Below is our History & Archaeology seminar series for September - December, 2024 Semester. Please, mark your calendars and join us beginning September 5th, 2024. Onsite: University of Nairobi Towers, 4th Floor Room MLT04 Online: us02web.zoom.us/j/81167524129?…

'When we measure the economy's health simply as higher incomes we dismiss people's emotions as pure vibes...What is a dignified economy if it's not an economy where people feel dignified?' Enjoying listening to Tressie McMillan Cottom #sase2024

A useful piece on the background of the protests in Kenya: the-star.co.ke/news/2024-06-2…

What explains why Quebec's welfare state is more generous than other Canadian provinces? From $5-a-day daycare and more, read all about it in this fascinating summary!

Eagerly anticipated analysis from Ken Opalo who also publishes the excellent, always thought-provoking Substack "An Africanist Perspective"

As I’m about to review yet another article, a great reminder that a “care review process” is possible. Allegra Lab allegralaboratory.net/peer-review-gu…

I’m writing today about this Vlisco textile print Togolese women merchants popularized by naming “Suklikpè” or sugar cubes. Togolese legend has it that when this print came into fashion it became so popular that it caused the price of sugar to go up! #economiesoftaste

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🔥 new paper alert! It shows how privatized childcare fuels income inequality in the US

Very excited that my book proofs have arrived! “Making a life: Young men on Johannesburg’s urban margins” will be out in May with Wits University Press witspress.co.za/page/detail/Ma… It’s starting to feel real!

#TwoDays2Go! Time is running out. Submit your abstract for the Kenya Population and Development Conference 2025. NCPD eagerly awaits YOUR insights on sustainable solutions. Deadline #11thJan2025. Have your say on issues like youth unemployment, urbanization, climate

it's here! Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa my book has arrived. a brief 🧵

🚨 Post-doc opportunity Geneva Graduate Institute with the FamilEA project For a candidate in poli sci or related disciplines, interested in family-related public policy in Kenya and Uganda More information about the exciting opening here, deadline 20 March: tinyurl.com/297jxwnc