Researching identity politics in postcolonial societies, especially Kenya. Tweets are my personal views; RTs not endorsements.
Melbourne, Australia
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Thanks to Shahram for leading this important piece - what are we waiting for? #Palestinian statehood. It's time.
Happy to argue on Why Should Australia Recognise #Palestinian Statehood
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w @SbcsbcC
@MESF_Deakin
@POLIS_Deakin
@AIIANational
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A @DeakinLaw @Deakin legal academic has written this excellent primer on the likely illegality of removing encampments by force.
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I stand in support of the student encampment @Deakin and call on management to meet with protesters to discuss demands. Policing is a dangerous response. As intellectuals we should be capable of better ways of dealing with complexity than this.
The NTEU reaffirms its commitment to supporting this encampment and all encampments across the country.
We are calling on all Deakin NTEU members to attend a snap rally tomorrow at 6:30pm at the encampment at Burwood to defend academic freedom from rogue @Deakin administrators!
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My forthcoming article (coming out as part of a special issue) on Kenyan citizens stuck in legal limbo because their biometrics are captured in refugee databases raises precisely this concern: UNHCR/refugee data being used for citizenship determination shorturl.at/jk389
Such a rigorous and motivating set of discussions around IDs, documents, registers, digitisation, a bit of biometrics, and changing entitlements to and enjoyment of citizenship. Thanks @CertizensAfrica team and new friends and colleagues!
Thank you for inspiring exchanges during the 3-day #Certizens East Africa Workshop!
We are proud to have brought together junior and senior researchers to highlight and engage with emerging research on #IDsystems in #EastAfrica & beyond.
We look forward to future collaborations🤝
At #CERTIZENS @NaiKalema giving a insightful … scary … paper about data colonialism and extraction in new #digitalID systems in Africa. One to watch.
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📣Upcoming: #Certizens is hosting an East Africa Regional Workshop in Kampala from 15-17 Jan 2024
➡️5 panels
🎯15 presenting researchers
🗨️keynotes by @SbcsbcC and @BreckenridgeKD
💬2 insightful roundtables
Follow @CertizensAfrica for daily updates.
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I love this list every year. Asante @brittlepaper
Our 100 Notable African Books of 2023 list is here! We are thrilled to share some of the most enriching and captivating fiction, poetry, and non-fiction books of 2023. Shout out to all the authors and publishers for their work! Please enjoy, and share! 🥳
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The grandson of a MauMau freedom fighter can't get a Kenyan national ID due to ID vetting.
Omar Gitonga has been applying to obtain his ID since 2021. 3 years later, he's still denied an ID card yet he's a Kenyan citizen.
ID vetting is discriminatory. #EndIDVetting #MyIDMyRight
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Are you an activist, academic, or civil society organization working on #statelessness and #nationality rights in Eastern Africa?
Join the Eastern Africa Nationality Network! Check out our roadmap and contact us for more information
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Following the government's instruction to raise the cost of legal documents, our paralegal @awuorOpiyo2015 is engaging with the public on @PamojaFMradio, stressing the details of exclusion.
New podcast re current book project showing huge variation in how #Kenya classifies citizens by ethnicity including in #ID applications and the #census. Implications for conversations re #digitalID / Maisha namba & #statelessness Thanks @KamauWairuri spotify.link/PLNQU4Ds0Db
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If your work reflects the Decolonial, Postcolonial, & Anticolonial Studies Frantz Fanon Dissertation Award, please apply. We want to highlight the work that unsettles superficial notions of decolonization & interrogates settler colonialism.
Share widely!
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Great to work with @Dalle22 @MustafaM_KE and @BronwenManby on this article busting some myths about how #citizenship and #statelessness work in #Kenya @UNHCR_Kenya @Refugees @thekhrc @HakiCentre @Haki_na_Sheria @NubianRights
New article out by @MustafaM_KE @NamatiKenya @Dalle22, @SbcsbcC and myself considering recent presidential proclamations in Kenya ‘granting’ citizenship to ‘tribes’ collectively - in many cases to those who already should be considered citizens, if the law were respected
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A few months in the making... & now finally ready: The Anti-Colonial Research Library hosts 400+ open-access articles and books, websites, YouTube videos on practical examples of Indigenous and anti-colonial research methodologies. Use and share widely! anticolonialresearchlibrary.…
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Ten challenges in reconfiguring African Studies: Review of African Political Economy: Vol 0, No 0 tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
Me among them. #YES23 I am ready to listen
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For the third year, we welcome applications to our GLD #Fellowship #Program, where academics & practitioners engage in local factors driving governance & development. Get research assistance, attend our annual conference, expand your network & more! Apply: gld.gu.se/en/opportunities/f…
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📚 Call for Book Chapter Proposals📚
📚"Belonging Denied: Citizenship Revocation and Statelessness as Human Rights Deprivation"📚
🚀 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, 2020) reported that there are at least 10 million stateless persons in the world. Why have citizenship revocations and statelessness remained widespread in the contemporary international system? How do citizenship revocation policies impact different groups, particularly those who are already marginalized or vulnerable? How can human rights scholars, advocates, and policymakers address citizenship revocation and ensure that individuals are not arbitrarily deprived of citizenship?
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