London, last night on stage with the amazing 2021 winner of the International Booker Prize, David Diop at Southbank.

3 days ago in Venice at the Biennale for the Caravan of words dedicated to Koyo. Very emotional.

Invited to the pre-opening of the Biennale in Venice to celebrate our sister Koyo Kouoh who joined the ancestors May last year 💔

2 weeks ago, another celebration in London, the superb exhibition, the music is Black at V&A East.

2 weeks ago, a celebration for a book I endorsed, Trapped Life by Dr Ebony Reid.

2 weeks ago, invited for the unveiling and to meet King Charles and Queen Camilla at the British Museum.

3 weeks ago in Brussels for the opening of an incredible exhibition at the House of European History.

OTD 10 May, official date for the commemoration of the abolitionS in France. I won't be there. These last weeks have been very busy.

After Brexit, you'd think people would've kicked those charlatans to the curb. Instead they're hate-bonding again over Black & Brown people's tiny presence in Wales. As for 'protest voters' (vs Lab) chosing Reform over Plaid Cymru, really?? Le big sigh, vraiment. www.pollcheck.co.uk/welsh_pollin...

Sale pitching for a ballroom?? Lawd!

Ah, so much has been happening that I forgot to share here. For example, I was honoured to receive an honorary doctorate from one of Europe's oldest universities Universite Catholique de Louvain. 🥹

Happy St George's Day 😘 youtu.be/diYAc7gB-0A?...

Restorative Justice - Seeing the practical impact on certain communities and being a teeny tiny part of this truly makes me proud. The whole team works INCREDIBLY hard. Words can heal and actions can build. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ap...

When I was approached some time ago by #MerkyBooks, rapper Stormzy and Penguin's publishing company, to see if I'd be interested in reading a book, I was intrigued as it seemed to resonate with stories about my neighborhood in Wales.

On that note, really loved @gregjenner.bsky.social's You're Dead To Me episode on Alexandre Dumas with @historianmemory.bsky.social & Celya AB www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This Wednesday 22 April, join us @hatchards.bsky.social Dr Jess Venner and I will be in conversation about her new book The Last Day in Pompeii. www.hatchards.co.uk/events/the-l...

I can't wait to see the exhibition when I go to Stockholm (soon). St Croix is 1 of the ports I wrote about in my book (at painstaking editing stage) on 15 Ports that made Empires through Slavery (Basic Books (US) / John Murray (UK)). www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

To mark 10 years of the International Booker Prize and celebrate all things translated fiction, we’re hosting a special, one-off event at London’s Southbank Centre on Friday 8 May 2026. Find out more and book your tickets now: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/the...

Una reivindicación de aquellas personas de origen africano que a lo largo de la historia han dejado su huella en Europa: 'Europeos africanos. Una historia jamás contada', de Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social. Coeditado con @casa-africa.bsky.social buff.ly/WGsMVlg

This would have so much more punch if it wasn't a picture of a gay jewish fella and a blond white woman dancing.

I'm not saying I once published an article called "The Micro-physics of Öffentlichkeit" just because I could, but I did once publish... www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

This is huge. Finally! He wasn't alone though ... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

That’s British English for “No.”

That was incredible. Fabulous match won by France with a penalty after the clock went red. Sad for Ireland who so nearly stole the championship. 🇫🇷48🏉46🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

African countries: Cameroon, Sénégal, Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria & many others, criminalizing homosexuality and increasing sentences. You chosen to break your fellow humans physically & mentally.

A question for legal minds ahead of our Lecture with Prof. Olufemi Amao: African Union has produced extraordinary normative texts. But enforcement remains the main challenge.What’s the biggest obstacle to making #AUlaw enforceable in practice? We’ll bring this into the room on 18 March.

39 Sudanese Chevening Scholarship finalists ejected this week from consideration for the scheme, for being Sudanese.

Newly Discovered Document Confirms a ‘Legendary’ African King www.medievalists.net/2026/03/newl... #history #AfricanHistory #Nubia

Not in a celebratory mood today. Patriarchy is decimating the earth & ALL her inhabitants. #InternationalWomensDay

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

Cortisol level & blood pressure spiking big time. Not good. Someone in Washington/Mar o Largo & another 1 in Tel Aviv made a decision as a consequence, we are all involved in a war. 2 of my sisters can lose 2 of their babies RIGHT NOW in a conflict we didn't didn't vote for. Beyond ENRAGED.

This ... youtu.be/dQHUAJTZqF0?... and youtu.be/mn91L9goKfQ?...

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Earlier this week, Professor Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social blessed our Black Europe course at Smith College with her presence and dropped “bars on bars on bars” (as the young people say) sharing her deep knowledge, trailblazing experience and wisdom. What an absolute honor and delight!

Between delays & cancelled trains, 6hrs to get from London to West Wales (same time you take to get to Cameroon). Exhausted but nothing the view and a cup of homemade herbal tea can't cure.

You've heard about racism from Argentinians in recent days. Well, do Google 'Blanqueamiento' & you'll understand how the legacies of racial genocide are at play. Experiences of White people living or visiting Argentina are often very different from Black people's.

Not Cameroonian but secretly deported to Cameroon? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/w...

Reverend Jackson, you deserve your rest. You did well. May the ancestors welcome you. 🌻

Today, my 2 families are having a friendly-ish fight. As always when that's the case, I'll be (the only one around me) supporting Le XV de France. Allez les Bleus! #SixNations2026 🏈

Una reivindicación de aquellas personas de origen africano que a lo largo de la historia han dejado su huella en Europa: 'Europeos africanos. Una historia jamás contada', de Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social. Coeditado con @casa-africa.bsky.social buff.ly/WGsMVlg

Sky News got in touch but I was too ill this morning to comment on Sir Radcliffe. Still bedridden but need to write something. I'm not going to go over the hypocrisy given his ties with Monaco & the number of immigrants in the football team he owns. I could also comment on colonialism & again,

Since people are talking about the backflip & the amazing Surya Bonaly, I'm adding something else. I loved her and mentioned her in my book #AfricanEuropeans in 2020. #WinterOlympics2026 #SuryaBonaly

Unsurprising www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Me looking at Black MAGA voters (who've been adamant their Duce/Fuhrer & team were not racists - 'they just wanted to protect America' ...) after those offensive photos of the Obamas.

This is why I can't understand the incrementalism. There's horror shit happening to kids in these places. Horror shit. OK? That has to matter. The longer we wait the longer these kids suffer.

Teaching about Encomienda. Baculamento, Pawnship, Chattel Slavery, Altpetl and other forms of labour, their transformation in the Atlantic World & legal ramifications (15th-19th C). Terrible stories but excited to engage with their legal minds. Full class last week given it's a 9am start, surprised!

Which genius thought sleeping in a hotel that has a pub with fun & loud music downstairs during dryJanuary (hers extends to mid Feb), knowing she's teaching at 9am tomorrow, was a good idea? You Londoners are sinful. I shall not be deterred and shall stay in my room to work! #vaderetrosatana