In other news, last November my first book came out, and next Friday 10 April I will launch it with my friend and colleague Matteo Grilli at the Libreria Griot. It's La voce del re, or The Voice of the King. When in Rome... see you on Friday! #Africa #Statehood #booklaunch #Lesotho #SouthAfrica

Come, come to Pavia next summer!! #ASAI #Africa #Conference #ASAI2026 #CFP

Nestled in the Shashe-Limpopo area, Mmamagwa was a significant satellite site of the ancient Mapungubwe Kingdom. Today, Mmamagwa is part of UNESCO Tentative List site of Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape spanning Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe. #UNESCO #BotswanaSouthAfricaZimbabwe #Mapungubwe

Karimjee Hall, built in 1916, began as the mainland mansion of the Gujarati-Zanzibari Karimjee family, traders between East Africa and India. Donated to Dar es Salaam, it became Tanganyika’s first parliament and Nyerere’s swearing-in site. #NationalmuseumofTanzania #Zanzibar #Historicalbuildings

there's an actual genre of analysis that acknowledges that for generations people used to buy and sell other humans, aided by a comprehensive system of apartheid that continued for generations later, but nevertheless blames the resurgence of open bigotry on a decade or so of cringe Tumblr posts

This looks like a great book that I should read!

New Publication from ASCL! Windvogel en Cupido delves into the origins of Dutch-sounding Khoisan surnames in South Africa. What do names like these reveal about identity, history, and shared cultural heritage between South Africa and the Netherlands?

This looks amazing!!

In our latest #OA Featured Review, Khwezi Mkhize explores “Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala” (@ohiounivpress.bsky.social) by Joel Cabrita: bit.ly/4eNh9Iq #SouthAfrica #biography #arts #apartheid

A brief highveld summer shower over Wesselton Mine in Kimberley. No challenge for the might of the thirstland.

I wrote and edited most of African Thresholds while physically crossing the border, on the train to and fro my academic home @geschichtebasel.bsky.social – a very privileged crossing. The book would not exist without the comfort, support, and intellectual stimulation I found in Basel. Thanks!

The first press report on the discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1867, which concluded: "Stranger things, however, have come to pass in the world than the discovery of Diamonds in South Africa"

I truly cannot find a better way to start this profile than by announcing the publication of my first (edited) book, which came out with @dgb-history.bsky.social a few days ago. Thanks to the support of the @snsf.ch, the book is freely available here: brill.com/display/titl...