The CIHA Blog’s commentary on recent news pieces about events in Africa.
The sudden passing of Pauline Manaka, University of California, Irvine’s research librarian for Anthropology, Sociology, and Gender & Sexuality Studies has saddened those of us at CIHA Blog who knew […]
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 […]
The prevailing narrative, where rich country governments say their foreign aid is helping Africa, is “a distraction and misleading”, stated the campaigners for Global Justice Now, a social justice […]
By Angela Okune
A decade ago US internet company Yahoo agreed to set up a $17.3 million “Yahoo Human Rights Trust” as part of the settlement that followed intense Congressional scrutiny […]
In our ongoing series, “Track Changes,” we link to online content that we have found to be problematic in its assumptions, framing, or language and provide a question or thought(s) […]
In this piece first published in From the Thornveld, University of KwaZulu-Natal scholar Christopher Merrett condemns what he terms as “one of post-apartheid South Africa’s greater scandals” where instead of […]
Our friend and colleague, Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, entered the East African literary scene in 1962 with the performance of his first major play, The Black Hermit, at the National […]
“On 31st March 2017, an interfaith service celebration of the “Living the Legacy of Uncle Kathy” was held for Ahmed Kathrada, a South African politician, political […]
Summary:
Droughts and famine in Africa, are often discussed as humanitarian, political and economic issues. While important not to obscure the role of political economy, African policy makers […]
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