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I was there when this guy started his empire with a seafood restaurant in one of Dar es Salaam's first malls, Mlimani City. Sometimes crimes against humanity begin with a Manu Chao soundtrack, casual accessorizing with Maasai fabrics, and a #OneLove slogan...

Looking forward to this next week... I'll be talking about African socialism and the mixed genealogy of the neoliberal user fee.

The program for this year's History and Political Economy Project Conference, "Resource Conflicts," is amazing! Dec 16-17 at the Univ of Pennsylvania, ft keynotes by Priya Lal & Amy Edwards. If you're in Philly & would like to join us, lmk.

It is a horror under any circumstances to see hungry children, but to know that hundreds of thousands of them risk starvation because others deliberately withhold their food, to punish them for simply existing, defies belief. What kind of a species are we? apnews.com/article/israel…

Nothing could ever excuse such a ghastly assault on so many vulnerable children. Shame on anyone who suggests we should look away. theguardian.com/world/2023/dec…

Israel is starving Gaza... and the U.S. is complicit btselem.org/gaza_strip/202…

Horrified that my tax dollars have sustained this reprehensible campaign of deliberate, systematic, ongoing mass murder.

Ever a resource and inspiration... newyorker.com/books/under-re…

Trying out the bluer skies, as a lurker for now. Find me there as priyalalista!

The maiden issue of ZAMANI: A Journal of African Historical Studies has just been published and it is fully open access. Here is the issue URL: doi.org/10.56279/ZJAHS… Enjoy the articles!

God bless academic writing. This is page 317

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One of my intellectual heroes 🕊️

One thing I hope the archives will be useful for is writing histories of structural adjustment in Zambia. Zambia's labour movement fought to remove the one-party state in 1991 and then were incredulous when they new government they had supported turned on them.

Pure horror to watch my elected government once again deliberately help starve an entire population while many of my fellow scholars zealously smother any critique of Israeli policy. We are all obligated to speak out loudly against this evil. apnews.com/article/israel…

Teaching a new class on the history of neurodiversity this past semester was one of the most exciting intellectual experiences I've had in years. Here's a selection from the larger stack that went into my prep. Would love to connect with anyone working on this important topic!

“there is a certain irony in the fact that, over and over again, the professional association of historians resists efforts by new generations to raise difficult questions and to bring about change”academeblog.org/2025/07/04/on-…

James Ferguson’s death in February 2025, at the age of 65, came as a shock. The writings of Jim were both prolific and deeply considered blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/20…

Unbelievably shameful to do this and then hide behind the language of “complexity” and concerns about copy editing… theguardian.com/education/2025…