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

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

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

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.

Read your way through #Lagos’ literary landscape in this The New York Times instructional essay by #Nigerian #writer Stephen Buoro: bit.ly/3uvi5hM

In this year of ‘super’ #elections, the loss of #parliamentary #majorities for #ruling #parties in #SouthAfrica (bit.ly/3KD91fl) and #India (bit.ly/4cgeVyK) signals #voter discontent. #Politicians should never take the #electorate for granted.

The #LSE’s #PalestineSociety has authored & published a comprehensive and damning #report on the School’s #complicity in enabling #genocide against #Palestinians, the #arms #trade and #climate #crisis: bit.ly/3V4wJHh

Looking forward to #teaching this short #course, based on my award-winning #monograph (bit.ly/3MHh0Z2), at University of Liberia in #Monrovia next month! Very grateful to Tanya Ansahta Garnett and Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa for the collaboration.

I’m honoured to have this Q&A featured in the LSE’s Hub for African Thought ‘Thinkers’ Series’ alongside #intellectual giants such as #FrantzFanon, #ThandikaMkandawire, #WangariMaathai and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Ga: bit.ly/44W4xJK

It is now #scientifically #proven that #hair #relaxers, widely used by #black #women, contain #substances and #chemicals linked to #reproductive #disorders and #cancers. Read this damning The New York Times exposé to find out more: bit.ly/3xjnAl4

The #Gambia’s decision to uphold a 2015 #ban on female genital mutilation (#FGM) is certainly a victory for #women and #girls, however, enforcement will stall without the adoption of #alternative #livelihood #strategies for women who cut. bit.ly/4bUNHgA

Thanks to Cachelle International Creative Arts Summer Camp for producing this awesome video of our time together! bit.ly/3Y7nQhQ

I had such a blast last week #workshopping my #anticorruption #kids’ #books at the Royal Learning Academy AND Cachelle International Creative Arts Centre in suburban #Monrovia, #Liberia. So very grateful to Nomor Clarke and Shoana Cachelle for facilitating.

I’m honoured to serve as #National #Orator for #Liberia’s 177th #Independence #Day Celebration this 26 July. Entitled ‘A Radical Agenda for Re-imagining Liberia’, my Oration is intended to inspire and incite change. Stay tuned. bit.ly/3Scx9JT

I URGE all #Liberians to focus on the core message of my 26 Oration delivered last Friday: DIGNITY MUST DEFINE US! Focus on its depth & breadth. Read it, debate it, critique it, engage with it meaningfully. Official version on #Executive #Mansion website: bit.ly/3Yn36Tr

A pleasure doing this EXCLUSIVE Post-Independence Day interview with #Liberian #journalist Varflay Kamara of the Liberia Broadcasting System/Liberia National Television. The interview was pre-recorded ‘the morning after’ on 27 July & broadcast on 29 July. bit.ly/4d3A3J7

How does #colonial #settler #genocide link #Africa to #Palestine?: Read this Africa Is a Country commentary to find out: bit.ly/4bKUyJm

Anti #racism #counterprotests across the #UK earlier this month made me wonder why we call the ‘far-right’ far-right when they are simply just #racists. bit.ly/4cxY5ew

I was pleased to elaborate on elements of my 26 July National Oration during an interview this past Sunday with Priscilla J. Mah-Belloh, host of A New Day/Focus on Liberia. bit.ly/4fIboM0

Being inducted into the Order of the Star of Africa for ‘distinguished service to the Republic of Liberia’ was icing on the cake after serving as 177th Independence Day National Orator on 26 July. Grateful that my dad could be there to witness it. bit.ly/3T4bN1J