Recentering Research in Africa
By: Edwin Adjei
In 2016, I undertook a trip to Larteh in the eastern region of Ghana to collect folktales for a research project I was undertaking for a publication. The […]
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2017 U.N. CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION AWARDS FOR BEST MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND U.N. AGENCIES
The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) invites media worldwide to submit entries for its 21st […]
Remembering Biafra’s Complex Motivations
By Cilas Kemedjio
In its coverage of the end of the Biafra war (1967-1970), Time Magazine inserted, “Africa’s Divided House,” a short commentary that focused on ethnic tensions threatening to turn Africa […]
BOOK REVIEW: “We, the People: Insights of an Activist Judge”
By: Albert Billy Bangirana, University of KwaZulu-Natal
As part of our conversations, we at the CIHABlog continue to present critical perspectives into governance issues on the African continent and […]
In the News: “In a Guardian Story About an Environmental Conflict in Kenya, the White Saviour Rides Again”
By Angela Okune
Two weeks ago, Kenyans on Twitter were ablaze over a recent piece in The Guardian entitled: “Who shot Kuki Gallman? The story of a Kenyan conservationist heroine.”
Kenyan […]
Remembering Pauline Manaka: From Pretoria to Irvine
The sudden passing of Pauline Manaka, University of California, Irvine’s research librarian for Anthropology, Sociology, and Gender & Sexuality Studies has saddened those of us at CIHA Blog who knew […]
Prayer Camps and Biomedical Care in Ghana: A Response to Brian Goldstone
We at CIHA Blog have followed representations of mental health in West Africa (for example, see this Track Changes piece published last year). Recently, Brian Goldstone, a 2017 […]
Opportunities: Emerging African Scholars Workshop | Money, Security and Democratic Governance in Africa Conference | African Book Collective
International Policy Dialogue Conference on MONEY, SECURITY AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA
Application deadline: July 30, 2017
Conference date: October 19-20, 2017
Venue: Bamako, Mali
The Council for Social Science Research […]
Swearing-in Africans of the Diaspora as Ghanaian Citizens
By Edwin Adjei
Pan-Africanism, the global intellectual and activist movement that seeks to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between people of African descent, has existed for many decades. The mention […]