“Africa for the Africans?: Reimagining Space, Place and Possibility in 1860s Lagos”
By: Emeizmi Mandagi, University of California – Irvine CIHA Blog Intern
The University of California, Irvine’s International Studies Public Forum recently hosted […]
Critical Legacies from the Past
An exploration of the connections between modern-day Africa and its history.
Izinhlungu zomzabalazo: How Madikizela-Mandela can help us relearn the love that is resistance
Guest post by Minenhle Nomalungelo Khumalo, Drew University
“I am not Mandela’s product. I am the product of the masses of my country and the product of my enemy” – Nomzamo […]
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)
[English translation available below]
Précédemment, nous avions proposé en guise […]
An Introduction to the Casamance Conflict: Implications for Peacebuilding
“Violence on Land, Violence Through Women’s Bodies: Evoking John Langalibalele Dube’s Voice in Contemporary Debates”
The question of land is a controversial one in the South African political space. Debates about whether the land should be expropriated to formerly dispossessed communities without compensation remains […]
“From Aimé Césaire to Black Lives Matter: The ongoing impact of negritude”
Today we repost a piece by Kevin Sprague (UCLA 2018) who reports back from the latest speaker series event at the UCLA African Studies Center. In her talk, […]
Remembering Biafra’s Complex Motivations
By Cilas Kemedjio
In its coverage of the end of the Biafra war (1967-1970), Time Magazine inserted, “Africa’s Divided House,” a short commentary that focused on ethnic tensions threatening to turn Africa […]
Biafra: humanitarianism in the house of France’s neo-colonial Empire
By Cilas Kemedjio
As part of our on-going series commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Biafra/Nigerian War, in a provocative piece by CIHA Blog co-editor, Cilas Kemedjio asks: “What if […]