What happens when singeli, a genre born in Dar es Salaam’s working-class underground, becomes a symbol of national culture, embraced by the very state that once distrusted it? africasacountry.com/2026/05/tanz...

The normalization of state repression seems to be a theme in my news update today. This one from Uguanda's proposed "sovereignty law"

Call for Statements of Interest: African Studies Review Editor-in-Chief. ASA is particularly interested in ASA members that are established scholars with editorial experience and proven leadership capacity including financial stewardship. Apply by May 31 https://ow.ly/MthV50YNrHL

‘Most of all, though, he says he worries about how AI reliance will transform individuals’ sense of confidence and worth as they struggle to think through problems independently.’ By @mharrisondupre.bsky.social

Friends at ASA: I’ll be doing a short book-signing tomorrow at 1pm at the University of Wisconsin Press Exhibit!

If you work for or have studied at any University of California campus, you are invited and encouraged to sign this letter of support for UCLA, where faculty learned yesterday that Trump illegally froze $200M in funding. tinyurl.com/ucstandup Pls share widely!

This special issue of Girlhood Studies looks awesome! It has so much on East Africa! www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...

Available now! Happy publication date to @corriedecker.bsky.social, whose new book The Age of Sex is out today. Details: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-...

My book is now available for a hefty discount with the code AA259, bringing the cost down to $30! uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-...

It’s finally here!! uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-... @uwiscpress.bsky.social

Don Romesburg, Historian and Professor of Women's and Gender Studies @ Sonoma State University, will discuss his new book, Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School (Rutgers UP, 2025), Wed, 5/21, 4pm, 3201 Hart Hall!

Professor Stacy Fahrenthold & California History-Social Science Project (CHSSP) deputy director Beth Slutsky discuss bringing "academically grounded lessons about Middle Eastern history into K-12 classrooms." diversity.ucdavis.edu/news/bringin...

Can’t wait to host Don Romesburg to talk about his new book!!

Once anchored in mass struggle and socialist politics, the feminist movement in Nigeria now navigates the contradictions of donor dependency, digital activism, and elite capture. On the podcast, The Nigerian Scam crew unpacks: what happened? africasacountry.com/2025/04/what...

I shared some thoughts on the supreme court, EHRC's interim guidance and the feminist dystopia some call 'gender critical' feminism yesterday. feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/meaningles...

One is made a national story every single week and the other is shhhhh.....

"The notion that whites are suffering at the hands of Blacks in South Africa has captured international headlines for weeks now. And yet as indicated in the outlines of this story of land and poverty and racial traumas that remain unaddressed...the ghosts of apartheid roam far too freely"

I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence. This is a campaign of eradication. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...

This is a very funny satire of the situation of universities under Trump. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cha...

Our latest: The Resistance is alive and well and angry. Please consider reading and sharing. No paywall.

"Congolese Are Paying the Price" for Western Demand for Minerals & Support for Rwanda's Paul Kagame

This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people. And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

"Grand Theft Government": Federal Workers Send SOS over Musk-Led Mass Firings, Service Cuts

Ugandan health authorities have closed all the clinics that focused on patients with HIV and TB. Staffed by health workers who over time developed deep expertise in sensitively managing infectious yet stigmatised diseases, the clinics were key to cutting HIV infection rates.

"You Don't Have to Comply": U.S. Attorney, 5 DOJ Lawyers Quit, Refuse to Drop Case Against NYC Mayor

Make no mistake, we will win this fight. While there are lots of folks who don't know trans people well, they are repelled by the immense power of the federal government being brought to bear with such dishonesty and cruelty. Article by Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

History in Africa is looking for Editorial Review Board Members like you! Review the full call and apply by March 31 to be considered. We look forward to reading your applications. africanstudies.org/opportunitie...

Just another day in the idiocracy www.npr.org/2025/02/10/n...

The humanitarian industrial complex should be dismantled—but not by a billionaire-backed administration with no plan beyond abandonment. africasacountry.com/2025/02/the-...

Please read and sign this petition to the AHA Council, demanding a recision of their veto of the Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide and to put the resolution to AHA's membership! www.historiansforpeace.org/2025/02/08/p...

This is so important!

After seeing more wild US policy decisions related to South Africa/ns, I found this recent article with a few taps on the keyboard--Tesla guy & Paypal guys. The Bannon quote in this article is just, WOW. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

Colleagues in Middle East Studies! The Anthropology dept at UC Davis is hiring in Palestine Studies. Scholars at the Assistant and Associate Professor levels will be considered; please share widely! mesana.org/resources-an...

These are your words of the week genre ethnic cleansing doge potash tariff coup Ahabian www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...

“Perhaps it is time to stand apart from these passions to see how they work, but also to find passions of our own” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

TOMORROW: We’re rallying at the Treasury building with @moveon.org to stop Elon Musk’s hostile takeover and tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. We hope you can join us if you’re in the D.C. area.

As someone aware of the troubled history of international development, I am nonetheless infuriated by the decision about USAID. This is not protection of Americans. It is the firing of 1000s of Americans by a South African apartheid supporter who was not elected to office. Fight against the coup.