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Oumar Bâ

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4 years

the aunties are in charge of the WTO now

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6 years

18 years ago today, I landed at JFK. It was a thursday evening. It was very cold. That was my first time ever traveling by plane. My first time ever leaving Sénégal. I thought I spoke english, until I landed. Then I realized that i don’t actually speak english

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5 years

never misunderestimate the colonizer’s ability to romanticize horror

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6 years

the immigrant that cleans your office after you’ve left for the day, the international student in your class... This is our stories. This is our story. Thanks for listening ✌🏾

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Oumar Bâ

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8 months

as we watch the south africa v. israel, i’m reminded of how time and again, throughout history, lawyers, jurists, and diplomats from the global south spoke and acted on behalf of humanity only to be countered by the callousness of the so-called liberal democracies

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2 years

i’m creating a new grad course titled ‘rethinking the liberal international order’ for next semester. here’s a tentative reading list. what texts am i missing?

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4 years

Egypt - riots after Lumumba’s assassination, january 1961 (h/t @SarraMajd )

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4 years

it’s officially official. i will be joining the department of government at cornell university this fall. i will miss my students, the men of morehouse who taught me so much over the last 4 years. gratitude to all who supported my journey. if u know u know

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6 years

my story, my trajectory, how i got here, my anxiety, my fear, is not exceptional. This is more or less the story of every immigrant you are likely to encounter. Talk to your immigrant neighbor, your immigrant doctor, ...

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4 years

any professor that got these moves should get tenure. no questions asked

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4 years

Sarkozy est enfin “assez entré dans l’histoire” — Proverbe Africain

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Oumar Bâ

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3 years

🥁📜 my article ‘The Europeans and Americans Don’t Know Africa’: Of Translation, Interpretation, and Exportation’ is out at @millennjournal grateful to @kellyjobluen and to @jonneke , @rkrystalli , @drljshepherd and the whole ‘IR as if people matter’ group

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6 years

my own Néné Couro sold her cow and gave me the equivalent of $200 to cover the costs of visa application and paperwork. Years later, when i wrote my MA thesis, I dedicated it to her

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6 years

I’ve been running ever since. Always in a hurry. As if I’m trying to catch up, to make up for the time lost, for the opportunities missed. I’m still running. But im still standing. Thanks to the community, to those who believed in me and supported my journey

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6 years

My uncle Amadou Ly bought me the plane ticket. I had no choice but to never disappoint. I still live with fear. Every single day. Ever that i may fail. That I may slip. That I may not make it.

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2 years

🥁new publication: ‘Constructing an international legal order under the shadow of colonial domination’

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6 years

Samir Amin and Sankara

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3 years

let’s go unsettle some young minds

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4 years

Intro to IR about to be totally revamped

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4 years

when the pandemic ends, we should all agree to abolish conclusions. It's too difficult to write, and totally unnecessary. Everyone should draw their own conclusion after reading a paper.

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3 years

so im the shared winner of the 2021 Prize for the Best Article published in @ASRJournal 😳

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6 years

I didn’t actually find my way back to school until 6 years later. Went back and re-enrolled as an undergrad at @OhioState . I was 30 years old by then

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5 months

"it is far easier to be anti-genocide when the bodies are cold, the blood is dry and an entire people, culture and history have already been eradicated." i have nothing but respect and admiration for these students. they are truly the best among us in the cornell community

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5 months

Couldn’t sleep last night so I wrote instead. Here’s who I am, why Cornell suspended me yesterday, and why that won’t stop our national student movement.

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4 years

it's because most senegalese don't care about the guy. we been knowing he's a fraud and grifter. we are waiting for the world to catch up

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4 years

What do Senegalese people living in Senegal think about this Akon project? I'm hearing every take but theirs.

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Oumar Bâ

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3 years

the west doesn’t commit war crimes, just “tragic mistake[s]”

The New York Times

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3 years

Breaking News: The Pentagon acknowledged that a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan on Aug. 29 was a tragic mistake that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, a military official said.

