Christian| Reader| African Intellectual| Future Lit Nobel Laureate @NobelPrize | PhD ⏳ | #NowFaith
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Excited to share my new article in Visual Studies. I argue that photographs in Anglophone African autobiographies are not mere illustrations but narrative forms in their own right. I welcome critical engagement and conversation!
doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.202…
Many felicitations Jacky🍾🥂. We shall read, cite, and include your work in our teaching.
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When Kenyan influencers hit Tel Aviv’s Carmel Market, the whole place lit up.
Swahili songs, spontaneous dancing, shopkeepers filming, tourists joining in — Nairobi energy in the heart of TLV.
A beautiful reminder of how joyful cultural encounters can be. 🇰🇪🇮🇱
Here's my new article in Africa: “Mobility and Marginalization via the Nairobi Expressway” (@CambridgeUP). A literary reading that borrows @DavidNdii & @wmnjoya #UpperDeckPeopleKE to read how infrastructure shapes urban exclusion.
bit.ly/4n8uu1l
@UTADO_Africa @AfricaIai
Thrilled to share my new publication in Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies: “With an Effluent Eye: Migrancy, Excess, and Belonging in Jane Bryce’s Zamani
🔗 Official (DOI/citation): doi.org/10.1080/23277408.202…
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"Praying for the peace of Jerusalem is not a request - it's a command! 'Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: may they prosper who love you' (Psalm 122:6)." - @pastorjohnhagee
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5 more days to submit your abstract for the 7th Mashariki Conference in Dar this August. I'm excited to convene this panel with Clarissa Vierke and we look forward to seeing you in Dar! ♥️
@EALCS_Mashariki @jmkwanya @GodwinSiundu @LSA_UoN @Samdenno @petersimatei @AdhiamboKE
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Dar es Salaam here we come. By Day, By Night, Here We Come! @EALCS_Mashariki we cannot wait to see that cfp. @Samdenno @jmkwanya @OdongoPOD @feminist_rogue @dinoleegz @VariousHats @RankaPrimorac @LSA_UoN @Wesleymax89 @rallyb @GodwinSiundu see you in Dar!
It is official
The 7th Mashariki Literary and Cultural Studies COnference is to be held at @UdsmOfficial between August 21-23, 2025.
Details to follow shortly!
@EALCS_Journal @MakLiterature @EdgarNabutanyi @dinoleegz @Yale_CAS @ASAUK_News @huma_africa @aflitatwits
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I'm very happy to announce the establishment of African Literary & Cultural Studies at University of Tübingen @uni_tue 🥳
This is a program for which I've been centrally involved in setting up & I'm so proud of myself and my team! This is the first African Studies BA programme in
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Congratulations Mashariki folks @FelixMutunga11 and @ITibasiima
@nikitta_dede @Samdenno @Wesleymax89 @Edna30945529
@ITibasiima and I will be co-editing a Special Issue on Eastern African Popular and Digital Cultures. The issue will be hosted by @EALCS_Journal Kindly circulate. @jmkwanya @Literature_UoN
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Here is a colloquium organised by Prof @GodwinSiundu on Literature, Culture and Politics of Eastern African Indian Ocean Worlds. @Samdenno, @YENJELA, @AdhiamboKE, @kaali_msa, @Zinduko, @paul_wambua1, @ChilledAcademic, @uonbi – at Nairobi, Kenya
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Today Kenyans provided a masterclass in how to protest:
The sharing of information & advice online.
Lawyers/medics being available to assist.
The solidarity from some businesses&places of worship.
The commitment to peaceful protest.
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The Annual Swahili Colloquium is here! @unibt this week! I'm humbled to give the opening speech, but my highlight really is the chance to moderate a conversation on Decolonising the Mind between Mwalimu Abdilatif Abdalla and @NgugiWaThiongo_ ⭐️
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African and Afrodiasporic Imaginaries and Planetary Relationality Panel Eco001 conference VAD2024 #VAD2024 nomadit.co.uk/conference/vad…
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Excited to share that my colleague @PatrickBao1 and I are organising a workshop on Indian Ocean Epistemologies to be held @uni_tue in Mar. 2024 & @nottingham Uni in June 2024. Please send us an abstract @GodwinSiundu @Samdenno @johnnjenga @iowcmcgill
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BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPeacePrize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.
#NobelPrize
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BREAKING NEWS
The 2023 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Norwegian author Jon Fosse “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”
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POV: Telling your parents you just won the @NobelPrize...
@WeissmanLab
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BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.”
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BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPrize in Physics to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter.”
