“The Bronze Serpent: Health, Faith and Human Dignity”
By: Gerald Acho and Huguette Kazeneza of HIPSIR
The CIHA Blog is dedicated to bringing to the fore public debates and scholarship from different parts of Africa that are important for […]
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Religion, Security and Africa: Rhetorical use of Islam to justify U.S. military involvement in North and West Africa
By Emeizmi Mandagi (University of California, Irvine and CIHA Blog intern)
This post looks at the relationship between increased military interventions and humanitarian assistance in parts of Africa to understand how […]
DECES DE L’ETUDIANT FALLOU SENE : UN MORT DE PLUS, UN MORT DE TROP ! / The Death of Fallou Sene, Student at Gaston Berger University : One More Death, One Death Too Many !
By : Ndéye Ami Diop, Université Gaston Berger
Ce 15 mai 2018 Fallou Séne, un étudiant en deuxième année à l’UFR (Unité de formation et de recherche) des lettres […]
“The Gospel of Self-Help: Born‐again musicians and the moral problem of dependency in Uganda”
A journal article in the latest issue of the American Ethnologist entitled “The gospel of self-help” looks at how churches in Uganda have been promoting a message of economic self-sufficiency. The author, Lydia […]
Congratulations to Rev Prof Kumalo, outgoing president of SMMS (SA)
We at CIHA Blog would like to congratulate blog co-editor Rev Prof Simangaliso Kumalo for his successful tenure as president of the Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary (SMMS) in Pietermaritzburg, South […]
PhD Mama Collective Calls for an End to Family Separation and Family Detention
We at the CIHA Blog are well aware that this is not the first time that families have been separated by authorities in the U.S. The Trump administration’s policy recalls […]
Partner Update: Ujamaa Centre June 2018 Newsletter
This latest newsletter from CIHA Blog partner, the Ujamaa Centre discusses chronic unemployment in post-apartheid South Africa as well as highlighting research work that has been conducted looking at the “feminization of […]
Upcoming Events: June 2018
There are several exciting upcoming events that we’d like to bring to your attention. For the full listings, please check out the calendar section here. If you have relevant events that […]
No More “Harmful Traditional Practices”! Gender Activism and Faith Leaders in International Development
Guest post by: Brenda Bartelink Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalisation, University of Groningen and Elisabet Le Roux, Unit for Religion and Development Research, University of Stellenbosch
Researchers from the University […]