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 […]
What People Who Want to ‘Help Africa’ Should Know
Posts highlighting both problematic and helpful examples of humanitarianism in Africa.
Open Letter from a Peace Corp Volunteer
In our series on “What People Who Want to ‘Help Africa’ Should Know,” we highlight both problematic and helpful examples of humanitarianism in Africa. In this post, we repost […]
Africans “Looking Sharp” and Dowdy Wazungus
By Angela Okune
Source: http://www.gocollette.com/en/tours/africa/kenya
A few days ago on my way home from work, I stopped into The Junction, one of Nairobi’s many high-end malls to grab a […]
Recentering Research in Africa
By: Edwin Adjei
In 2016, I undertook a trip to Larteh in the eastern region of Ghana to collect folktales for a research project I was undertaking for a publication. The […]
Who is Resilient? Problematizing the Appropriation of “Resilience” in Humanitarian Action
By: Cecelia Lynch
Humanitarianism is well-known for its buzzwords – sustainability, capacity-building, partnership. One of the newest buzzwords is “resilience.” As a recent report on resilience demonstrates, both faith-based and “secular” […]
In the News: Things People Who Want to Help Africa Should Know
The CIHA Blog is starting a new series called “Things People Who Want to Help Africa Should Know,” which we hope students, activists and scholars will use and contribute to. Here […]
Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Humanitarian Action: Seven Practical Steps to Humanitarian Integrity in Nigeria
by Philip C. Aka
In the sense it is used here, humanitarian integrity is another name for humanitarian wellbeing. It is the flipside of humanitarian catastrophe, inviting humanitarian intervention to minimize […]
Local Reclamation of Transnational Activism: Bettering Advocacy in Conflict
by Carrie Reiling
The CIHA Blog frequently draws on the concept of the “White Savior Industrial Complex,” articulated by Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole, in its critiques of the work […]
In the News: Rethinking Food Aid Programs
posted by Jolene McCall
The detrimental effects of food aid programs are not a recent realization. In fact, a variety of reports highlight the necessity to rethink […]