Rethinking ‘Good Intentions’ With Ivan Illich in the Holiday Season
Given that this is the season for giving, today we repost an address by Ivan Illich to the Conference on InterAmerican Student Projects (CIASPJ) in Cuernevaca, Mexico, on April […]
Critical Legacies from the Past
An exploration of the connections between modern-day Africa and its history.
Part 2: Migrations of the Holy: Sacramentals or Charms? A South African Catholic Dichotomy
First, we would like to say Happy Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day to all of our readers! Today we are posting the second half of Thabang Nkadimeng’s piece, Migrations […]
Migrations of the Holy: Sacramentals or Charms? A South African Catholic Dichotomy
In this week’s two-part guest post by Thabang Nkadimeng, we reflect on the nature and efficacy of sacramentals in religious circles and charms in popular culture. CIHA often highlights religious […]
What President Donald Trump Got Wrong on Race and Land Reform in South Africa
We at CIHA often publish posts discussing land rights and this week we offer Dr. Willy Mafuta’s take on Donald Trump’s uninformed and problematic tweet on race and land issues […]
Kenya’s Economic Policy: Borrowing from China Plus Regressive Taxation is Problematic for Social Welfare and Economic Growth
This week we are featuring a post by one of our newest Luce Graduate Fellows, Rebecca Mugo, a Master’s student at the Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations […]
Pentecostalism and Politics in Nigeria and Beyond
We at CIHA are delighted to offer the following excerpts from the introduction to Dr. Ebenezer Obadare’s new book, Pentecostal Republic: Religion and the Struggle for State Power in Nigeria (Zed […]
The 2018 John Langalibalele Dube Memorial Lecture: “I’m Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table: The Enduring Power and Promise of Education as a Public Good”
The University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN) hosts the annual J.L. Dube Memorial Lecture, named after the first president of the African National Congress (ANC) and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, John Langalibalele […]
Taking Stock of Biafra’s Ghosts in Cameroon’s Current Events
Wrapping up our series on the conflict in Cameroon today, we repost Chimamanda Adichie Ngozie’s recent OpEd in the New York Times with an extended introduction by Dr. Cilas Kemedjio […]
The Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon: What Went Wrong?
Gerald Acho revisits the history of the crisis in Cameroon and makes a plea for subsidiarity. Joining Father Lado and Dr. Cilas Kemedjio’s previous posts, Acho discusses the historical […]