FYI, the final book in the SHE WHO KNOWS trilogy, "THE DAUGHTER WHO REMAINS" is now on Netgalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

The Little Black Book Series Belongs in Every Academic Library! These volumes expand the canon, sharpen methodological rigor, and equip faculty and students with indispensable tools for contemporary scholarship. Order Volume 1 and Volume 2 now on UWPBooks.com

It’s out! I’m deeply proud and grateful for this book — especially for the chance to collaborate with such brilliant & bold minds. Here’s to hoping its ideas spark fresh conversations and inspire meaningful change in our field. #economics #eurocentrism #decolonisation

Ok I wouldn't go so far as to call myself a leading economist but you'll find me on this list.

I wonder if a movement to go analog is going to be the next trend. Analog as a form of rebellion. I like the idea.

Aiskrimu A short story about the agony and the ecstasy of eating ice cream — from Esther Karin Mngodo, translated from the Swahili by Jay Boss Rubin

"Aiskrimu"—a short story by Esther Karin Mngodo, translated from the Swahili by me, published today in @kalaharireview.bsky.social

New review: Euphrase Kezilahabi's 1971 novel 𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑎 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑘𝑎, now coming out in English translation (in The Margellos World Republic of Letters-series) www.complete-review.com/reviews/swah...

I wrote about translating the opening sentence of Rosa Mistika for the Asymptote Blog www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/06...

My English translation of the Swahili novel ROSA MISTIKA, by Euphrase Kezilahabi, comes out tomorrow. Here's a Q+A about the book, its banning, genre + more with the fine folks at @yalepress.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/06/16/r...

It's pub day for Rosa Mistika—and here is a lengthy interview about the novel (and much else!) with @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social chireviewofbooks.com/2025/06/17/t...

Happy pub day to @jaybossrubin.bsky.social, whose translation of Euphrase Kezilahabi’s ROSE MISTIKA is out today from @yalepress.bsky.social! Read a chapter of this “controversial Swahili classic” in The Hopkins Review 16.2 on @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social, then get the book!

Congratulations Jay 🎉🥳

"Just like how in the novel’s opening there’s this household within a village, village within an island, and island within a lake, there are...different kinds of telescoping points of views." Ian Battaglia's interview with @jaybossrubin.bsky.social is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/06/17/t...

My ex-ex-ex student Jay Boss Rubin @jaybossrubin.bsky.social has just published a translation of Rosa Mistika, a classic in Tanzania by Euphrase Kezilahabi. Get it @yalebooks or yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300.... Such a cover!

A Q&A with @jaybossrubin.bsky.social —translator of Rosa Mistika by Euphrase Kezilahabi—is now live! Read "Realism and Rosa Mistika: A Conversation with Jay Boss Rubin" below: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/06/17/realism-and-rosa-mistika-a-conversation-with-jay-boss-rubin/

Happy pub day to "Rosa Mistika!" Stay tuned for a reading we'll host with Jay this September in SF 👀!

“Today is publication day for my English translation of the classic Swahili novel Rosa Mistika, by Euphrase Kezilahabi. First published in 1971 and censored by the Tanzanian government for its controversial content….”—Jay Boss Rubin @jaybossrubin.bsky.social

Asante sana kwa kusambaza habari za tafsiri ya Kiingereza ya Rosa Mistika. I am honored!

“Today is publication day for my English translation of the classic Swahili novel Rosa Mistika, by Euphrase Kezilahabi. First published in 1971 and censored by the Tanzanian government for its controversial content….”—Jay Boss Rubin @jaybossrubin.bsky.social

I just stumbled across a photo of the first time I was ever published. I was a weekly columnist for the Daily Illini when I was an undergrad at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. And people were reading it! First time I felt what it was like to make an impact with my voice.

I'm very disappointed I won't be able to attend a book launch I was very much looking forward to in Manchester. I'll be there in heart & soul though. Many congrats dearest Prof. Qureshi 🎉 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social

I think people who say BlueSky isn't growing because it's unfriendly to celebrities and corporations are misremembering the history of Twitter. *First* twitter grew because of users wanting to discuss their everyday lives, *then* celebrities and brands followed in order to reach those users.

Happy Africa Day! The problem of organizing weak states; and why Africa needs a new model of Pan-Africanism www.africanistperspective.com/p/the-proble...

From November: “The vast majority of mainstream media pundits,& the most prominent political party analysts are simply ill-equipped to speak or report w/knowledge, context, sophistication,or authority about how race shapes American politics & electoral outcomes.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ

What does it mean to navigate academia from the margins? Dr. Camila Andrade - Afro-Latin Brazilian scholar, Research Fellow at IPATC (University of Johannesburg) - shares a powerful story of resilience, exclusion, and epistemic resistance. 📖 A must-read from Global Souths Hub 👉

Excellent tribute to Professor Issa Shivji - towering PanAfrican intellectual @africaisacountry1.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social @udadisi.bsky.social @roapejournal.bsky.social @antipodeonline.bsky.social @rethinkingmarxism.bsky.social youtu.be/97ytFfcA5Qo?... mkukinanyota.com/product/clas...

Have you checked back for updates? 👀 Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated) hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/b...

I spent the day at the ICE Detention centers where Rümeysa Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil are being unjustly detained. They've been taken thousands of miles away from home and denied due process. I’m here to call for their immediate release and make it known that they haven’t been forgotten.

Happy to share my inaugural series of capsule reviews for @foreignaffairs.com: www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/afri... It’s an immense honor to be following in the footsteps of the late Nic van de Walle in this role.

udadisi.com/navigating-t... — Victoria Lihiru

udadisi.com/navigating-t... — Victoria Lihiru

has anyone produced a map of Africa noting the % tariffs imposed by the Trump admin in each country? cc @texasinafrica.bsky.social @rachelstrohm.bsky.social

From the archives: Academic research and policy research are two different things: www.africanistperspective.com/p/there-is-a...

Who says that the very best and very smartest regime ever is anti-science?