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Ogechukwu Williams

@ogewilliams.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of History of Medicine and Health (Africa). Researcher on maternal health, childbirth, indigenous med., and health advocacy. Website: drogewilliams.com

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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nature is as beautiful as it can be brutal. Beauty here. Letchworth State Park, NY
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Lagos Studies Association, convener of one of the largest conferences in Africa, will feature my book, Birth Politics, in a book panel on Wednesday, January 17 at 5:30PM West Africa T (12:30PM ET). Zoom link for virtual participation: fiu.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Looking forward to seeing you.
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Pleasure to be back at Creighton Uni. to speak in honor of Dr. Jeffrey Smith,a beloved educator&health equity advocate.Wonderful to walk into the Health Sciences&find former colleagues from African Studies&History department waiting 4 me.Thanks Center 4 Promoting Health&Health Equity for having me.
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This thursday, June 11 at 4-6PM CT, I will give The Fifth Annual Dr. Jeffrey M. Smith Memorial Lecture @Creighton's Center for Promoting Health and Health Equity. RSVP at Creighton.edu/SmithLecture for in-person & Zoom attendance. #Healthequity #Communityheath #Africa #AfricaRising #GlobalHealth
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Didn't realize that my expertise was "mental health and representation" & that this aligns strongly with this PhD student-inquirer's interest in pol.&social inequalities in the precolonial period! Here I was thinking that my focus was maternal health/reproduction! Students uncritically copying #AI!
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
According to @historians.org, reorganizations at National Library of Medicine threaten longstanding commitments to preserving the nation’s biomedical history & raise serious issues about future access to these critical materials. NIH's Request for Info closes soon- rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6998c3a23e...
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
My PI and I (Project Partner) are hiring a post doc (to be based in Geneva) with maternal and reproductive health research experience. See link below for more details. Deadline is June 10. Our project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. erecruit.graduateinstitute.ch/recrutement/...
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
May 8, 1:05PM EST: I will speak at the Global Women's Health Summit on the topic, “From Research to Reality:Tackling Maternal Mortality through Advocacy and Action." Please register using this link - tinyurl.com/ZHBWomensHea... - for Zoom link & event recordings, or for more information on speakers.
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The reviews are rolling in for #Birthpolitics @hopkinspress.bsky.social
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Upcoming talk at @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social @ubuffalo.bsky.social. Open to the public. Title: Sitting with the Dead: A Microhistory of Maternal Death through a Single Body Location: Clemens 218 and Zoom buffalo.zoom.us/s/94491499343 Time: 12PM EST #Birthpolitcs #maternaldeath #HISTMED
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Why would a country where abortion is criminal pull the rug from under its women& public health infrastructure by making family planning resources near impossible to get? My reflection for/to the Nigerian public based on related academic research that I just completed: punchng.com/nigeria-cann...
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Nigeria cannot criminalise abortion while cutting contraceptive access
Nigeria's policy to cut contraceptive funding while criminalizing abortion creates a dangerous paradox for reproductive health in Nigeria, risking more uns
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Out of about 1000 news headlines that I sifted through for this journal article, the headline below stuck with me. Once upon a time in the not-too-distant past, unwed mothers were not entitled to maternity leave in private and public offices. I'll let that sit here.
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Join me on Friday, February 20, 12PM CST, as I discuss the politics of childbirth in Nigeria & its implications for global health interventions, at Creighton University's Community Oriented Primary Care Program #birthpolitics #UBuffalo February 20, 2026 🕛 12:00 PM CT creighton.zoom.us/j/93321067278
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Tune in to "Today in Global Health" on Lagos Talks 91.3 FM on Tuesday at 11AM NG, 5AM EST as I discuss the politics of childbirth in Nigeria with the show's cohosts. Listen live (or later) at www.lagostalks.com. #birthpolitics #NigeriaHealthcare #maternalhealth #GlobalHealth #GlobalHealthEquity
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Saving this nursingclio.bsky.social "Protests" series here for a new course on medical activism. Such a treasure trove.
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Nursing Clio (@nursingclio.bsky.social)
A collaborative blog project that ties historical scholarship to present-day political, social, and cultural issues surrounding gender and medicine. nursingclio.org
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
My Op-Ed on the invisibility of maternal deaths in Nigeria has been published in Punch NG. Thank you @historians.org #aha2026 for the Op-Ed session that helped me brainstorm placement for this piece. punchng.com/maternal-deaths-a-recurring-crisis-in-nigeria/ #maternalhealth #maternaldeath
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Maternal deaths: A recurring crisis in Nigeria
Explore the deep-rooted crisis of maternal deaths in Nigeria. Learn why thousands of deaths are seen as personal tragedies, not a national failure.
