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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Partner with the press uwpbooks.com Adopt the Books uwpbooks.com/shop-books/ Join the discourse digitalcommons.cortland.edu/wagadu/vol26... We are in this together! Read the full article: blacknews.com/news/dr-ayo-... #wewilltellourownstory @uwpbooks.bsky.social @blackenterprise.bsky.social

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I look forward to cultivate those bridges by creating opportunities for scholars to connect, strengthening pathways for faculty development, advancing meaningful collaboration, and preserving knowledge through this invitation to help steward a legacy. @uwpbooks.bsky.social #wewilltellourownstory

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It feels strange to say, “I developed a research method.” You wonder if it means anything or if anyone cares? But we don't have to be fearless to move forward. The 3rd MethodsNET Conference, Oxford, Arts-Based Research & Canada, 10th Intl Symposium on Poetic Inquiry asks questions A2 Answers.

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I am headed to the 2026 DIVAS Conference for an interactive workshop on turning strong ideas into tangible scholarly products. Friday, September 18 If you are in the Greensboro area, come to the DIVAS Meet & Greet. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was deeply honored to receive a @govwesmoore.bsky.social citation from the State of Maryland recognizing my work in publishing through @uwpbooks.bsky.social as we celebrated Maryland Caribbean Heritage Month & to Luis McSween and Mrs. McSween for making this moment possible. uwpbooks.com/founder/

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I loved this moment! Thank you to Vic Jagger, Russ Parr, DJ Dirty Rico, and DJ Sixth Sense for the warmth, laughter, music, and community. Sometimes learning, Blackness, community, and joy belong in the same room. I certainly found all four. ❤️ @uwpbooks.bsky.social @majic1021.bsky.social

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@Kinspire2 @kinspire2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What a joke. Watters is 🙄just pitiful & disgusting. he just sounds so stupid. small dick energy: this is definitely him. Strikes me as a very insecure man with MANY unresolved issues. @roseyroseamund.bsky.social @melinda-wvu.bsky.social @ektashahmd.bsky.social @drcaberry.bsky.social

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CNN @cnn.com · 26/08/2026

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates argued that artificial intelligence needs significant limits or else the harm to humans will outweigh any potential good. cnn.it/3UB5OVC

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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Minnesota hosts the Wakanda Design Group. September event of the month in Saint Paul. #Minnesota

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/08/2026

A Queen of Country; a film and TV star; a businesswoman; a philanthropist; and, first and foremost, a songwriter. Dolly Parton, who died on Tuesday at 80, was many things. Here are snapshots from her life and career. nyti.ms/4gzqggS

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

UWP Enters the Scholarly Record Deepest gratitude to editors Dr. Olaocha Nwabara and Dr. Korka Sall, who encouraged me to go deeper, and include my Jamaican-Caribbean-American diasporic, and UWP experience. @uwpbooks.bsky.social @pspolisci.bsky.social digitalcommons.cortland.edu/cgi/viewcont...

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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

These attacks continue to multiply. The bloodlust against Black intellectuals, activists, and educators gets worse by the hour.

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Universal Write Publications, LLC @uwpbooks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It may not be much, but it is something. Resistance can be small, but it is still resistance! #wewilltellourownstory @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Greece has granted licences to seven universities from the US, UK, France and Cyprus to set up international branch campuses in the country starting from the 2026-27 academic year, reports Seher Asaf #highered #TNE #edusky ow.ly/IMZ850ZtToN

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/07/2026

A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Kumamoto in southwest Japan on Tuesday, leaving dozens of people injured, causing fires and damaging historic structures, according to the country’s public broadcaster. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4fEHqJA

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY @paulcoates.bsky.social To celebrate you as a close personal friend, tutor in the legacy of publishing, and brother in the struggle to record, document, and keep historical truths is an honor. May the next 80 years continue to quiver at your relentless resistance.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Reading with great interest this handy manual of how to ruin your family business www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Universal Write Publications, LLC @uwpbooks.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

There is something deeply unsettling happening when the names of Black veterans disappear from military memory spaces as we watch memory itself being censored. Journal: THE RESEARCHER Format: Online ISSN: 3070-8877 DOI: doi.org/10.65724/KEF...

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Universal Write Publications, LLC @uwpbooks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

“Tools of Rigor. Language of Power. Foundations of Black Scholarship.” LITTLE BLACK BOOK SERIES doi.org/10.65724/ROV... THE BLACK LEXICON Reference Works doi.org/10.65724/MVY... Scholarship requires visibility within infrastructure, methodological rigor, and institutional memory.

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Do you know my book on Poetical Science Discourse, A2 (A Squared)? It's a research methods text that challenges that divide. A poem can generate data Theoy can interpret it and both together can become a citable scholarly contribution. DOI: doi.org/10.65724/XLD...

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

As a political linguist, I remain deeply concerned about the relationship between language and power. UWP's allyship with @sagepub.com is proof that we can persist & coexist. Watch the Full Video on Censorship📺 C-SPAN archive: www.c-span.org/program/book... @uwpbooks.bsky.social #publishers

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Universal Write Publications, LLC @uwpbooks.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Universal Write Publications (UWP) is proud to stand as an official sponsor of the First Global Afrocentricity Conference: An Indaba on Theory and Practice, convened by Dr. Molefi Kete Asante and the Molefi Kete Asante Institute. 📍 Philadelphia, PA 📅 May 16–17, 2026 @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social

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Julianne Wingate @julieannewingate.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Climate Change is here. How will you help protect our earth ?

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Applications now open for TA positions. It says political science but the teaching is actually interdisciplinary. You need to be a current PhD student in the UK though. Do apply if this is you! www.ucl.ac.uk/pg-teaching-...

