In the News: “Reductive Seduction” in Creating Meaning from Others’ Lives
One of the issues that The CIHA Blog contends with is the problematic argument that people are just trying to “do good,” that their motives are genuine, that any problem […]
Humanitarianism, Charity and Development
Examinations of humanitarianism, charity, and development in Africa, whether from NGOs operating on the continent, foreign aid from outside of Africa, or philanthropists based anywhere in the world.
African Scholarship, by Africans
We at The CIHA Blog strive to provide scholarship and perspectives from scholars and activists based on the continent. Democracy in Africa has a similar idea and has compiled an […]
Reconceptualizing Charity: The Problem with Philanthropy and “Effective Altruism” by the World’s Wealthiest People
by Cecelia Lynch
As 2015 drew to a close, my inbox became more and more crowded with requests for donations from religious and non-religious groups, begging anew a central question posed […]
In the News: The Human-Rights Ideology and its Limits – The Urgency of African Agency
by Cilas Kemedjio
On January 10, 2011, a Cameroonian newspaper reported a grant of 300,000 euros (about US $350 million at the time) made by the European Union to three Cameroonian […]
In the News: Reassessing Madagascar’s “Donor Orphan” Problem / Réévaluer le problème de « orphelin de donateur » de Madagascar
posted by Bangirana Albert Billy
In “Think Again: Sorry Madagascar, Your Problems Aren’t Hot Enough,” Simon Allison, writing for the Institute for Security Studies, underscores the paradox […]
Sustainable Development Goals: So What?
posted by Bangirana Albert
Amidst the backdrop of a souring refugee crisis in Europe and a stronger calls for reform to UN structures and strategies, the just-concluded 2015 UN Sustainable Development […]
In the News: MDGs to SDGs – New Goals, Similar Failings?
posted by Cecelia Lynch
Over the next several years, we will certainly hear and read a lot about the “SDGs.” People might understandably ask, “Whatever became of the MDGs?” Either we have […]
The Fight against Poverty: Humanitarian Idealism and the Elusive Quest for Development
In this three-part series (we post Part Three today), Cilas Kemedjio takes on the ongoing crusade to spread neoliberal dogma and “western values.” Part One addresses the “virgin fallacy,” […]
The Ideology of Freedom and Progress: Western Supremacy, Virgin Africa, and the Fight Against Poverty
In this three-part series (we post Part Two today), Cilas Kemedjio takes on the ongoing crusade to spread neoliberal dogma and “western values.” Part One addresses the “virgin fallacy,” […]