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

Lovely to see this brilliant book, The Great Defiance @gowerst-books.bsky.social @davidveevers.bsky.social 👏🏾

Publication alert: my latest article Comparative Focus on Legacies of Enslavement in the United Kingdom and France #OUP #RacismbyContext academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old

It's happening! www.france24.com/en/france/20...

For French speakers and on Threads, this is delicious! www.threads.com/@cherchepast...

“Ace of spades cards, which have been used by white supremacist groups as a racist symbol and were called ‘death cards’ by some during the Vietnam War, were found in at least two vehicles after those vehicles were pulled over by ICE agents”

Child trafficking: how many haven't been returned? How many were / are trafficked when their parents are 'disappeared' in those centres or deported? Sickening. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

PS: I wrote an entire book about these very issues - US empire, racialised violence and the political dynamics of historical amnesia... 16/

ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.

Davos 2026: a coloniser telling other colonisers why they should stop whining and just accept to be colonised. This historian is finding all that fascinating ...

200% tariff on wine and champagne he said. Most French people likely go 'ben, vas-y, hein' ! (Translation: knock yourself out!)

When Nottingham's overseas campuses are cited as evidence without any reference to Nottingham's UK campus woes, you know you have a half-baked, politically convenient policy in the oven. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Sigh ... africa.businessinsider.com/local/market...

1991, Milan v Marseille. Milan players left the pitch. Not for same reasons as Sénégal but still, they did. I look forward to seeing where this is going. Morocco to pursue legal action over chaotic end to Africa Cup of Nations final www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Some thoughts on the Director of the Louvre and the institution ...

A powerful series. An outstanding project!👏🏾 #CottonCapital www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...

This historian read about the new 'board of ...' this morning and couldn't help thinking about the many meanings of the word pacify.

The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.

UK politics: he wants to mobilise the rebellion faster so there would inevitably be a leadership contest. Probably believing that once done, they'll come looking for him. Will defecting to Reform speed things up? Ooh, let me prepare my 🍿 !