3rd Kwame Nkrumah Pan-African Intellectual and Cultural Festival
The Institute of African Studies is excited to invite you to the 3rd Kwame Nkrumah Festival scheduled to take place virtually from the 20th-24th September, 2021. The theme of this […]
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International Forum on “Today’s Islamic Feminisms: National and Transnational Perspectives”
Today we call your attention to an upcoming international forum taking place in Fès, Morocco on the theme of Islamic Feminism. At CIHA, we often highlight religious voices to […]
Open Access – African Feminisms: Cartographies for the 21st Century
Today we are sharing the open-access special issue of Meridians on “African Feminism – Cartographies for the 21st Century” with an extended introduction by issue co-editor, Dr. Gabeba Baderoon, […]
PhD Mama Collective Calls for an End to Family Separation and Family Detention
We at the CIHA Blog are well aware that this is not the first time that families have been separated by authorities in the U.S. The Trump administration’s policy recalls […]
The Power to be a Feminist: Violence and Innocence in Gender Activism
Continuing our series on #MeToo and humanitarianism in Africa, Dr Brenda Bartelink problematizes the colonial biases in European activism and considers if/how that hinders African women from being […]
Résistance féminine et pacifique en Casamance: AlañDi-So Bassène (1913 – 1940) | Feminist non-violent resistance in Casamance: AlañDi-So Bassène (1913 – 1940)
Par: Mame Penda Ba, politiste (LASPAD, UGB Saint-Louis) et Pape Chérif Bertrand Bassène, historien (LASPAD, UGB Saint-Louis)
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Précédemment, nous avions proposé en guise […]
Peppering Patriarchy: Re-imagining/Re-making Femaleness in Ghana through Social Media
As part of an ongoing series looking at the #MeToo movement and humanitarianism in Africa, today Titilope F. Ajayi builds on Nora Darko’s piece (posted here for those who […]