In the News: “If you want us to come, you have to pay us”

August 31, 2016 0

Following on our piece last week regarding new restrictions in Kenya on NGOs, we applaud the residents of Kibera for their entrepreneurship in developing new, mutually productive relationships with […]

In the News: Should Foreign (especially Western) Humanitarians Just Go Home?

August 24, 2016 0

NGOs in Africa are not always welcomed with open arms, and when they mix with knowledge-starved celebrities from the Global North, the mixture can be especially toxic. These articles […]

In the News: Coping (or Not) With Refugees in East Africa

June 13, 2016 0

An arial view of the world’s largest refugee camp. Dadaab. https://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfam/6302151099

The refugee crisis is not only happening in Europe, but as most in Africa well know, it […]

How women of faith deploy religious resources in conflict and peacebuilding

January 29, 2016 1

by Jackie Ogega

This piece is based in four years of research with Gusii and Maasai women in Kenya, examining how they deploy their religious resources as an identity, motivation, and […]

Origins and Aftermath of Attacks in Kenya: Critical and Religious Perspectives

August 28, 2015 0

The following two pieces articulate different lenses into the lead up and aftermath of the Garissa Attacks in Kenya. Carine Umutoniwase discusses interfaith efforts to prevent the solidification of religious […]

Track Changes: Asking Questions about Gendered Representations of Culture, Religion and Violence

March 16, 2015 0

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) […]

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