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4 years

sometimes i remember when Achille Mbembe said 'sans l'afrique le français serait une langue ethnique' and i chuckle

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2 years

macron explaining colonialism as "a love story with a dash of tragedy" is all u need to know about the fucker

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5 years

dear sudan, we see you, we are with you

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8 months

this bears repeating: what we are seeing in south africa v. israel at is not western hypocrisy or contradictions. liberal internationalism never intended or promised that the provisions of the genocide convention or universal declaration of human rights would be extended to *us*

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6 years

I had come here to study. I was driven and full of dreams. But I had no plan, no money, no structure. Instead, i started working the evening shift at Burger King 🍔 3 weeks later. Still didn’t speak english. So I was washing the dishes in the back, not making 🍔

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10 months

now they want to cancel genocide. what a time to be alive

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2 years

when peer-reviewing, it's ok to just say to the editors "this is great, publish it", right? because i really have no comments/questions about this piece

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8 months

“Race, Empire, and Worldmaking” c’est parti (co-teaching with Begüm Adalet)

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6 years

My cousin picked me up from the airport. We went and spent the night in a senegalese immigrants apartment in Brooklyn. In the morning, we got on a greyhound bus and headed to Columbus, OH. 15 hours ride. It lasted for ever!

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4 years

📚hello, hi, good morning, um... so, my book States of Justice: The Politics of the International Criminal Court is now available . This whole thing is surreal, i wasn't supposed to be here, like writing books and stuff (those who know know) 1/

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5 years

Senegalese women have always worked... But, yea ‘traditions’ blah blah

Dionne Searcey

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5 years

Thousands of Senegalese men have left to find work in Europe. Here are the stories of the women they leave behind who are tired of waiting for them to provide - and bucking traditions by going to work

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3 years

Baldwin was able to see thru the french race-doesn’t-exist bullshit because in paris, he stayed in shady motels and hung out with algerians and senegalese folks

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5 months

everyone: stop the genocide! political scientists: let’s go survey the protestors and collect _data_

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4 years

new kid on the block

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1 year

job market folks: if u are a first gen student, or from the global south or from a marginalized community, and applying for an IR position in a US institution, I'm happy to read your research/teaching materials and give feedback. Email them to me. will do it for up to 10 folks

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Oumar Bâ

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4 years

Fanon was 36 when he died on 6 December 1961

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4 years

RIP irony 🤣

Secretary Pompeo

@SecPompeo

4 years

We are deeply concerned by reports of election irregularities, politically motivated arrests, and violence during Tanzania’s elections last week. We urge authorities to fully address concerns of irregularities and will review allegations of the use of force against civilians.

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5 years

we africans know it’s never a good sign when the electoral commission says that the results are delayed because of some ‘quality control’

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4 months

last i checked, one doesn’t need to have a phd in Middle East history to be against genocide. not only our global liberal elites are dangerous, they are also idiots, which makes them doubly dangerous

The Recount

@therecount

4 months

Hillary Clinton criticizes pro-Palestinian protests and says many young people she’s spoken to “don't know very much at all about the history of the Middle East or, frankly, about history in many areas of the world.”

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11 months

there is a real climate of fear and intimidation on the @cornell campus, especially targeted at students and faculty of color. the cornell administration owes us a statement of support and a commitment to ensure our safety

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3 years

‘writing as writing. writing as rioting. writing as righting. on the best days, all three.’ — teju cole

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2 years

so yea i’m the new program chair for the ISA Theory Section @TheorySectISA . let’s do this

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Oumar Bâ

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4 years

#AcademicTwitter if you were to teach a first-year writing seminar (freshmen students) on "Decolonisation" (not decoloniality, not decolonizing whatever), i mean actual decolonization as theorized by intellectuals of liberation movements and practiced by liberation fighters...

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4 years

or they could, you know, invite in the homeless

ABC News

@ABC

4 years

Hotels around the world are illuminating vacant rooms in shapes of hearts to inspire hope and thank health care workers.

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3 years

i wrote something for ⁦ @ForeignAffairs ⁩ nerdness achieved 🤓

A Truly International Criminal Court

Why the new prosecutor should look beyond Africa

www.foreignaffairs.com

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3 years

now that france has unsold submarines, which african country will they force to buy them?

