Discussions of how religion and faith intersect with politics, culture, and society in Africa, including the roles of faith-based NGOs in humanitarian work.
Contributions are sought immediately for a special issue of ALTERNATION focusing on ‘Religion, Governance and Humanitarianism in Africa’. This publication will incorporate presentations from the 2nd Annual CIHA […]
By: Gerald Acho and Huguette Kazeneza of HIPSIR
The CIHA Blog is dedicated to bringing to the fore public debates and scholarship from different parts of Africa that are important for […]
A journal article in the latest issue of the American Ethnologist entitled “The gospel of self-help” looks at how churches in Uganda have been promoting a message of economic self-sufficiency. The author, Lydia […]
We at CIHA Blog would like to congratulate blog co-editor Rev Prof Simangaliso Kumalo for his successful tenure as president of the Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary (SMMS) in Pietermaritzburg, South […]
This latest newsletter from CIHA Blog partner, the Ujamaa Centre discusses chronic unemployment in post-apartheid South Africa as well as highlighting research work that has been conducted looking at the “feminization of […]
Guest post by: Brenda Bartelink Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalisation, University of Groningen and Elisabet Le Roux, Unit for Religion and Development Research, University of Stellenbosch
Researchers from the University […]
By Kairu Wang, University of California, Irvine CIHA Blog Intern
Despite common assumptions that religious activities on the African continent are limited to western Christianity, Islam, and indigenous African religions, there […]
By Lwamkelo Michael, B.TH Student – Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary
INTRODUCTION
Expanding on the topic of land reform in Africa as discussed by Eileen Wakesho earlier this week, this post […]