Blogs

The Tshepo Institute is engaged in research on issues that affect Africa and the African diaspora. Our members explore topics related to the areas below:

Globalization

Includes international development, politics, refugee crisis, climate change, and students abroad.

President Trump, UN Ambassador Haley and Africa (Jeff Grischow)
Trump and Africa II (Jeff Grischow)
Trump and Africa: Views from the African Studies Association of the USA (Jeff Grischow)
Reflections on the Current Drought in East Africa (Jeff Grischow)
The Neoliberal Promise: Rhetoric and Reality (Brayden Anstee)
Africa in the Age of Globalisation: New Book Edited By Tshepo Fellows
Meningitis Outbreak in Niger (Jeff Grischow)
African Union chooses Dictator Mugabe as New Chair (Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann)

Social Justice

Includes social inclusion, poverty, and slavery.

Abdul Raufa Mustapha and Progressive Scholarship (Jeff Grischow)
Slavery in West Africa: Review of Abina and the Important Men (Parker Beemer)
A Laurier student’s experience at the Refugee Law Project in Kampala, Uganda (Ahmed Ali)
Sexual Abuse in the United Nations (Thomas Rose)

Human Rights

Includes democracy, disability rights, and refugees.

Stigma, discrimination and social exclusion of the mentally ill in Ghana (Magnus Mfoafo M'Carthy and Jeff Grischow)
Human rights and disability in Africa: A case study from Ghana, 2008-2014
South Sudan's refugee crisis and ideas for a way forward (Jeff Grischow)
The Syrian refugee crisis: global community or global incongruity (Brayden Anstee)
A Tshepo Mandela lecture, "Truth, Justice and Reconciliation: Re-imagining human rights in post-conflict peacebuilding"

Domestic Issues

Includes urban planning.

Traffic, hoodies and the Kabaka: Limits to inclusive urban planning in Kampala (Andrea M. Brown)

Afro-Puerto Rican Culture

Includes field courses, and research.

Africa and Puerto Rico: Reflections on Loiza and Hacienda La Esperanza (Heather Smith)
African culture in Puerto Rico (Jeff Grischow)
Afro-Puerto Rican culture through Samuel Lind (JJ Doran)
Dancing to the beat of West African history: Cultural preservation in Loiza, Puerto Rico (Grace Jansen)
Slavery in Puerto Rico: A visit to Hacienda La Esperanza (Madeline McInnis)

Psychological and Social Determinants of Health and Well-being