In a letter published in AsheNews, our friend and colleague, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, UCI Distinguished Professor of comparative literature and English, addresses Kenyan President William Ruto, excoriating him for his recent agreement to deploy Kenyan troops in Haiti as part of a Multinational Security Support Mission. This decision has ignited significant controversy and debate in Kenya and in the humanitarian world. Given that Haiti's history has been shaped by international interventions and manufactured debt, as explored by CIHA co-editor Cilas Kemedjio in 2016, and given NATO's proble ..read more

OPEN CALL: Global Africa & the CIHA Project - JUNIOR RESEARCHER'S INSTITUTE 27 OCT-2 NOV 2024, GHANA ..read more

The CIHA Blog supports this statement by the South African Humanities Dean's Association (SAHUDA), and continues to stand with Palestinians against the genocidal acts of the Israeli government in Gaza ..read more

In today's post, we feature the webinar 'Cobalt Blues: A Conversation on the Politics of Resource Extraction and Education in the DRC,' authored by the event's co-sponsor, Canadian Jesuits International (CJI). The webinar features CIHA co-editor Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula. We invite our readers to explore CJI's insightful commentary and to watch the thought-provoking webinar in its entirety ..read more

The CIHA blog is very pleased to post Megan Cole Paustian's discussion of her new book Humanitarian Fictions: Africa, Altruism, and the Narrative Imagination. This book takes up themes that are central to the CIHA blog’s work and we look forward to your comments. We also acknowledge and thank Femi J Johnson for the beautiful and evocative painting on the cover ..read more

By Akosua Adomako Ampofo, CIHA Co-Editor: After going through several readings, a bill known as the THE HUMAN SEXUAL RIGHTS AND FAMILY VALUES BILL was passed by the parliament of Ghana on February 28, 2024. It must now go on to the president and he must approve it before it can become law ..read more

The CIHA Blog is delighted to repost this piece by Sheriff Bojang Jnr in The African Report on “10 African Scholars to Watch in 2024 ..read more

In this piece, Tina Adomako shows the importance of interrogating colonial place names as part of the humanitarian goal of equalizing relationships between Africa and the Global North. In Germany, cities around the country (Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Berlin among others), have active groups engaged in these and other decolonial efforts. As always, we look forward to your comments ..read more

The CIHA team wishes our readers a safe, healthy, peaceful, and joyful New Year. The end of 2023 witnessed horrendous conflicts, including but not limited to Sudan, DRC, and Gaza. We must persevere, carrying the spirit and energy necessary to pursue lasting justice and peace. May we always remember the Wolof proverb: “Garab lo ca goob mu saxàti” – the split tree still grows.  ..read more

AIA-NRW Workshop Convenors: Nadine Machikou and Cecelia Lynch Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, December 12-13, 2023 ..read more