I had such a blast last month workshopping my #anticorruption #kids #books at the National Library of #Barbados in #Bridgetown ! Very grateful to Jennifer Yarde, Melisa Belle, Henderson Carter & co. for facilitating. Photos courtesy my dear sistah-friend Doris Okenwa.

Mid-April 2024 marked the grim, one-year anniversary of #Sudan ’s almost forgotten #war , commemorated in this special issue of The Continent: bit.ly/49TLZe7

This deeply moving The New Yorker essay by author Edwidge Danticat about how #art can respond to #Haiti ’s perennial problems is a must read. bit.ly/4aNX3eh

Here’s a helpful explainer of what mainstream #media is missing in its #reportage about #US student #protests calling for an end to the #genocide in #Gaza and #demanding #divestment from #Israel : bit.ly/3UslZRh

I found this #Conversation #podcast on ‘intellectual humility’ extremely thought-provoking. Highly recommended! bit.ly/3P5E2Lz

I’m looking forward to participating in this launch & panel discussion of the anthology Insurgent Feminisms: Writing War, in which I have a creative non-fiction essay entitled ‘This Is Our Country’. Register in advance to attend: bit.ly/3TZGbtF

Brilliant analysis by Ida Bae Wells about how the once #radical notion of #colourblindness has been weaponised by #conservative #extremists to undo decades of #activism for #racial #justice : bit.ly/4ceDlcu

Calling #rightwing , #extremist and/or #racist #politicians ‘populists’ definitely endows them with a #legitimacy they do not deserve! bit.ly/3V3dpKP

I'm really looking forward to workshopping my #anticorruption #kids ’ #books Gbagba and Jaadeh! during the National Library of #Barbados ’ story hour next weekend in #Bridgetown . Very grateful to director Jennifer Yarde for facilitating: bit.ly/3TsBNTO

Come one, come all!

A pleasure discussing #Liberian #president #JosephBoakai ’s fight against #corruption early this AM with Victoria Uwonkunda on BBC World Service’s Newsday, the world’s largest breakfast programme: bit.ly/3TTwIVV

I reject the #racist , #sexist #vitriol hurled at #women #MPs of #colour in the #UK , particularly Diane Abbott MP who has been at the receiving end of #misogynoir for decades. I stand in solidarity with Abbott, whom I met after an all-women BBC Newsnight line-up back in July 2015.

If you follow #politics in #Africa closely, check out this interactive map, curated by African Arguments, tracking the continent’s #2024 #elections : bit.ly/3kFuIl8

The 15-member sub-regional bloc #ECOWAS has had a chequered history of intervention, so its decision to lift #sanctions on #BurkinaFaso , #Mali & #Niger may have undermined its ability to hold member-states accountable for #democratic #backsliding : bit.ly/3UWxdzp

Why have the struggles of #Sudanese people been relegated to the bottom of discourses around #global #humanitarian #crises ? Could this indifference be attributed to “a disturbing pattern of #antiblackness ”? Read Africa Is a Country for this call to action: bit.ly/3TPuK9j

I came into my own as a Critical Development Studies #scholar at SOAS Development Studies nearly a decade ago, so I am especially proud to be returning to my #PhD #almamater next Thursday to present a #monograph (bit.ly/3MHh0Z2) based on my #doctoral #research . All are welcome!

I’m looking forward to participating in this student-run Ethical Development Initiative (EDI) panel next Thursday, 29 February, where we will reflect on the #ethical conundrums of #development #research , #policy and #practice .

If you’re a #black #woman whose #writing sits at the intersection of #theory & #creativity , apply by 31 March for the Cassava Republic Global Black Women's Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize. The winner will receive a publishing contract and a #monetary advance: bit.ly/3uGpE5c

Anti- #apartheid resistance in #SouthAfrica has always been tied to the fight for #Palestinian #liberation . Though lax, the CIJ_ICJ’s interim ruling urging #Israel to ‘prevent genocide’ in #Gaza , based on a case triggered by SA, has revived this struggle. bit.ly/3HK92wk

Here’s a compelling case for why appeals for #reparations must include recognising the #intellectual #property stolen from #enslaved #Africans and people of African descent: bit.ly/3sHPEMe

Five #writers reflect on what it means to be #Palestinian today in this compelling feature published by The Nation: bit.ly/3Oeh8Rw