7th Mashariki Literary and Cultural Studies Conference, 21-23 August 2025, University of Dar es Salaam.

Fantastic! Congratulations Monsieur Meursault. Great read about your adventures in Germany and best wishes for all that’s ahead ☀️

Where does one find hope in dark times? For Youth Day we did this podcast about a project of extra maths lessons for children from working-class families. It's clear that commitment + intelligent teaching add up. Please give this a listen. #maths #June16 iono.fm/e/1564975

Call for papers: Special issue of Anthropology Southern Africa (Anthropology Southern Africa Association (ASnA) ) on the: Legacy of James #Ferguson Abstracts due by 31 Oct. I am serving as co-guest editor and happy to answer questions. Encouraging early career scholars from Southern Africa!

📚🧑‍🏫🧑🏿‍🏫It is Conference Season in the Northern Hemisphere! Are you looking for a home for your paper? Consider African Studies African Studies! Scope below and our webpage at: tandfonline.com/journals/cast2…

The Journal of the African Literature Association is now fully indexed in Scopus! Great news for SANLIC researchers, you can publish in JALA at no cost under the Read & Publish deal with Taylor & Francis. Explore and submit: spr.ly/60164rnJp

Some of you may remember Monday's Child from nursery school. There were no such things at Amahlongwa when I was a kid. In the days of the liberation struggle, my comrades and friends taught me a Saturday song calling for Nelson Mandela's freedom. I too sing...

Finished Zeinab Badawi's book: An African History of Africa. Worth the read. "We have made it in the past and the young people on the continent need to know that we have what it takes to meet future challenges and create an Africa better than it is today" theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

New article alert!! In this article, Franziska Rueedi examines the Hostel Peace Initiative in the greater Johannesburg areas during the final years of Apartheid and uses it to shed new light on the democratic transition in South Africa tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Africa risks being shut out of AI. US/China control 90%+ of compute; most of Africa has none. This is about more than tech—it’s digital sovereignty. At Lelapa AI We’re building AI that includes African voices. 🔗 nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Joy to be at The African Literature Association’s vibrant 50th anniversary conference in Nairobi. Editors of JALA (JALA) discuss do’s and dont’s of journal publishing. JALA going from strength to strength! Submit your article and sign up for content alerts: tandfonline.com/journals/rala2…

Trends in African literary and cultural studies — great The African Literature Association & JALA panel in Nairobi with editorial board members, outgoing JACS_Africa editor Carli Coetzee in the chair, and engaged audience,

The African Journal of AIDS Research (AJAR) will publish a special issue addressing the impact of HIV/AIDS funding cuts on research and interventions. Read more about the theme and submission details here: bit.ly/3Gc8Bhr T&F Africa #AIDSresearch #AIDSFunding

Manuscript submitted - Hope: Alternative Futures and Broken Worlds - for Routledge Shortcuts series Routledge Books #Hope

"Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay attention to the world." Susan Sontag

Super chuffed to be selected for the #IsoLomsoFellowship ‘26 cohort STIAS ! I look forward to meeting the other fellows and hearing more about their research 🔬🤩😎

Nearly half the British public seems to think that illegal migrants outnumber those here legally. In fact legal migration outnumbers illegal migration by at least 10 to 1.

If in Lusaka please come through. This is happening today and admission is free.

Researchers in southern Africa! Join T&F and SANLiC's free Editor Panel covering journal selection, rejection reasons, and peer review. Science, social science & humanities editors answering YOUR questions! Register: spr.ly/6015foYs5

A moment to reflect on the life and times of Africa's first person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Inkosi Albert Luthuli. Leading scholars and activist-archivists are gathering this week in honour of this revered figure in the fight for freedom in our land. Madlanduna! Salutes!