Sembene at IAS (Ghana)
Who: You and a few hundred of your good friends at the Institute of African Studies!
What: Screening of SEMBENE! The Documentary!
When: 8th June […]
Ghana
Peppering Patriarchy: Re-imagining/Re-making Femaleness in Ghana through Social Media
As part of an ongoing series looking at the #MeToo movement and humanitarianism in Africa, today Titilope F. Ajayi builds on Nora Darko’s piece (posted here for those who […]
Black Panther: A Celebration of the Diversity of Living African Cultures
This week, the CIHA Blog is taking advantage of our multi-sited positionality to provide a unique set of reviews on the blockbuster film, “Black Panther.” Yesterday, Gerald Acho (HIPSIR, […]
Complementary role of traditional institutions to nation building in Ghana
By: Clement Sefa-Nyarko, Participatory Development Associates, Accra
Prior to colonial rule in many sub-Saharan African countries, traditional political systems were the primary political authority that enjoyed enormous legitimacy among the […]
“Huhuhu nyɛ me hu and National Security: Turning Rumour into Nuggets of Intelligence”
The Institute of African Studies is glad to invite the entire University of Ghana community to its seminar titled, “Huhuhu nyɛ me hu and National Security: […]
More problematic reporting on Africa by the New York Times
In this post, Titilope F. Ajayi from the University of Ghana builds on a recent CIHA Blog series (with posts by Uduak Amimo, Washington Post and Professor Cecelia […]
Track Changes: “New Yorker Redesigns Her Life to Help Kids in Ghana”
By: Edwin Adjei
When I first saw the title of this recent article by the American National Public Radio (NPR), I assumed the “New Yorker” who was being featured was […]
Prayer Camps and Biomedical Care in Ghana: A Response to Brian Goldstone
We at CIHA Blog have followed representations of mental health in West Africa (for example, see this Track Changes piece published last year). Recently, Brian Goldstone, a 2017 […]
Swearing-in Africans of the Diaspora as Ghanaian Citizens
By Edwin Adjei
Pan-Africanism, the global intellectual and activist movement that seeks to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between people of African descent, has existed for many decades. The mention […]