Humanitarianism’s Narrative Problem and its Missionary History
The CIHA blog is very pleased to post Megan Cole Paustian’s discussion of her new book Humanitarian Fictions: Africa, Altruism, and the […]
Problematic Representations
An exploration of how Africans are represented in international media and by international and transnational organizations.
Normalized Abnormality: Post-Colonialism in the World Today with distinguished professor of English and Comparative Literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
The Critical Investigation of Humanitarianism in Africa blog (CIHA) and the Africana Institute for Creation, Recognition, and Elevation (AICRE) had the pleasure of hosting, Normalized […]
Indecent and Ineffective: A Critical Analysis of the Humanitarian Response to Recurring Famine in Somalia
In our post today, Tristan Corcoran a former CIHA course student, delves into the current famine conditions in Somalia. As Tristan points out, CIHA has previously covered famine in […]
The Western Gaze and Its Effects on Aid
Today’s post addresses a composite of issues connected to racism and paternalism in representations of Africans in the West and its impact on humanitarianism in Africa. The post represents revised […]
#impropaGandhi: Ghana’s Unwelcome Guest
CIHA has been following the #GandhiMustFall movement from Ghana since its inception. We have previously posted about the initial petition to bring down the statue, news that the […]
Qualitative Data is Data too! : Exploring assumptions about what counts as credible and “scientific” data
By: Bangirana Albert Billy, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Today I’d like to contribute to a conversation opened up earlier this week in published CIHA Blog post by Halimatou Hima on the […]
No More “Harmful Traditional Practices”! Gender Activism and Faith Leaders in International Development
Guest post by: Brenda Bartelink Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalisation, University of Groningen and Elisabet Le Roux, Unit for Religion and Development Research, University of Stellenbosch
Researchers from the University […]
More problematic reporting on Africa by the New York Times
In this post, Titilope F. Ajayi from the University of Ghana builds on a recent CIHA Blog series (with posts by Uduak Amimo, Washington Post and Professor Cecelia […]
Track Changes: Jeffrey Gettleman’s “Loss of Fertile Land Fuels ‘Looming Crisis’ in Africa” #NYTWeShouldTalk
By: Cecelia Lynch, University of California, Irvine
Now that Jeffrey Gettleman has published a memoir about his tenure as the New York Times’s East Africa correspondent that is widely viewed […]