Two Luminaries of Literature Provide Window into African Life
EDITORS’ NOTE: This week The CIHA Blog looks at the insights provided by the memoirs of two literary greats, Chinua Achebe and Ngugi wa Thiong’o, highlighting how the colonial era […]
Book and Film Reviews
Film Review: Why “The Dark Side of Chocolate” is a Useful but Insufficient Resource on the Ethics of Cocoa
Elizabeth A. Bennett
The Dark Side of Chocolate wants to know if your chocolate has a bitter taste. It encourages you to recall “rumors” about child labor and trafficking on […]
Hoffman’s Barracks and Beyond: Quick, Dead, Zombies
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dear Readers, the below is the third and final post of a three-part series on the moral economy of resource extraction, with its attendant violent commodification of people’s […]
Learning from Kony 2012 (Part 2 of 4)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Please check out our four contributions to In the News, following on the controversy surrounding Kony 2012. They include practical suggestions for Westerners involved in aid work […]