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PGTA - Political Science

Political Science are looking for PGTAs. Start date: 1st September 2026. Deadline to apply: 11.59pm, 17th May 2026.

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John Carter Brown Library @jcblibrary.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Join us THIS THURSDAY for a book talk by Emily Sneff, author of When the Declaration of Independence Was News, at the JCB. All are welcome! In person registration: shorturl.at/1AYAI Virtual registration: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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When the Declaration of Independence Was News (Dr. Emily Sneff): Book Talk at the JCB Registration

Welcome to the registration page for Dr. Emily Sneff's book talk, at the John Carter Brown Library, for When the Declaration of Independence Was News. Thursday, May 7, 2026 Talk from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m....

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Universal Write Publications, LLC @uwpbooks.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

HAPPY SMALL BUSINESS WEEK May 4-8, 2026 Thank you to our community, authors, book buyers, faculty, graduate students, vendors, researchers, and library systems who have inspired us with their support and commitment to expanding rigorous discourse. #wewilltellourownstory @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social

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Universal Write Publications, LLC @uwpbooks.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The future of the academy will not be confined to a single method, a single voice, or a single form. Uncover the mask of hidden value to academic research. 400 Years of Witnessing: A Memoir of a People 1619-2019 doi.org/10.65724/UJD... A2: Poetical Science Discourse DOI: doi.org/10.65724/XLD...

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

As a political scientist and political linguist, I study how language governs and shapes policy, identity, and belonging. But with A2, I wanted to do something more. I wanted to show that Poetry is not separate from research. It can literally be the research itself. DOI: doi.org/10.65724/XLD...

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Universal Write Publications, LLC @uwpbooks.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Poetry is powerful! What if we take poetry to organize, reverse “dog whistle politics” to speak power? What if we use art as scholarship, spit it through prose? What if it is science and methods, politics, and research variables? DOI: doi.org/10.65724/XLD... @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social

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Universal Write Publications, LLC @uwpbooks.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Beloved Poetry, We write to you not as an abstraction, but as a living force—felt, carried, and returned through every breath that dares to name the world anew. We see you. @poetrydaily.bsky.social @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social #wewilltellourownstory UWPBooks.com

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Universal Write Publications, LLC @uwpbooks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

It could be asked, could another scholar have done this work? The better question is who has the intellectual lineage, theoretical grounding, pedagogical depth, and disciplinary commitment to define a field at this level? Dr. Nah Dove and Dr. Molefi Kete Asante do. DOI: doi.org/10.65724/ZET...

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The Fourth Amendment once made the home a sanctuary. The Supreme Court just chipped away at that protection. Under the Pretext of ‘Emergency Aid,’ Supreme Court Paves the Way for Unchecked Warrantless Home Invasions by Police tinyurl.com/443jkcu7 www.rutherford.org?utm_medium=p...

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Universal Write Publications, LLC @uwpbooks.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Today is International Women’s Day | Celebrating with Dr. Ayo Sekai~ Founder of Universal Write Publications, Rooted in Caribbean strength and diasporic intellectual traditions. @citeblackwomen.bsky.social @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social uwpbooks.com #wewilltellourownstory

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I have been invited to participate as a distinguished panelist at the 18th National Black Writers Conference, hosted by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn, I’m coming home. Learn more: www.centerforblackliterature.org @uwpbooks.bsky.social

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Sage Publications’ How to Do Research and Get Published webinar series. Amplifying Voices Strategies for Early Career Black Scholars in Academia 🔗 Register here: sagepub.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @sagepublishing.bsky.social @uwpbooks.bsky.social #WeWillTellOurOwnStory @blackdiasporanews.bsky.social

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Want to understand intersections of African, Indigenous, and European cultures and their evolution over time? Take a deep dive into the history of the Caribbean and all of the Americas! #benitobowl #afrolatine

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Was Scholarship: Poetical Science Discourse, applying a practical demonstration of method, meaning, and pedagogy. PRINT ISBN: 978-0-9742269-3-4 eBOOK ISBN: 978-1-942774-30-3 LOC: 2024902725 DOI: doi.org/10.65724/XLD... @centerblacked.bsky.social #wewilltellourownstory

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Panel, Cultural & BHM2026 MLK Library, Washington, DC Free & open to the public Registration required: dclibrary.libnet.info/event/15766884 This event invites scholars, students, educators, and community to engage freedom as history and theory. @blackdiasporanews.bsky.social #wewilltellourwonstory

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Universal Write Publications, LLC @uwpbooks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A Moment of Inheritance & Emergence | Scholarship, Now & Forward We do scholarship that understands timing. Responsive. Present. Accountable and oriented toward generational impact. Let's be confident with intellectual courage. We are grounded, expansive, at the vanguard of change. uwpbooks.com

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Ayo Sekai @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I did not set out to create A2 to blur the line between poetry and scholarship. A2: A Scholarly Poetical Science Discourse is a research methods text that challenges that divide. @poetrysociety.org.uk @centerblacked.bsky.social #wewilltellourownstory @uwpbooks.bsky.social

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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 29/01/2026

Opinion | Most universities are committed to both diversity and free speech, yet many are unable to cope with the social consequences of passionate disagreement. chroni.cl/49Wy4HL

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The Campus Civility Collapse

After October 7, discourse broke down. How can we restore it?

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The EDU Ledger @theeduledger.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Dr. Gloria Wade-Gayles, a trailblazing scholar of African American literature and women's studies whose courageous activism and groundbreaking scholarship illuminated the experiences of Black women in American culture, has died.

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Pioneering Scholar and Civil Rights Activist Who Championed Black Women's Voices

Pioneering scholar and civil rights activist who championed Black women's voices, has died.

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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Changing leadership is not troop removal. We remain vigilant against violent attacks in our communities. #Minnesota

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