Posts highlighting both problematic and helpful examples of humanitarianism in Africa.
posted by Cecelia Lynch
The following report and articles detail how the big NGOs, both faith-based and non-faith-based, continue to rake in most humanitarian and development funding to the detriment of […]
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 three-part series (we post Part Three today), Cilas Kemedjio takes on the ongoing crusade to spread neoliberal dogma and “western values.” Part One addresses the “virgin fallacy,” […]
In this three-part series (we post Part One today), Cilas Kemedjio takes on the ongoing crusade to spread neoliberal dogma and “western values.” Part Two addresses William Easterly’s call to […]
by Kathryn Mathers
When FRAMED, a documentary film in the making about the relationship between aid and Africa, ran its successful Kickstarter campaign over the summer 2014, we were […]
by Cilas Kemedjio
Jeffrey Sachs, once the golden boy of brutal and anti-social market driven reforms, became a star in the humanitarian circles with a reputation as an economist with a […]
Dear Readers: While we at the CIHA blog tend to be critical of aspects of humanitarianism and aid in Africa we also recognize its endurance as well as the goodwill […]
For Humanosphere, Gabe Spitzer talked with medical anthropologist James Pfeiffer for a podcast “How the aid and development industry helped cause Africa’s Ebola outbreak,” which critiques the development aid […]
From the Tiny Spark Blog, Amy Costello interviews author Nina Monk, who reported on Jeffrey Sachs’ multimillion dollar effort to eradicate poverty in Africa. Listen to the interview, “Tracking […]
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