In the News: African Countries Restrict Travel from Europe and US to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus

March 14, 2020 0

In this piece, CIHA Luce Graduate Fellows, Elham Kazemi and Albert Bangirana, discuss some of the news related to the measures taken by African countries to prevent the spread of […]

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Wins Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize

May 31, 2019 0

Our friend and colleague, Distinguished Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o of comparative literature and English, has been awarded the 2019 Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize for Decolonising the […]

Religion, Security and Africa: Rhetorical use of Islam to justify U.S. military involvement in North and West Africa

July 10, 2018 0

By Emeizmi Mandagi (University of California, Irvine and CIHA Blog intern) 

This post looks at the relationship between increased military interventions and humanitarian assistance in parts of Africa to understand how […]

East Asian Religious Presence in Africa: An Overview

June 7, 2018 1

By Kairu Wang, University of California, Irvine CIHA Blog Intern

Despite common assumptions that religious activities on the African continent are limited to western Christianity, Islam, and indigenous African religions, there […]