CIHA Blog Highlights: Fall 2018
CIHA Blog Highlights – Fall 2018
By: Anna Kamanzi
As the new year approaches, we would like to welcome any new readers of the blog we have gained this year and encourage […]
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Part 2: Migrations of the Holy: Sacramentals or Charms? A South African Catholic Dichotomy
First, we would like to say Happy Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day to all of our readers! Today we are posting the second half of Thabang Nkadimeng’s piece, Migrations […]
Migrations of the Holy: Sacramentals or Charms? A South African Catholic Dichotomy
In this week’s two-part guest post by Thabang Nkadimeng, we reflect on the nature and efficacy of sacramentals in religious circles and charms in popular culture. CIHA often highlights religious […]
When Good Intentions are Just Not Enough
Today we are sharing thoughts about a recent ProPublica article which has gained considerable amount of coverage, including in West Africa, which critically investigates the workings of and accusations against […]
Call for Co-Hosting of ASAA 2019 Biennial Conference
The African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) was formed in 2013 during the climax of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana […]
What President Donald Trump Got Wrong on Race and Land Reform in South Africa
We at CIHA often publish posts discussing land rights and this week we offer Dr. Willy Mafuta’s take on Donald Trump’s uninformed and problematic tweet on race and land issues […]
Upcoming Opportunities: November 2018
There are upcoming calls for papers, applications, and other opportunities we wanted to share with you. For more details and the full listings of many more interesting opportunities, please check out the Opportunities section. If […]
Kenya’s Economic Policy: Borrowing from China Plus Regressive Taxation is Problematic for Social Welfare and Economic Growth
This week we are featuring a post by one of our newest Luce Graduate Fellows, Rebecca Mugo, a Master’s student at the Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations […]
Blind spots in Humanitarian Intervention: The Geneva Conference for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Part 2)
This is the second post of a two-part series on humanitarian intervention and international involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo written by Father Dr. Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula of […]