Discussions of how religion and faith intersect with politics, culture, and society in Africa, including the roles of faith-based NGOs in humanitarian work.
The CIHA Blog’s Senegal conference on Health, Healing, Religion and Gender in Africa prompted important reflections regarding the place of this conference in the work of the Blog, and about […]
By: Clement Sefa-Nyarko, Participatory Development Associates, Accra
Prior to colonial rule in many sub-Saharan African countries, traditional political systems were the primary political authority that enjoyed enormous legitimacy among the […]
By Albert Billy Bangirana, University of KwaZulu-Natal
This is the second post in a three-part series reflecting on the sacredness of the earth. In this post and the subsequent one (to […]
By Albert Billy Bangirana, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Ecological activism has been part of critical humanitarian discourse for some time now. Religious institutions in particular have voiced their concerns on the worrying […]
The University of California, Irvine, held a panel discussion on “Afro-futurism: Speculative Visions Across the Black Diaspora” on October 13th, raising a number of questions and issues that should be […]
By: Hanna Wapenaar, Ujamaa Centre
This latest newsletter from CIHA Blog partner, the Ujamaa Centre, shares information about our multiple recent activities, and also draws attention to our upcoming events. […]
By Gerald O. West, School of Religion, Philosophy, and Classics & Ujamaa Centre – University of KwaZulu-Natal
Introduction
Working from within queer theory (as charted by scholars such as Marcella Althaus-Reid), […]
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