Excited to share this new documentary by Julius Mugambwa! It's a deep dive into organ donation across Africa, from the extraordinary science of medical transplants to the dangers of organ trafficking in Kenya. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHSc...

Time for a new introduction: I am a historian of 20th century political history. Passionate about transnational and global history. Did my PhD on German communism, internationalism and solidarity. Currently working on global antifascism. researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/k...

Read the new OA article by @caitlinbarker.bsky.social on the #diplomacy carried out by #women from #Cameroon in #China during the era of #decolonization: bit.ly/4mGMdg6

New article just published! Alex Haley claimed to be a 'dispassionate chronicler', but he edited, omitted and even plagiarised parts of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. I wrote about the complicated history of the book for @aeon.co: aeon.co/essays/how-a...

Thrilled to say that my most recent article has been released. It appears in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, on the politics of chieftaincy in decolonising Central Kenya, where many ex-Mau Mau found their way into local politics. read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/arti...

This is lovely news! My article is in very good company...

Congrats to @alexjwhite.bsky.social for his new article in @aeon.co! Sixty years on, The Autobiography of Malcolm X still shapes how we think about the Black nationalist leader - but does the final text reflect Malcolm's vision, or that of his co-author Alex Haley?

A great and, as someone themselves reading the book for the first time, essential read - another demonstration of the need to treat memoirs, autobiographies etc with more than a pinch of salt, and as presentations that the authors (in this case, ghost author) make of their lives, thoughts and deeds.

New article just published! Alex Haley claimed to be a 'dispassionate chronicler', but he edited, omitted and even plagiarised parts of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. I wrote about the complicated history of the book for @aeon.co: aeon.co/essays/how-a...

Congratulations to Julius Mugambwa for his new film with @dwnews! It's about preserving the biodiversity of sacred and culturally important sites across Uganda, and you can watch it here: www.dw.com/en/ugandas-s...

Our colleague and longtime +972 Magazine contributor Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead in a settler attack on his village, Umm al-Khair, in Masafer Yatta. Read Awdah's contributions to +972 Magazine through the link: www.972mag.com/writer/awdah...

Hey is it bad if google AI search results stop people from leaving google dot com 99% of the time? All our news and information creators can survive just fine with one percent of their previous search traffic right? I’m sure it’s fine. www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...

Gisèle Pelicot given France's highest award. I should bloody well hope so. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Excellent analysis by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social on the new peace deal between DRC and Rwanda negotiated by the US. “Peace is not a real estate transaction.”

Interested in Uganda's history? Here's IPAU's @alexjwhite.bsky.social interviewing Prof Derek Peterson about his new book on the Idi Amin era. www.geeska.com/en/derek-pet...

New article out today! I interviewed Prof. Derek Peterson about A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda - a new book that explores why so many young nationalists chose to lend their talents to a violent dictatorship. www.geeska.com/en/derek-pet...

The latest virtual issue of the journal on: "Immobility" by current @ihr.bsky.social Past & Present Fellows @anastruillou.bsky.social , Malika Zehni, Lamin Manneh Is now out in full and free to access academic.oup.com/past/pages/i...

The best definition of I've seen yet of what genAI does: generate "answer-shaped objects".

Very enthused to see my book reviewed so positively by Jennifer Johnson in the pages of the Journal of North African Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In a new article w/ @danbanik.bsky.social , I analyse the evolution of India's political relations and development cooperation w/Africa www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Excited to share a recent story by Patrick Onen on how murram and clay are transforming green construction in Uganda. You can read it here: www.africanews.com/2025/06/02/c...

Over the next few weeks, we'll be using this account to share the work of journalists based in Uganda. To get us started, here's IPAU member Julius Mugambwa with a story on one school's efforts to protect biodiversity in Lake Bunyonyi: www.dw.com/en/uganda-st...

The International Press Association of Uganda is now on Bluesky! Follow us for news and features from journalists working across East Africa.

📣 My latest article on the expulsion of British farmers and journalists from Kenya is out in The English Historical Review on first view! 📣

Huge congrats to Sophie for her award-winning reporting! It's so well deserved and a testament to the extraordinary women she profiled.

