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A Deeper Look into the Web Series, “An African City”
Now with two season complete, we at The CIHA Blog are weighing in on the Ghanaian television and web series, An African City. Dubbed as Africa’s “Sex in the City”, the show portrays […]
Petition: Gandhi’s Statue at the University of Ghana Must Come Down
Dear CIHA Blog Readers,
We draw your attention to a petition at the University of Ghana that has gone viral, to bring down a recently-erected statue of Gandhi (the only statue […]
The Situation in Gabon: Interference That Knows No End / Situation au Gabon: Ingérence Sans Fin
by Cilas Kemedjio
The post-electoral situation in Gabon demonstrates how the troubled role of the self-proclaimed guarantors of the new international order can set fire to powder. Such interference […]
Steve Biko, Black Consciousness and Individual Empowerment / Steve Biko, Conscience Noire et Responsabilité Individuelle
by Dr. Christopher Merrett
The CIHA Blog presents the last of a series of reflections that have looked at four eminent South African thinkers: Richard Turner, John Colenso, Albert Luthuli and […]
Race and Violence: The Past and the Present
by Abena Kyere and Edwin Adjei
We review here two films – If Only I Were That Warrior and Ferguson – shown at the University of Ghana that address themes that […]
Phantom Aid versus Internal Resource Mobilization in Tanzania
by Israel Laizer[i]
Controversies about effectiveness of aid go back to some decades (Radelet, 2006). Scholars such as Jeffrey Sachs, Joseph Stiglitz, and Nicholas Stern hold that […]
New logo and website design! / Un nouveau design et logo pour le site !
The CIHA Blog has a new design and new logo! As you can see, we’ve updated the homepage layout and colors, added lots more photos, and recategorized many […]