Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Read the new #OA article by Paulo Alexandre Vasconcelos on the Portuguese Overseas Pulp Company in #Angola as a case study for examining late-colonial developmentalism: cup.org/4xyzeBF 242
Reposted by Sam SeversonJustin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Please share this petition. c.org/Msb9SWnLGvc.orgSign the PetitionOverturn the cancellation of the passports of Dr. Sishuwa Sishuwa and other Zambians 144
Reposted by Sam SeversonJournal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026JSAS statement in support of Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa jsas.blog/statement-in... 066
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Great Sunday (or any day) listening: Elizabeth Price interviews Siyabonga Njica on South African writer #BlokeModisane 's unfinished history of the #MajiMajiWar www.podbean.com/ep/pb-vjfp3-...podbean.comSiyabonga Njica on Bloke Modisane's research in East AfricaIn this episode, Siyabonga Njica (Cambridge) joins guest host Elizabeth Price (Wisconsin) to discuss his JAH article on Bloke Modisane's unfinished history of the Maji Maji War, armed resistance again... 053
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Read the new #OA article by Alemayehu Erkihun Engida on #Derg era #Agrarian #Development in the #Borderlands of #Ethiopia: cup.org/4wP0BYN 042
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Read the new #OA article “A Colonial Matryoshka Doll: Rubu “Traditional” #Labor in the #Uganda Protectorate, 1923–39” by Opolot Okia: cup.org/4ypb523 051
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Read the new #OA article by Thomas Keegan on #Eugenics and #Politics in Colonial #SierraLeone: cup.org/4f1laL0 012
Reposted by Sam SeversonMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026'Ginzburg’s death...means that one of the last living links with a remarkable postwar generation of historians has gone....As the rise of 21st-century authoritarianism creates new generations of scapegoats and misfits, the approach of one of Italy’s greatest scholars speaks directly to our times.'theguardian.comThe Guardian view on the death of Carlo Ginzburg: a historian who taught us to think about outsiders | EditorialEditorial: The work of one of Italy’s greatest scholars focused on ordinary lives oppressed by power and prejudice. That approach resonates today 18532
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Read the new #OA featured review by @pjnaylor.bsky.social examining recent scholarship by Shamil Jeppie, Wendell Marsh, Mauro Nobili, Zachary Wright, and Ali Diakite: cup.org/4plvYa5cup.orgBeyond Historiography: Innovative Approaches to the West African Book | The Journal of African History | Cambridge CoreBeyond Historiography: Innovative Approaches to the West African Book - Volume 67 031
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Read the new review by Elizabeth Price of “Available Light: #OmarBadsha and the Struggle for Change in #SouthAfrica” (@ohiounivpress.bsky.social) by Daniel Magaziner. #Art #Apartheid #Activism cup.org/4vA0TBh 062
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Read the new #OA featured review by Iracema Dulley and Matheus Serva Pereira on Seibert Gerhard's "The Wealth of History of the Small African Twin-Island State São Tomé and Príncipe": cup.org/4h9LhR9 042
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Read the new review by @ayianwr.bsky.social of Nathaniel Mathews’s “ #Zanzibar Was a Country: #Exile and #Citizenship between #EastAfrica and the Gulf” (@ucpress.bsky.social): cup.org/3RwS2lM 095
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Read the new #OA article by Erin Mosely on historian Ferdinand #Nahimana and the #MediaTrial at the #ICTR. #historiography #genocide #Rwanda cup.org/3QXKxUO 011
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Read Siyabonga Njica’s new #OA article on Bloke Modisane, the #MajiMajiWar, #Historiography, and #Postcolonial #NationBuilding. #Tanzania #SouthAfrica cup.org/4ghGLjq 032
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Check out this fascinating new #OA article by Emily Hardick on the pathbreaking Congolese performer and producer Adolphe Kisimba! #DRC #Belgium #Performance #Culture: cup.org/4vjdxoM 022
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Read the new #OA article by João Vicente Melo on the early colonial elites of #Luanda. #CentralAfrica #AtlanticWorld #Angola #Portugal #Eurafricans #microhistory cup.org/4naBY4L 0136
