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Call for co-panelists at ASA 2026!:
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These are “low enrollment” majors but the classes are regularly at capacity. They changed the funding structure a few years ago here, switching the allocation from course enrollments to majors then blamed these departments for a structural, top-down change. This is entirely a political choice.

Khartoum airport receives first scheduled flight since start of Sudan war Celebrations as flight carries dozens of passengers from Port Sudan to Sudanese capital.

Emotional moment:
"Celebrations as flight carries dozens of passengers from Port Sudan to Sudanese capital."
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"The covert base offers new evidence of how the Sudanese conflict is morphing into a theater for high-tech warfare, driven by foreign interests." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...

UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026 As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...

😢 UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026
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Aid cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core – and will mean millions more infections ahead Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030

#WorldAIDSDay this year is a grim one

Stories of the devastating impact of US, British and wider European aid cuts on the fight against HIV – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa – continue to mount as 2025 comes to an end…

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Thank you!

Good to see this book review forum up on @dialogueshg.bsky.social with reviews by @cgastrow.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social, David Mwambari and Brittany Meche, and my response. Thanks to all!

Zohran Mamdani’s last name reflects centuries of intercontinental trade, migration and cultural exchange Mamdanis belong to the Khoja community, who were categorized by the British in the early 19th century as “Hindoo Mussalman” because their traditions spanned both religions.

Zohran Mamdani’s last name reflects centuries of intercontinental trade, migration and cultural exchange
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Ireland plans to make a $1,500 a month basic income for artists permanent Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts experiment has given creatives a weekly payment for three years. Now, a permanent program could be on the way.

In a win for the arts and universal basic income, Ireland plans to make permanent a $1,500-a-month pilot program for artists, citing benefits to creativity, mental health, and financial stability.

Raila Amolo Odinga The man whose political career defined Kenya’s multiparty politics

Raila Amolo Odinga: kenopalo.substack.com/p/raila-amol...

Breaking News: Raila Odinga, a former prime minister and a towering figure of Kenyan politics, died at 80. Read more: nyti.ms/42D5BT9

Well done! An important book.

Parsing the Rwandan urban question: Toward ‘minor histories’ of urban space - Shakirah Hudani, 2025

New Online 1st Author Response “Parsing the Rwandan urban question: Toward ‘minor histories’ of urban space” by Shakirah Hudani

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Honoring Zijie Yan
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‘The Second Emancipation’ Review: Imagining Africa United The 20th-century Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah saw an opportunity to move Africa past the fragmentation left behind by colonial powers.

Delighted to see this essay about The Second Emancipation in the WSJ. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Meet the Finalists of the 2025 Global Cities Book Award | Metropolis

Very honored that 'Master Plans and Minor Acts' is one of three finalists for the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award (Metropolis).
Congratulations to @colinmcfarlane.bsky.social and Stephanie Wakefield and many thanks to the judging panel!
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10 Books for Urban Thinkers This Summer | Metropolis The 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award Long List Books have the power to transform how cities are understood, governed, and experienced. The Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities...

Excited that my book is long listed for the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award
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Lagos, unbound tempest beneath your feet We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Lagos with Victor Adewale.

We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Lagos with Victor Adewale.

Khartoum's Acropole Hotel, survivor of coups and attacks, succumbs to civil war One of Khartoums oldest and most loved hotels has survived coups, wars, and even a bomb attack, but it couldn't weather Sudan's civil war.

Beautifully wrought, long radio feature seeing the devastation of Khartoum through the destruction of a legenday hotel. (Reminds me of lodging amid ruins in Port-aux-Princes, Brazzaville, Kisangani, Monrovia, Kampala, etc., etc. www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...

UNC faculty concerned over lack of tenure for professors WRAL has obtained a letter from the faculty chair to the dean and chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill expressing concern about a lack of tenure for certain professors.

I’m one of 20 assistant professors in A&S at UNC who has had their tenure decision deferred.

I was planning to spend my summer editing my third book. Now? 🤷🏻‍♀️

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New Online 1st Book Review “Complicating the master plan” by Claudia Gastrow

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Contentious plots: Staking durable claims to ethnic belonging in Nairobi - Shakirah E Hudani, 2025 How are ethnicity, citizenship, and social class articulated spatially in the postcolonial African metropolis over time? In this article, I examine the metamorp...

New article in @societyandspace.bsky.social "Contentious Plots: Staking durable claims to ethnic belonging in Nairobi": journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Renowned Human Rights Lawyer Pheroze Nowrojee Dies NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 5 – Renowned human rights lawyer and Senior Counsel Pheroze Nowrojee has died, fellow lawyers have confirmed. MP and fellow lawyer Otiende Amolo expressed his sorrow in a post on X, saying:
“Quite saddened to learn that my senior, Senior Counsel Pheroze Nowrojee has passed on! A quintessential advocate who presented the best […]

Renowned Human Rights Lawyer Pheroze Nowrojee Dies

Text: ISA PEACE Best Global South Scholar Book Award Winner. Image: book cover of Master Plans & Minor Acts.

Congratulations to Shakirah E. Hudani on her book Master Plans and Minor Acts winning the ISA Peace Studies Section, Best Global South Scholar Book Award and being shortlisted for the ISA Global Development Studies Book Award. Learn more here: bit.ly/UCPEXAAG. #AAG2025

Check out my new review essay "Building the City from Below: Toward a Citizen-Centered City-Making": www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It strikes me that the US is experiencing its own round of SAPs, and there lessons to be learnt from how SAPs devastated African countries.

US aid freeze: Nigeria and Kenya among nations running out of HIV drugs - WHO The warning comes as Africa begins to feel the impact of a massive review into US aid by Trump.

#Lesotho is one of 8 countries worldwide (6 in #Africa) that could soon run out of drugs used to treat those with #HIV because of #USAID destruction:

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Looking forward to this book forum organized by the Duke Africa Initiative on 26 Mar with @cgastrow.bsky.social and @shakirahh.bsky.social

New Online 1st Book Review “Kavukire? What place do the living and the dead occupy in contemporary Rwanda” by David Mwambari

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