Great listening. How cranks including flat earthers flocked to a technology which, if the earth were actually flat, would not work at all

Malcolm X was born one hundred years ago today. It's impossible to distil his complicated legacy into a single idea - but as the US government continues to enable serious global injustice, his efforts to put Black Americans in touch with African and Asian activists seem as relevant as ever.

An entire episode of Library of Congress @rptf.bsky.social media historians on WNYC On the Media! Michele Hilmes, Susan Douglas, and thanks to David Goren for the project name check.

2024 marked the ten-year anniversary of the first published post on the Doing History in Public blog, making this year the start of DHP’s second decade of life!

In exactly 7 months, my first monograph will be published. ✨️📚 😊 On the other side of the vehicle is Zogbeli, the neighborhood I was born and raised in. Thanks to @RutgersUPress for helping me bring Dagbaŋ and Ghana media histories to the world. Ti diya! 💃🏿

Dear Readers of The Wire In a clear violation of the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press, the Government of India has blocked access to thewire.in across India.👇

After taking the city of Goma, M23 forced displaced people to go back home. This is a possible war crime, so I went to one village to see how people are rebuilding amid destroyed houses and fields littered with ammunition. My latest from Congo 👇 www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...

Love this from Rebecca Solnit in The Guardian today on how deep social change is non-linear, and takes faith and creative persistence and eyes to see.

The 1981 cover of "October" magazine, which offers a glimpse into Egypt's soundscape and calls to regulate it.

When Rwandan-backed M23 rebels invaded Goma, some 50 rape survivors arrived at Jeanne Nacatche Banyere's door. But Maman Jeanne could do little more than write their names and offer a hug. Her women's shelter had run out out of funds. 👇 www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...

SCOOP — The US sent Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen to Rwanda via new diplomatic relationship in which they've agreed to act as a "third country" for deportees unable to be safely returned to their country of origin, per cables reviewed by me. This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.

The Trump administration promised that life-saving HIV treatment services would continue. That has not been the reality for at least one district in Uganda: theforsaken.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...

This sounds fantastic and - like the best in conflict studies - as timely as ever.

I have a piece on USAID cuts and the response in humanitarian sector that I’m trying to place with a non-academic publication - any and all suggestions welcome!

When we write we have routines/quirks. What's yours? Mine: suspend myself upside down for bloodflow & to relieve my back, read poetry, play the djembé, dance & listen to music during each 15min break. Maya Angelou was with me all day today. 5 yrs ago I talked about her www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Quick question for historians of Kenya! I've been looking through All India Radio schedules and one of their Swahili broadcasts mentions 'a song by Fred Kubai'. Did the labour leader Fred Kubai ever perform music, or am I being misled by a relatively common name?

"Large-scale infrastructure projects built and planned across the African continent... are essentially replicating colonial models of infrastructure" My article for @wpr.bsky.social on mining, big infrastructure projects and their legacy: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/africa-miner...

Good project for someone

Fascinating work by @sophie-neiman.bsky.social in The Telegraph today on the changing climate of northern Uganda and the communities turning to small-scale gold mining to make ends meet. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

New article out today! I wrote about the African Association - an influential network of anti-colonial activists based in the heart of Nasser's Egypt. You can read it at @historywo.bsky.social here:

It’s a pleasure to publish @alexjwhite.bsky.social’s research on transnational African activists in anticolonial Cairo for History Workshop online👇

New article out today! I wrote about the African Association - an influential network of anti-colonial activists based in the heart of Nasser's Egypt. You can read it at @historywo.bsky.social here:

New article out with Ivan Ashaba in International Affairs. On green militarism and (foreign-assisted) military training in conservation. Where we explore how park guards are becoming soldiers, going in-depth into the training they undergo. academic.oup.com/ia/article-a...

Why rich oil reserves are a mixed blessing for Ugandans

New article out today! I wrote a short review of Egypt+100, a brilliant science fiction anthology from @commapress.bsky.social that presents different versions of Egypt's future to explore its volatile present.