His memory lives on.Sorry to his family and friends

Great start to this week's #drylands summer school in Isiolo - exploring #Resilience from below with Center for Research and Development in Drylands Feinstein International Center and ACIAR and a great set of students and experts from across the horn of africa More info: jameelobservatory.org/2025-summersch…

Congratulations Center for Research and Development in Drylands, the Jameel Observatory, Feinstein International Center and all partners, and especially those involved in the school, including Guyo Malicha Roba, PhD peterballantyne Hussein T. Wario, PhD. Rahma hassan Jackson Wachira and many more

Rahma hassan today at the #drylandssummerschool2025: Explaining why we need to see pastoralists as high reliability professionals. More: crdd-kenya.org/blog/post/past…

Dr. Rahma hassan ’s Lecture “Pastoralism as Critical Infrastructure” (Roe, 2020) at the #DrylandsSummerSchool2025 Pastoralist systems manage risks & seize opportunities. Local networks & knowledge remain key to resilience. Critical infrastructure= multiple efforts & resources

"Pastoralists know every landscape has a history". Photojournalist Ashoka Mukpo from Mongabay interviewed Prof Gufu Oba at our #drylandssummerschool2025 last week. #resiliencefrombelow news.mongabay.com/2025/03/pastor…

In the drylands of northern Kenya, a ‘summer school’ for young researchers A nice write-up of our co-organised and co-sponsored drylands summer school with ACIAR in Eastern and Southern Africa Center for Research and Development in Drylands Feinstein International Center news.mongabay.com/2025/03/in-the… #drylandssummerschool2025 #pastoralism #drylands

✍️🏿 We're looking for 25 PhD and early-career researchers to join our eight-day Africa Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism. Here's what you need to apply. Applications close 18 April 2025. plaas.org.za/call-for-appli…

On 17 April, with Rift Valley Institute, we launch the first in our Pastoralism and Drylands Development Seminar Series. Led by Samuel Derbyshire Rahma hassan & Tahira S. Mohamed and hosted in Nairobi by British Institute in Eastern Africa, join in-person or online: jameelobservatory.org/padd

Is going to school still worth it? Dilemmas for young people in post-land reform Zimbabwe zimbabweland.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/is-…

Convening a new seminar series in Nairobi with Rahma hassan and Tahira S. Mohamed Pastoralism and Drylands Development (PaDD) All are welcome! Click this link for more information and to register: lnkd.in/dfGXe69a Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action @Crdd DLCI Kenya ILRI.org

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🚨 Only 5 days left! Applications for the Africa Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar Activism (Cape Town, South Africa) are closing soon. Submit your application now—don’t miss this opportunity!

On 12 June, join us in Nairobi or online for the 3rd Pastoralism and Drylands Development Seminar. Super pleased to welcome Rahma hassan on ‘rethinking vulnerability and humanitarian assistance in the pastoral drylands’ jameelobservatory.org/padd Samuel Derbyshire Tahira S. Mohamed

"On Monday, Njoroge went to school. He did not quite know where it was. He had never gone there..." Many millions remember when they first read "Weep Not, Child" and discovered African resistance. I still have my receipt for this edition, 1800 USh in 1994. RIP Ngugi wa Thiong'o

There are people you do not touch! Their spirits are too vicious and Stubborn. Albert Ojwang's is one such. When the three motorbikes carrying six DCI or whatever officers landed at Alberts home, it was clear to them that whatever they were planning to do to Albert would never

#Anticipatoryaction in the #drylands: Exploring key challenges and opportunities for early warning in pastoralist areas of the Greater Horn of Africa hdl.handle.net/10568/175138 SPARC_Ideas ILRI.org Samuel Derbyshire Center for Research and Development in Drylands Rahma hassan Tahira S. Mohamed Rupsha R Banerjee

Out now! Ariell Ahearn & co-authors bring geographies of care into dialogue with critical agrarian studies to examine pastoral mobility in Mongolia as a form of care during COVID-19 doi.org/10.1080/030661…

Well done #HarambeeStars . You played some of the best football we have seen in recent times from the national team. Nyinyi bado ni wetu and we are proud of you.

Some of the most touching things I've watched in the past five days; 1. A massive Bobi Wine campaign rally in Uganda turned into a celebration of Raila's life, with the sea of humanity passionately singing "Baba for us all". 2. A group of graduating nurses in the USA