Breaking News Regarding Elections in Ghana
While Ghanaians anxiously await the EC’s announcement of the final election results, IDEG, a local NGO, has some requests for the EC given the uncustomary delay in releasing provisional results. […]
Perspectives on Politics, Health, Food Security and Land Rights
Discussion of the often-intersecting issues of politics, health, access to food, agriculture, land rights, and climate change.
A Zulu Sun in the Heart of America: John Langalibalele Dube
Today we present an article by Professor Cherif Keita who demonstrates the intersections between religion and politics in Africa by discussing John Langalibalele Dube as a path breaking figure. This […]
Africa Now! Trump and Africa: an open discussion
Following are questions for the open discussion that the CIHA Blog is facilitating at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., on December 3, 2016. We invite you […]
Empty words and dangerous rhetoric
In this thought-provoking piece first published on the site From the Thornveld, University of KwaZulu-Natal scholar Christopher Merrett discusses the history and future of South Africa while warning of the […]
Condolences from friends in Africa
by Akosua Adomako Ampofo, University of Ghana, and Simangaliso R Kumalo, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary, Co-editors, The CIHA Blog
We follow our initial post on the aftermath […]
Beyond Justice? South Africa and Gambia join Burundi in Threatening to Quit the International Criminal Court (ICC)
by Albert Bangirana
Both debates in African Parliaments and news headlines frequently focus on the state of the ICC, questioning its legitimacy as an international “watch-dog”. They argue that the ICC […]
In the News: Cote d’Ivoire’s constitutional referendum
contributed by Carrie Reiling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alassane_Ouattara
On October 30, Côte dʼIvoire voted to adopt a new constitution that would change the eligibility conditions for the presidency, the most notable of which […]
What next after 11/9 for the U.S.? Reactions, and a plea for lessons and wisdom from our friends and colleagues in Africa
by Cecelia Lynch and Cilas Kemedjio, U.S. based Co-Editors of The CIHA Blog
The earthquake of the wee hours of 11/9/16 in the U.S. was very different than that of […]