Book and Film Review
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Local Reclamation of Transnational Activism: Bettering Advocacy in Conflict
December 16, 2015 0
by Carrie Reiling
The CIHA Blog frequently draws on the concept of the “White Savior Industrial Complex,” articulated by Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole, in its critiques of the work […]
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Review of New Scholarship on the African Renaissance and the Arab Spring
December 10, 2015 0
The African Renaissance and the Afro-Arab Spring. Charles Villa-Vicencio, Erik Doxtader and Ebrahim Moosa (Eds). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2015.
Review by R. Simangaliso Kumalo, Co-Editor, […]
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The Fight against Poverty: Humanitarian Idealism and the Elusive Quest for Development
February 24, 2015 0
In this three-part series (we post Part Three today), Cilas Kemedjio takes on the ongoing crusade to spread neoliberal dogma and “western values.” Part One addresses the “virgin fallacy,” […]
Critical and Conventional Perspectives on Global Health
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December 21, 2015 0
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Sustainable Development Goals: So What?
October 2, 2015 0
posted by Bangirana Albert
Amidst the backdrop of a souring refugee crisis in Europe and a stronger calls for reform to UN structures and strategies, the just-concluded 2015 UN Sustainable Development […]
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March 24, 2015 0
by Brenda Bartelink
In the past decade sexuality has become a centre of contestation and cultural encounter between African and “Western” actors in African societies. Initially tied to contestations over the […]
Connections: Present and Past
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November 16, 2015 0
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Perspectives on LGBT Rights in Africa: Cilas Kemedjio on Human Rights
September 30, 2015 0
Today we finish our series of four pieces addressing LGBTI nomenclature, issues, and politics in Africa. The four authors whose short pieces we feature provide much food for thought, on the mythological […]
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Perspectives on LGBT Rights in Africa: Mike Bosia Comments on Lilly Phiri’s Article
September 28, 2015 0
We continue a series of four pieces addressing LGBTI nomenclature, issues, and politics in Africa. The four authors whose short pieces we feature provide much food for thought, on the mythological constructions of […]