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11 months

this week’s class readings are fanon’s “concerning violence” and “why we use violence” and zohra drif’s “between our life and our mother algeria, we choose our mother.” i believe the classroom is the only space that makes working in this discipline worthwhile. 1/

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2 years

so the paperback version of my book is coming out in a few weeks. it’s much more reasonably priced. you can pre-order it now for the cost of 🥐🥐 🥐 and ☕️☕️ ☕️ (fancy lattes, not drip coffee)

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2 years

do not tone police people’s reactions to the death of colonial masters. feel compassionate if you wish, but let others decide where their own compassion lies

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2 years

did I tell you i was elected to the @isanet executive committee? well, yea, that happened. looking forward to start doing the work, starting later this month

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3 years

big african parent vibes

ESPN FC

@ESPNFC

3 years

The referee offered Mo Salah his whistle and cards after he complained about a decision 😅

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4 years

Bernie à Dakar

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1 year

🥁 new publication: “The Geopolitics of Race, Empire, and Expertise at the ICC” by @JoBluen @O_Owiso and myself

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4 years

senegal watching ghana and nigeria fighting over ‘jollof rice’

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4 years

LMAAOOOO WHO IS THIS HILARIOUS DUDE??????? 😂😂😂😂😂 THIS RICE COOKING IS A HATE CRIME

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2 years

i tried to find the burial site of senghor. no, not that senghor. the other one. lamine senghor, tirailleur sénégalais, mutilé de guerre, anticolonialiste, founding member of the league against imperialism, central figure of the 1927 brussels congress. a 🧵 1/14

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4 years

"It has become customary to discuss Mali (the site of Western or terrorist intervention) while simultaneously ignoring Mali (a country with a specific history, politics, and culture)." -- @thiamm #archives

Can the Malians Speak

It has become customary to discuss Mali while simultaneously ignoring Mali.

africasacountry.com

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2 years

bismillah, c’est parti. this semester featuring guest lectures by @jonneke @tjAmandla @LBenabdallah and @kellyjobluen

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6 years

#AcademicTwitter

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3 years

it’s been a rough couple of weeks. too many commitments and not enough hours in the day to do it all and do it well. then u get an email from a senior scholar saying they are teaching your work tomorrow. we give thanks 🙏🏾

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3 years

if you teach about politics and don’t teach about palestine, what’s your excuse?

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3 years

sent emails this morning informing folks that they won best paper awards. then in the afternoon i got an email telling me i co-won a best published article award 🤷🏽‍♂️ #karma

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3 years

📜 my new review essay "Global justice and race" is out at International Politics Reviews @ReviewsPolitics free access here

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3 years

they asked Conde “excellence, have we touched a single of your hair?” Conde refuses to answer, he doesn’t even have any hair! #baldmove

Farah

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3 years

Incroyable vidéo d’Alpha Condé suite au coup d’Etat par les militaires #Guinee #Conakry

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4 months

in other news, apparently i’m not that bad at my job 😳

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1 year

PSA: Gabon is not in West Africa

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2 years

i'm chairing the #ISA2023 Lee Ann Fujii Book Award. it recognizes the best book that "significantly advances issues of diversity in the discipline" & gives preference to scholars from the Global South, LGBTQ and women. Nominations due July15. for more info

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5 years

this is one happens when a state delegates its authority to religious ‘leaders’ for far too long

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5 years

Senegal banned public gathering including at mosques. Hundreds of worshippers took to the streets in protest ignoring the ban after an imam was arrested. Meanwhile the number of Covid-19 infections jumped to 47.

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4 years

french colonizers wanted senegal farmers to switch to cash crops. farmers were reluctant, because, food comes first. french introduces taxes and farmers that couldn’t pay were sentenced to forced labor. farmers had no other choice but to switch to cash crops

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5 years

this paper got accepted at an even better journal after minimal revision. yes, im subtweeting a journal cuz i’m petty like that

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5 years

rejection hurts. rejection after 12 months and 3 rounds of R&R hurts even more. Now I’m hungry and all I want is iftar

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3 years

seriously tho my handwriting used to be 🔥. here’s a young, pre-digital oumar as high school teacher circa 2000