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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Nominations are now open for the @nursingclio.bsky.social Prize for Best Journal Article, an award for the best peer-reviewed academic journal article on the intersection of gender and medical histories in English. Self-nominations are encouraged! 🗃️
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Awards
Nursing Clio Prize for Best Journal Article The Nursing Clio Prize for Best Journal Article is awarded annually for the best peer-reviewed academic journal article on the intersection of gender and…
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
One of my favorite things to do at the AHA conference is get the free professional headshot on Saturdays. Thanks @historians.org for hooking me up for the year. Surprising that a lot of folks do not know about this service. This year's photographer, Maisonet Photography, was fantastic. #aha2026
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
My stash of books from the @historians.org AHA conference. @iupress.bsky.social & @hackettpub.bsky.social saved the day for Africa representation. Top 3 books on my reading list:Gospel of Family Planning, @jacobinoire.bsky.social His.World in Six Plagues, @maryfissell.bsky.social Pushback #aha2026
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
@universitypress.cambridge.org is offering a grant to help underrepresented early career scholars in History and Area Studies publish. Application deadline is April 13, 2026.
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Excellent @historians.org -sponsored session on The Historian as Advocate at this year's AHA meeting in Chicago. My biggest takeaway on efforts to influence policy: remember the four Rs - Relationship; Respect; Relevance; Reciprocity. I hope this session returns next year. #aha2026
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
#BirthPolitics was featured on This Week in Africa, a weekly newsletter on everyday life in Africa, as one of the "18 books to read from 2025." Glad that this book is out in the world. Interested in scheduling a talk for the next academic year? Please reach out. open.substack.com/pub/thisweek...
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18 books to read from 2025
Check out these exciting books about Africa
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
You know one of those moments in Braveheart when Mel Gibson yells “Freeeedooom”? That’s exactly how I feel right now. Final grades finally submitted. Now, I’m truly on Winter break! Fingers crossed that I will not receive any nail-biting emails from students about their grades.
A screaming man in medieval Scottish clothing holding up a weapon in a sign of triumph or defiance
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ANSIRH @ansirh.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The Pitt, Ginny & Georgia, All’s Fair – how did this year’s biggest TV shows tackle abortion? We tracked this year’s hits and misses in our Abortion Onscreen report. www.ansirh.org/research/res...
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Link to my National Library of Medicine article. I discuss maternal health advocacy strategies that were deployed in Africa, 80s&90s, & how these may be beneficial to advocacy efforts elsewhere. circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2025/12/04/a... #womenshealth #birthpolitics #nih #maternalhealth #mothercare
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ACNM Maternity Initiatives in Africa: Lessons for Safe Motherhood Campaigns
By Ogechukwu E. Williams ~ As African nations increasingly gained independence throughout the 1950s and 1960s, they became sites for various population control projects. These projects were born am…
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Check out my conversation on 'Africa Simplified' regarding women's health & maternal healthcare choices. I emphasize the importance of centering women in discussions of maternal healthcare/policy. Link to full video in the comments. youtube.com/shorts/enUM1... #birthpolitics #maternalhealth #Africa
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Prioritize women's wellbeing in #maternalhealth policymaking #shortsyoutube #africa #nigeria
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Check out my new website: drogewilliams.com; YouTube channel @ youtube.com/@profy-ow?si.... Shout out to @parisnoire.bsky.social for pushing me to stop talking about the website and just get it done. Designed by @gumbomedia.bsky.social #birthpolitics #Africa #maternalhealth #reproduction #histmed
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Dr. Ogechukwu Williams | Discover, Learn, Engage Now
Explore Dr. Ogechukwu Williams' work on maternal health, historical insights, community initiatives, and thought leadership in Nigerian healthcare.
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Who else receives these eerily identical AI-generated emails from prospective PhD students? If you use AI to draft generic email/material for a potentially competitive application, please realize that it is generating same thing or similar for all of the other prospective applicants like you. #AI
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Resharing this fully funded PhD opportunity in Public Admin that was just shared with me. Location is Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Please share with cocoa/agri researchers. Masters degree in related fields required. Deadline is December 14, 2025. www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
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PhD in Governing African agrifood system transformations
Are you looking for a PhD position (4 years) in public administration and policy? Are you interested in how West African cocoa value chains can transform to be more sustainable and just?
