ROAPE's Chanda Mfula argues that from colonialism to postcolonialism and throughout the post-cold war era, and into the 21st Century, media in Africa has remained at the service of the capitalist class. Chanda Sean Jacobs Africa Is a Country Sussex Africa Centre Yusuf Serunkuma🌹

Looking forward to this new addition to the growing literature by veterans of the ANC's camps in Angola. It seems timely as divisions among veterans have played out in recent South African politics. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-0…

3yr postdoc-->permanent post Nottingham Geography! We're inviting applicants relating to Cult-Hist Geog especially inc "Cultural and historical geographies of anticolonialism, imperialism, internationalism and/or race" as part of open competition...

Friends and followers in the UK: please help hold the government accountable for their promise to continue a 2nd phase of evacuations from #Afghanistan. I've created a template letter to send to your MP - feel free to copy/adapt as needed: docs.google.com/document/d/1s6…

We have good reason to be excited about this hoe! Thanks to some fantastic work by our JRA Harry we know it was made by Kavela (pictured below), a blacksmith living near the last bend in River Poponde before Mupa. Learn more: makingafricanconnections.org/s/archive/item…

Oh, what a DAY! I just found out that the ITV News Meridian feature on #ThreeKingsOfBotswana project by Brighton & Hove Black History & commissioned by University of Sussex aired today too. If anyone spots the link, please do share. 3 Kings came to Brighton in 1895 to stop Cecil Rhodes bit.ly/3kz0YEk

congrats to Brighton & Hove Black History on launch of the 3 African kings film and banners; research tracing their reception in Brighton 1895; loved the pic of Khama ploughing in Sussex; great creative history resource for our schools👏👏. @amyzsolis @DorothySuchitra 🔴Lashabert Gabrielle Rowles

Wonderful company on wet southern bus stop picket this morning + great support from students; thank you for generous vouchers University of Sussex Students' Union Sussex UCU Ceri Davies😊👏

@SarahEBond @cathfeely African Cultural Studies @ UW Madison Journal of Southern African Studies @TheRealMzalaTom @TomHulme87 The Historian Chief Chasu John Aerni-Flessner Kgethi Phakeng, PhD(Wits); Hon DSc (UBristol) African Tim Scarnecchia The African Literature Association flower manase Africa Research Inst Journal of Global History Glen Ncube Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley Olivia Wyatt Dr Sara Rich Dorman

Shocked & sad to hear of the death of Paulo Lara. His contribution to preserving the documented history of Angola, was colossal. The results of years of work by Paulo & his sister Wanda can be seen here. 1/6 tchiweka.org

We’re delighted to confirm Honorary Fellowship to Professor Divya Praful Tolia-Kelly from University of Sussex Sussex Geography🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 in recognition of her outstanding support for geography. #geographicalexcellence🏅

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Opening of V&A African fashion exhibition bringing memories of Brighton Museum’s collecting panel and Fashioning Africa - discussed in great chapter by Edith Ojo Nicola Stylianou and Helen Mears ‘Using a new collection of dress to decolonize museum practice’👇

Did we forget how much sacrifice our nurses have given during pandemic? I saw them shed tears with relatives, hold phones for patients to speak to loved ones and stand firmly when their lives were at risk. Honoured to have served alongside them. They need your support now.

Here's the photo in question - appealing to anyone from the University of Sussex Sussex Alumni Sussex Africa Centre History at Sussex Sussex Global🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Decolonise Sussex School of Media, Arts and Humanities Sussex Library communities who might know who is in the photo, the location and date. #MandelaScholarship #ForeverSussex

We are recruiting a postdoc (3 years fulltime) to work with me University of Glasgow and an international research team (Chitando, Nyamunda and Williams) on Economic and Social Research Council project, The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Transnational Young People of African Migrant Background UofG Sociological and Cultural Studies UofG Soc & Pol Sci

Another way to support Hakim Adi 👇 MRes History of Africa and the African Diaspora - An Open Letter of Solidarity from Academics, Heritage and Information Professionals docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

👀✍️🏻📑 Check out my new blog post: "‘Libraries of Racial Discovery’: transatlantic hidden histories and the politics of memory" about my #librariesXresearch archival work on University of Sussex 's Centre for Multi-Racial Studies (CMRS) led by Fernando Henriques, Sussex's first Black prof.