Africa Now! Trump and Africa: an open discussion
Following are questions for the open discussion that the CIHA Blog is facilitating at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., on December 3, 2016. We invite you […]
Home
Opportunities: IJR and KAS briefing on 20 Years of the SA Constitution, CODESRIA Film Event, Job Opening, and Call for Applications
IJR and KAS cordially invite you to a morning briefing on:
20 Years of the SA Constitution – People, Institutions and Rights: Sometimes Hope gets quite tired
Findings from […]
Rapport sur le Forum du Magal de Touba du 29 au 30 Octobre 2016 à Dakar / From Dakar: Report on the Magal of Touba Forum, 29-30 October, 2016
Empty words and dangerous rhetoric
In this thought-provoking piece first published on the site From the Thornveld, University of KwaZulu-Natal scholar Christopher Merrett discusses the history and future of South Africa while warning of the […]
Religion as a site of struggle in Africa: lessons from the Bible as a site of struggle in South Africa
Last month, we held the 2nd Annual CIHA Blog Conference in South Africa on religion, governance, and humanitarianism in Africa. Today, we present the first article in a series of papers […]
Condolences from friends in Africa
by Akosua Adomako Ampofo, University of Ghana, and Simangaliso R Kumalo, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary, Co-editors, The CIHA Blog
We follow our initial post on the aftermath […]
Beyond Justice? South Africa and Gambia join Burundi in Threatening to Quit the International Criminal Court (ICC)
by Albert Bangirana
Both debates in African Parliaments and news headlines frequently focus on the state of the ICC, questioning its legitimacy as an international “watch-dog”. They argue that the ICC […]
In the News: Cote d’Ivoire’s constitutional referendum
contributed by Carrie Reiling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alassane_Ouattara
On October 30, Côte dʼIvoire voted to adopt a new constitution that would change the eligibility conditions for the presidency, the most notable of which […]