The Western Gaze and Its Effects on Aid
Today’s post addresses a composite of issues connected to racism and paternalism in representations of Africans in the West and its impact on humanitarianism in Africa. The post represents revised […]
What People Who Want to ‘Help Africa’ Should Know
Posts highlighting both problematic and helpful examples of humanitarianism in Africa.
Ghanaian Telecommunications Companies Incorporate Democratic Principles in CSR Practice
Today we repost the author’s write-up of an article published in Communicatio, a South African Journal for communication theory and research on Ghana’s telecommunications industry. Some feel that Corporate Social […]
Rethinking ‘Good Intentions’ With Ivan Illich in the Holiday Season
Given that this is the season for giving, today we repost an address by Ivan Illich to the Conference on InterAmerican Student Projects (CIASPJ) in Cuernevaca, Mexico, on April […]
When Good Intentions are Just Not Enough
Today we are sharing thoughts about a recent ProPublica article which has gained considerable amount of coverage, including in West Africa, which critically investigates the workings of and accusations against […]
Why Climate-Informed Development Should be a Priority During the 2018 UN General Assembly
We thank Denis Kongere, Policy and Advocacy Specialist on Humanitarian and Development in East and Central Africa, for contributing this call to action during the UN’s annual General Assembly meeting in […]
Research Data in/on/from Africa: gaps, hyper-saturation, untapped?
We at CIHA Blog have previously written about the geopolitics of knowledge production about Africa, what more responsible research on the continent might look like, particularly when thinking about
Of Course, Development Aid has a Big Black People Problem
The CIHA Blog has consistently highlighted racialized practices of reporting on Africa as well as aid to Africa. This piece by Lydia Namubiru, originally written for and posted on […]
Religion, Security and Africa: Rhetorical use of Islam to justify U.S. military involvement in North and West Africa
By Emeizmi Mandagi (University of California, Irvine and CIHA Blog intern)
This post looks at the relationship between increased military interventions and humanitarian assistance in parts of Africa to understand how […]