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raroyston.bsky.social @raroyston.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

A fantastic episode about 'AfroBeats and Digital Culture' with musicologists MackHagood, Louise Meintjes and Kingsley Kwadwo-Okyere at Penn. I have a lot of work coming out right now (including my book!) but this was a great discussion on a great podcast! www.mackhagood.com/podcast/afri...

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African Music Technology: Branding, Identity, and the Global Music Market w/ Kingsley Kwadwo Okyere, Louise Meintjes, and Reginold Royston

Today host Mack Hagood is joined by three remarkable scholars whose work sits at the intersection of African music, technology, and culture. Dr. ⁠Louise Meintjes⁠ is Marcello Lotti Professor at Duke ...

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raroyston.bsky.social @raroyston.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

My new book argues technology needs an ethos: In Africa and Ghana that ethos is Pan-African Futurism. The product of over 10 years of on-the-ground and digital research with tech developers and Ghana's digital diaspora — www.ucpress.edu/books/pan-af...

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Pan-African Futurism by Reginold Royston - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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raroyston.bsky.social @raroyston.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

We're truly drowning in information these days, especially regarding A.I. and automation. As a researcher, I am choosing to more closely listen and center our community-based info resources. authored with STS Prof. Rayvon Fouché and others: successfulblackparenting.com/2025/08/04/t...

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How The Tech Industry Fails Black Boys And How Community Can Lead The Way | Successful Black Parenting Magazine

Black communities are key to breaking the tech-industrial complex, shifting from selective redemption to care, trust, and community-led innovation in the tech industry.

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