Unsilencing Nokuthela and Angelina Dube
The CIHA Blog brings you the third lecture of the planned four-series of posts on the Dr JL Dube Memorial Lecture as he celebrates his 150th birthday. These series […]
Critical Legacies from the Past
An exploration of the connections between modern-day Africa and its history.
African Traditional Medicine & COVID-19 Vaccine
The CIHA Blog brings you the first lecture of the planned four-series of posts on the Dr JL Dube Memorial Lecture as he celebrates his 150th birthday. These series […]
Unity through Truth and Reconciliation
The CIHA Blog has previously published posts condemning the insurrection in the U.S. on January 6th and on reversing the lens to assess the state of […]
The Western Gaze and Its Effects on Aid
Today’s post addresses a composite of issues connected to racism and paternalism in representations of Africans in the West and its impact on humanitarianism in Africa. The post represents revised […]
John L Dube Lecture 2020 – Professor Nomalanga Mkhize
Introduction
Professor Nomalanga Mkhize[1] gave this year’s JL Dube memorial lecture at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s College of Humanities. Professor Mkhize’s lecture focused on the current #BlackLivesMatter protests as […]
Students at Gaston Berger University Share Their Thoughts on COVID-19 and Racism | Des Étudiants de l’Université Gaston Berger Partagent Leurs Réflexions sur la Covid-19 et le Racisme
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Introductory note by Moïse Diedhiou, CIHA Editorial Assistant, Gaston Berger University:
The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the whole planet in 2020, not excepting Senegal. Despite the fact that almost the […]
The Double Pandemic: What Can Humanitarians Learn from University of California Student Experiences of COVID-19 and Anti-Black Racism?
Students across the UC system took a new online course, Critical Investigations into Humanitarianism in Africa (named after this Blog), for the first time in the spring of 2020. Given […]
Ghana’s Retrogressive Public University Bill
An earlier version of this post was first published on Africa at LSE.
By Nana Akua Anyidoho and Akosua Adomako Ampofo
“It is my firm belief that no appropriate and […]
The African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) Speaks on the Brutal Killing of Mr. George Floyd in the United States of America and Its Aftermath | L’Association des Études Africaines d’Afrique (ASAA) S’Exprime sur le Meurtre Brutal de M. George Floyd aux États-Unis d’Amérique et Ses épercussions
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Introductory note by Edwin Asa Adjei, CIHA Editorial Assistant, University of Ghana-Legon: For centuries, black people have faced colonialism, slavery, racism, socio-economic exploitation and political marginalization all over the […]