About Us
We are a network of practitioners, researchers, artists and activists across Africa interested in health-related issues.
We aim to bring people who are interested in or already working in this space together. We provide a space for people to showcase their projects and to provide information on work/exhibitions/projects/education/research related to medical and health humanities on the continent.
OUR MISSION
To develop and strengthen Medical and Health Humanities networks across the continent by providing information on projects, and opportunities for research and collaborative work between and within African countries.
To build an online resource for people interested and working in Africa in areas where issues related to medicine and health meet the social sciences, humanities and the arts.
You can read more about the network in the BMJ Medical Humanities special issue Medical Humanities in Africa (December 2018).
We see medical and health humanities as both a gathering impulse and a field of study that explores “the human condition through the arts (visual, performed, applied), humanities (philosophies, literatures, and histories), social sciences (anthropology, politics, law, sociology) and their engagement with a broad spectrum of the health and biological sciences and practices, including illness, medicine, treatment, recovery and death” (Kalinga 2019).
We are also interested in the concept of ‘rigorous improvisation‘ or ‘disciplined curiosity‘ as a way of approaching this intersection between disciplines. This site has tabs for events we think might be of interest, as well as a resource for literature, case studies, and project links. Please feel free to browse the site and comment on the content.
To find out more about MHHA, please contact us.
