In the news: An Open Letter to William Ruto
In a letter published in AsheNews, our friend and colleague, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, UCI Distinguished Professor of comparative literature and English, addresses […]
Haiti
Raoul Peck’s Assistance Mortelle/Fatal Assistance
In today’s post, Cilas Kemedjio discusses Fatal Assistance, a documentary by Raoul Peck on the humanitarian relief operations after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti to alarm people who want to […]
“Culture” in Aidland: A Talk by Prof. Mark Schuller
By: Angela Okune
The University of California Irvine’s International Studies Public Forum recently hosted Professor Mark Schuller
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 […]