product of my enemy” – Nomzamo […]
Résistance féminine et pacifique en Casamance: AlañDi-So Bassène (1913 – 1940) | Feminist non-violent resistance in Casamance: AlañDi-So Bassène (1913 – 1940)
Par: Mame Penda Ba, politiste (LASPAD, UGB Saint-Louis) et Pape Chérif Bertrand Bassène, historien (LASPAD, UGB Saint-Louis)
[English translation available below]
Précédemment, nous avions proposé en guise […]
An Introduction to the Casamance Conflict: Implications for Peacebuilding
“Violence on Land, Violence Through Women’s Bodies: Evoking John Langalibalele Dube’s Voice in Contemporary Debates”
The question of land is a controversial one in the South African political space. Debates about whether the land should be expropriated to formerly dispossessed communities without compensation remains […]
“From Aimé Césaire to Black Lives Matter: The ongoing impact of negritude”
Today we repost a piece by Kevin Sprague (UCLA 2018) who reports back from the latest speaker series event at the UCLA African Studies Center. In her talk, […]
