The CIHA Blog’s commentary on recent news pieces about events in Africa.
posted by Carrie Reiling
A collection of recent articles highlight the drawbacks of intertwining business with development aid.
“The key to reducing poverty is … fewer armchair experts”
Weh Yeoh, disability […]
posted by Carrie Reiling and Tanya Schwarz
A new book, The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption, explores how overseas adoption from a number of […]
posted by Bangirana Albert Billy
This article, featured in the Mail & Guardian, by Manqoba Nxumalo is uniquely critical to the upcoming and yet still skewed African philanthro-capitalism. Drawing from the […]
“Why Bob Geldof is Wrong about Africa”
posted by Cecelia Lynch
Both Mills and Geldof perpetuate stereotypes about “needs” in Africa: while Geldof embodies do-good paternalism, Mills perpetuates modernization-through-foreign-investment as “the” […]
Horn of Africa Bulletin
This latest bulletin examines environmental issues related to security in Africa, religious tensions in Ethiopia, and clashes in Kenya.
“The History of Foreign Aid Dependency: Challenges for Africa”
posted by Bangirana Albert
This article by Tinashe Nyatoro is adapted from the book, The Impact of Aid Dependence on Social Development: the case […]
Bridges from Bamako
This blog, written by anthropologist Bruce Whitehouse, focuses on current events in and commentary on Mail.
“The Real Invasion of Africa and Other Not-Made-for Hollywood Holy […]
“The FNB campaign succumbs to gov’t pressure”
posted by Bangirana Albert
When freedom of expression is compromised.
The controversy surrounding this ad has since caused a stir among South Africans on the […]
“Desmond Tutu: Not Going Quietly”
In this video piece, originally posted on Aljazeera, Sir David Frost interviews Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who speaks about his role in the anti-apartheid struggle in […]
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