In the News: Humanitarian-“ism”
posted by Bangirana Albert Billy
“The concept which is supposed to transcend ideology obscures the role of the west in creating disasters in the first place.” – Jeremy Seabrook
Jeremy Seabrook, in […]
In the News
The CIHA Blog’s commentary on recent news pieces about events in Africa.
In the News: Ebola, Western Interventions, and Local Agency
posted by Bangirana Albert Billy
Yet another unique and analytical contribution to the vexing Ebola crisis question. Gregg Gonsalves in “Why rushing off to fight Ebola in West Africa isn’t the right choice” highlights […]
In the News: “Militarizing Global Health”
posted by Carrie Reiling
When the United States sent army advisors to Liberia to construct clinics in the fight against Ebola in the region, some worried that the deployment was a […]
In the News: Ebola, the role of NGOs, and Western Media
posted by Tanya Schwarz
Last month, the Independent shared Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s letter calling for the international community to act on the Ebola outbreak. She said:
The time […]
In the News: Ebola and the African Union
posted by Bangirana Albert Billy
With now over six months since the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, critics are beginning to question Africa’s commitment in responding to this looming catastrophe. The […]
In the News: Bible Study Publication Focuses on Economic Justice
Christian Aid, Jubilee Debt Campaign, and All We Can: Methodist Relief and Development have put together six bible studies that bring together economic issues and biblical teachings.
Entitled […]
In the News: (In)equality and Ebola
posted by Tanya Schwarz
What is the role of economic (in)equality in local responses to Ebola? What are the economic consequences of the Ebola outbreak? Raymond Gilpin tackles these and other […]
In the News: More on Ebola
For this series of posts titled “Ebola in Perspective,” anthropologists weigh in on their own experiences in West Africa with the aim of countering the dominant narrative portraying the […]