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In her post on _Pastoral Power, Clerical State_ Abimbola A. Adelakun reflects on the complex role of the Pentecostal pastor in Nigerian social life and suggests that the rise of social media poses challenges to his authority. AADS Notre Dame Press contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-mod…

NB! We have 2 PhD-positions in early modern privacy at Centre For Privacy Studies. Join one of the online recruitment seminars this Friday to learn more about the Centre and the positions. Sign up here: teol.ku.dk/privacy/events…

Reflecting on _Pastoral Power, Clerical State_ @AdriaanvKlinken suggests that novelists and writers in Nigeria are critically and creatively reimagining Christianity in ways that go beyond the theology embodied in the stereotypical Pentecostal pastor. contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-mod…

Next week at Centre For Privacy Studies PRIVACY AND DEATH: Past and Present Participate online or in person More info here: teol.ku.dk/privacy/events… Supported by Carlsbergfondet Organized by Natacha Klein Käfer and @felicia_fricke

Black History Month continues University of Helsinki! Join us for a panel discussion on African Diasporas in Finland on October 12 from 4-6pm Helsinki Collegium (HCAS) and on Zoom ⤵️

All the contributions to our symposium on Ebenezer Obadare's _Pastoral Power, Clerical State_ are now available. Read the introduction below, which includes links to each piece. @undpress Karen Lauterbach @AdriaanvKlinken CFR Africa Program contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-mod…

We are honoured to welcome Prof. S. Omotola for a seminar on 'Recent Military Coups in Africa'. Prof. Omotola is currently Claude Ake visiting chair Nordic Africa Institute and Dept of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University All are welcome! teol.ku.dk/cas/news/Calen…

It was a great pleasure to be part of the external committee and participate in Emy Lindberg's successful PhD defence @UU_University

Mark your calendars!!! Please attend this super exciting event!! Kindly share far and wide!! HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa Centre for Black Humanities Nana Ama AHPConnect ACLS ASR JACS_Africa African Studies Association of Africa Ashesi University Gallery1957 The Orbs Beneath the Nile Lead to Kongo CITY OF ACCRA FCA Ghana Nubuke Foundation

It is a great honour to participate in this interview with Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah as part of The Toyin Falola Interviews My co-panelist are Professor Nimi Wariboko and Professor Abimbola Adelakun. I look very much forward! Sunday, February 4, 2024

Pentecostalism in Africa, By Toyin Falola heartofarts.org/pentecostalism…

Today's events--in which demonstrators in Nairobi took over Parliament--are evidence of Kenya's long tradition of protest against unaccountable government. Here's a clip from 1964, showing protestors marching in support of the popular mayor Charles Rubia, who'd resigned. 1/

Check out my new article: ‘A man’s gift will make room for him’: sources of wealth and legitimacy in charismatic Christianity in Ghana tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check our new special issue “Moral economies of distribution and redistribution in Africa” on the Journal of Contemporary African Studies! Edited by T. Salverda, myself and J. Wiegratz. Contributions by anna baral, Karen Lauterbach, patience chadambuka and many more! tandfonline.com/toc/cjca20/42/…

Ankommet til Accra, Ghana, hvor der i den grad er valgstemning forud for præsident- og parlamentsvalget på lørdag. Gaden er plastret ind i valgplakater- og materiale. I denne artikel giver Karen Lauterbach en grundig indflyvning til, hvad der venter lex.dk/valg_i_Ghana_2…

📢🆕New issue of Africa Spectrum is out! Vol. 60(1) opens with articles tackling politics, decolonisation, climate justice, tech, land, migration, and memory-making across the continent. A thread 🧵

Wait. Ghanaian elites worry more about the religious practices (including the peculiar gifting habits in mushroom churches) of the boss of the soon-to-be largest state owned enterprise than they are about all the grave policy issues we have been raising about the entity? 😯🤷🏾‍♂️

Check out our new piece on memory-making and urban parks in Ghana as part of our The British Academy funded Old Parks, New Futures project 🤓