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Attended this year's NEXTGen Tri-State conference @sunybroome.bsky.social. A few quotes from the professional development session that we can all reflect on: "Motivation got me started; discipline got me through"; "What you repeat; you become." We definitely become whatever we repeat...good and bad!
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
And here comes the first snow of the season in Buffalo. I thought we had a few more weeks before "touchdown" 😔🤷
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
The African&African Diaspora Studies Department @fiu.bsky.social held raffle draws for 20 copies of Birth Politics (@hopkinspress.bsky.social) courtesy of Black Mothers Care Plan.Thank you BMCP for making the book available to students and birth workers. #UBuffalo #birthpolitics #histmed #childbirth
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
It is an honor and a pleasure to give the 18th Annual Chris Gray Memorial Lecture at Florida International University on Thursday, Nov 6th. Please join me in person or online. fiu.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #birthpolitics #histmed #maternalhealth #Africa #Nigeria #UBuffalo #FIU
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Never read anything she wrote that I didn't like. Time to check out this edited collection.
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I was scheduled to present my work at my foremost disciplinary organization in the US.My co-panelists are based in Europe&just informed me that they will no longer attend the conference because folks in their network have experienced hostility at the US border. Well now, my panel is off the program😔
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
2026/2027 Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Edinburgh. global.ed.ac.uk/mastercard-f... #Africa #healthcare #sustainability #africascholarships
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Assembling the backstory of #birthpolitics and listening to the commentary forced me to pause&take in the extent of labour that made this book possible. Thank you to all who showed up online/in person. #UBuffalo #africanhistory #UTAustin #africanculture #histmed #childbirth #maternalhealth #Africa
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Happening October 10 in-person/online @ubuffalo.bsky.social @ubuffalohistory.bsky.social @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social. Commenting is @fiu.bsky.social's very own. Zoom QR code on flyer. Buffalo neighbors, see you at Park 532. @hopkinspress.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social #birthpolitics
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100
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George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100
Hardy, a lieutenant colonel, became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot at 19, and was among the first Black military pilots in the United States.
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
See you in Buffalo!
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
College of Arts and Sciences,University at Buffalo invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Prof. positions with a research focus in and demonstrated ability to teach courses in disability studies, particularly in relation to gender and/or sexuality. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58847
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Assistant Professor, Disability Studies
The College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in the humanities and qualitati...
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I had fun at IBBG Repro Justice Summit and the pleasure of showcasing my new book there. My breakout session had non-profit leaders, doulas, midwives, professors, etc and the engagement was so fulfilling. We can always learn from each other&inform changes in public health, together.
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Academic colleagues based in African institutions with PhDs on or before December 2020, check out this fellowship opportunity at the Center for African Studies at UC Berkeley. Application deadline,September 5. africa.berkeley.edu/news/center-... Submit CV,2-page research proposal to asc@berkeley.edu
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Center for African Studies Visiting Fellowships, 2026 | Center for African Studies
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
It is official! My book, Birth Politics, has been released @JHUPress. Hopeful that it makes an impactful contribution to conversations around improving maternal health care in Nigeria. Happy to honor invited talks to discuss the book and my research. #maternalhealth #reproductivehealth #Nigeria
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Although the picture is grim for Africa in terms of maternal deaths, the continent, home to 55 countries, is also the site of effective community-focused and centered advocacy models. Let's chat about all that at this year's reproductive justice summit. #IBBGTheSummit #maternalhealth
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
In the past 27yrs, Nigeria’s healthcare budget has mostly been under 6%, and yet we hope that its healthcare problems will somehow be fixed. No amount of hope and prayers will save a country of 200+million people from the hands of 4-5% national budget for its health sector.
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
My research this year for my second monograph, Dying to Bring Life: A Social History of Maternal Deaths in Nigeria, took me to the Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria where I learned more about the dangers and complications of maternal health care in Nigeria.
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Countdown to August 19, the official release date for my book, Birth Politics, with @hopkinspress.bsky.social. Happy to schedule zoom and in-person talks. If you adopt the book as a required text in your classroom, I definitely owe you a classroom visit. Please let me know.
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Countdown to August 19, the official release date for my book, Birth Politics, with Johns Hopkins University Press. Happy to schedule zoom and in-person talks. If you adopt the book as a required text in your classroom, I definitely owe you a classroom visit. Please let me know.
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Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
At the 9th Annual Lagos Studies Association (LSA) conference. Always a joyful space to be in.
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