Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Wins Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize
Our friend and colleague, Distinguished Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o of comparative literature and English, has been awarded the 2019 Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize for Decolonising the […]
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DEADLINE: Last Day to Submit Individual Abstract to ASAA
May 30th is the last day to submit individual abstracts to the African Studies Association of Africa biannual conference in Nairobi this October! The theme of ASAA’s 3rd Biennial Conference 2019 […]
CIHA Blog Highlights: Winter – Spring 2019
As the academic year is beginning to wind down for some of us, we would like to welcome new readers to the CIHA Blog. At CIHA, we seek to foreground […]
#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 […]
Upcoming Opportunities: April and May 2019
Here are some exciting upcoming opportunities with deadlines coming up this month and next for students and scholars.
How We Fell For Pastors and Why We Stand by Them
Today we have yet another through provoking post by artist Amarkine Amarteifio discussing how charismatic pastors marketed a new brand of Christianity, and in doing so, changed the image and […]
To Build or Not to Build the National Cathedral
Artist Amarkine Amarteifio adds his voice to the numerous and varied arguments that have been traded over the last year on the need or otherwise for Ghana to invest in […]
Cyclone Idai Relief
Tropical Cyclone Idai has struck most severely Zimbabwe’s Chimanimani and Chipinge districts, and adjoining regions of Mozambique and Malawi, causing unprecedented destruction of life, homes, clinics, schools, businesses, whole neighborhoods, […]
Upcoming Opportunities: March 2019
Here are some exciting opportunities with deadlines coming up this month! We are sharing opportunities from CODESRIA, IBTCI, the American Political Science Association, and the African Studies Association of Africa!