Cilas Kemedjio
Africa Now! Trump and Africa Discussion at the African Studies Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2016
By Cilas Kemedjio (University of Rochester) and Cecelia Lynch (University of California, Irvine), Co-Editors of The CIHA Blog (Critical Investigations into Humanitarianism in Africa, www.cihablog.com)
Our panel on the impact of […]
The Situation in Gabon: Interference That Knows No End / Situation au Gabon: Ingérence Sans Fin
by Cilas Kemedjio
The post-electoral situation in Gabon demonstrates how the troubled role of the self-proclaimed guarantors of the new international order can set fire to powder. Such interference […]
From Manufactured Debts to Chronic Humanitarianism: Lessons from Haiti and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
by Cilas Kemedjio
I was struck by the massive presence of NGOs in Haiti. Shortly after the 2010 earthquake, Former Alaskan Governor and US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin visited Haiti with a […]
In the News: The Deceptive Excuse of Humanitarian Intervention
by Cilas Kemedjio
On July 17, 1964, Malcolm X, in his role as the Chairman of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, was admitted as an observer at the Summit of the […]
In the News: The Human-Rights Ideology and its Limits – The Urgency of African Agency
by Cilas Kemedjio
On January 10, 2011, a Cameroonian newspaper reported a grant of 300,000 euros (about US $350 million at the time) made by the European Union to three Cameroonian […]
In the News: The Humanitarian Promise of A Shared Memory / Actualités: la promesse humanitaire d’une mémoire partagée
Photo Credit: Jeffrey O. Gustafson. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons – https://commons.wikimedia.org
Dear Readers: In early October, Former Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson […]
Track Changes: Neoliberalism and Its Hollow Victories! / Le Néolibéralisme et ses victoires vaines
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 […]
Perspectives on LGBT Rights in Africa: Cilas Kemedjio on Human Rights
Today we finish our series of four pieces addressing LGBTI nomenclature, issues, and politics in Africa. The four authors whose short pieces we feature provide much food for thought, on the mythological […]