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3 years

a propos of nothing, if you are a grad student in IR or a junior scholar, i highly recommend that you become part of the ISA Northeast crew. This is a very nurturing, supportive, and non-toxic corner of the IR hellscape

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5 years

first day of my Theories of IR class. this is the class where i only assign books. we will read the bottom 5 together. each of top 5 will be assigned to a group that will read it, write a review, and teach it to the rest of the class

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6 years

today’s a good day to remind folks that corruption is not an african problem, it’s a human problem. Thanks for coming to my TED talk

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1 year

i show this film in class any chance i get (also, to my great chagrin, students these days have no idea who ms. lauryn hill is)

Chairman Shaq

@blocbeacon

1 year

Frantz Fanon died in 1961, aged 36. The same week, The Wretched of the Earth was published. And on the very same day, the book was confiscated and banned in France. This film is based on that book. 📕

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3 years

so i was selected to join this year’s cohort of Global Public Voices fellows

Einaudi Center at Cornell

@EinaudiCenter

3 years

With a focus on inequalities and social justice, this year’s 27 Global Public Voices fellows—including 16 Cornell faculty—will engage with national and international news media to make their voices heard on inequalities & social justice.

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3 years

a mother’s prayer

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don’t rack your brain, just open a history book my dude

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my students don’t know who @MsLaurynHill is. i give up. i’m returning home

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5 years

Remembering and honoring Captain Mbaye Diagne 🇸🇳 A good man in Rwanda: “This is the story of the bravest man I’ve ever met”, via @BBCNewsMagazine

Capt Mbaye Diagne: A good man in Rwanda

Twenty years ago, Rwanda descended into the madness of genocide. UN peacekeepers were stretched to breaking point – but one stood out, taking huge risks to save hundreds of lives.

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3 years

eid mubarak. also, #freepalestine

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well france just collapsing before our own eyes. liberté, égalité, fascisme

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4 years

IR was born in the age of empire, and for the first few decades of its history it was explicitly occupied with questions of colonial administration and the justification of racial supremacy.

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3 years

the article is now open access until March

‘The Europeans and Americans Don’t Know Africa’: Of Translation, Interpretation, and Extraction -...

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Oumar Bâ

@OumarKBa

3 years

🥁📜 my article ‘The Europeans and Americans Don’t Know Africa’: Of Translation, Interpretation, and Exportation’ is out at @millennjournal grateful to @kellyjobluen and to @jonneke , @rkrystalli , @drljshepherd and the whole ‘IR as if people matter’ group

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in Sénégal, there is very little research/writing/discussion, if at all, regarding this aspect of our history (senegalese soldiers fighting french colonial wars in algeria, madagascar, indochina... cc @Usmaan_Aali @thiamm

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4 months

how’s your “summer writing” going?

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time to start my day

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5 years

my students can be really funny 😂

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3 months

we cleaned up nice today. might delete later. eid mubarak

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Palestinians have long known that no one’s coming to save them.

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4 years

so i won the @IsaNortheast A. Leroy Bennett Award (best paper presented at the 2019 conf by a faculty member). the paper was eventually published as "Governing the souls and community: why do islamists destroy cultural heritage sites?" @CambridgeCRIA

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it’s always surreal to be reminded that both Lumumba and Fanon died at age 36. Sankara died at 37

Africa Is a Country

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5 years

In 1960, Patrice #Lumumba , first prime minister of independent Congo wote: "Africa will write its own history and in both north and south it will be a history of glory and dignity." On January 17, 1961, he was murdered. He was 36. An appreciation.

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the amount of academics who write/say ‘we’ when they actually mean the US government/state…

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this week i’ve been an interpreter for a mauritanian in ICE detention center. He’s been detained for 18 months

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hi 👋 I wrote this for the @nybooks ⚽️🇸🇳📚

World Cup 2018: Senegal’s Art of the Unforeseen | Oumar Ba

In 2002, in Seoul, France entered the game as the defending world champion, whereas Senegal, captained by Aliou Cissé, was playing its first ever game in a World Cup championship. The whole world was...

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some day i will write on the fulani concept of ‘wuro’ (the home, the familiar) versus ‘ladde’ (the elsewhere, the non-home, the wilderness). Space and (un)belonging are viewed thru that dichotomy 1/

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