Africa's best-loved newspaper (The Continent) is hiring. 🟧

African Extractivism project, of which SAIPAR is a partner, is looking for a post-doc candidate. Details can be found here:

Duke Press Sale! Duke Press Sale! And here's a hot tip--there's a list of titles that are EXTRA DEEPLY DISCOUNTED that you can sort by subject area: dukeupress.edu/fall-2024-onli…

Forthcoming! Release date: 1 March 2025

Over the course of five years, I've catalogued the personal papers of Stephen Ellis - renowned historian of Africa and former director of the AfricanStudiesCentre. The 295 page inventory is now available online: asclibrary.nl/docs/994044800….

Fellowships — JIAS jias.joburg/fellowships

"Belgium has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the kidnapping of mixed-race children in the Congo, the first time the country has been held accountable for its actions as a colonial power" ft.com/content/72605b…

Come work with me! Successful candidates will be expected to begin full-time study in February 2025.

Archive Africa has partnered with Mubi to stream Dahomey for free for 30 days only.

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of documents obtained from the Yale Police Department show how the campus police closely surveilled pro-Palestine protestors, in collaboration with the FBI and counterterrorism forces. Theia Chatelle reports: jewishcurrents.org/inside-yale-po…

The BDS movement has updated our priority targets, pressure targets and organic campaign targets.

There’s a LOT to unpack here

Time for my annual shoutout to SARS and complaint about the US tax system: last year I had to pay a fee to file my taxes via a third-party provider, printed my forms and proof of filing, and posted it to the IRS 🙃

"This shocking story has been thus misrepresented for over 60 years... the government under-counted the victims by at least one third." theconversation.com/sharpeville-ne…

"Ernie Els is set to join President Cyril Ramaphosa for a meeting with Donald Trump in the White House on Wednesday in a bid to mend fractured ties with the golf-loving US president" ft.com/content/dec51c…

Celebrate Africa Day and enjoy 50% off selected titles from African authors, about Africa. Africa Day commemorates the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), on the 25th May 1963. Thirty-two African nations met to fight colonialism and apartheid, and forge peace,

Applications for the Lisa Maskell PhD programme in History are now open for applicants from African countries. It is a prestigious 3-year, fully funded scholarship at Stellenbosch University, one of the continent's top universities. Deadline: 31 July arts.sun.ac.za/2025/05/28/lis…

The International Studies Group UFS in South Africa is advertising funded PhD positions in history. This is a research-intensive department focusing on Southern Africa history. It's also a place where I spent three happy years working.