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Read Igor Roland Matonda’s new #OpenAccess French-language article “Les lacs Tumba et Maï-Ndombe dans la cartographie européenne du 16e–18e siècle”: doi.org/10.1017/S002... 132
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Read the new review by Ridwan Muhammed on “Birth Politics: #Colonial Power, #MedicalPluralism, and #Maternity in #Nigeria” (@hopkinspress.bsky.social) by @ogewilliams.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/244dbyf3 0115
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Read the new review by Kenneth King of “#NormanLeys and #SettlerColonialism in #Kenya” (@merlinpress.bsky.social) by Colin Leys: cup.org/40U2lBt 087
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Read Alicia C. Decker on Derek R. Peterson’s “A Popular History of Idi Amin’s #Uganda” (@yalepress.bsky.social) in the new #OpenAccess #FeaturedReview “Everyday People and the Making of #Authoritarianism”: cup.org/47o2Pn5 064
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Read the new 🔥🔥🔥 review by @aselmeyer.bsky.social and @saitabau.bsky.social of “Decolonizing Maasai History” (@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social) by Meitamei Olol Dapash and Mary Poole. #activism #historiography cup.org/4t4ZzVY 064
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Read the new #OpenAccess article by Siyabonga Nxumalo on British #Imperialism in #SouthAfrica and the attack on parts of the #ZuluRoyalFamily: cup.org/40QsmSo 084
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Read the new #OpenAccess article by Arturo Zoffmann Rodriguez on the #Ovambo #Genocide in #Angola. #colonialism #Portugal #violence #famine bit.ly/4rhHhQl 1136
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Read the the new #OpenAccess article by Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué on #faith, #emotion, political kinship, and #transnational connections as told through the fascinating story of Enoch Olinga. #Uganda #Baha'iFaith Link: bit.ly/4tKNyGH 062
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Read the new #OpenAccess article by Stephen Volz on #SolPlaatje, #KorantaEaBecoana, and the pursuit of Multiethnic Liberalism in #SouthAfrica: bit.ly/3Ow1Dat 031
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Looking for some fascinating weekend listening? Abou Bamba, @michmo.bsky.social, Moses Ochonu, and Thula Simpson join @sseverson.bsky.social to talk breakthroughs, trends, and challenges in #AfricanHistory we saw in last year’s vol. On Apple, Spotify, and streaming: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4ywb9...podbean.comA Year in African Historical ScholarshipJournal of African History Podcast: Volume 66 Retrospective What does a year of cutting-edge African history scholarship reveal about where the field is heading? In this special episode marking the cl... 042
Sam Severson @sseverson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026So proud of this episode with @michmo.bsky.social, Abou Bamba, Moses Ochonu, and Thula Simpson, who each brought such thoughtfulness and honesty to our JAH Vol. 66 retrospective. Grateful to work with these brilliant editors! 🎙️: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4ywb9...podbean.comA Year in African Historical ScholarshipJournal of African History Podcast: Volume 66 Retrospective What does a year of cutting-edge African history scholarship reveal about where the field is heading? In this special episode marking the cl... 042
Reposted by Sam SeversonDavid Wilson @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social · 30/01/2026"'The Net That Catches the Most Fish': Fishing, Innovation, & Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923" now published @thejah.bsky.social. This article was in the works for several years, very pleased to see it out. Thank you to the editors & reviewers. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.org“The Net That Catches the Most Fish”: Fishing, Innovation, and Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923 | The Journal of African History | Cambridge Core“The Net That Catches the Most Fish”: Fishing, Innovation, and Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923 - Volume 67 394
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Read the new #OpenAccess article by @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social on #fishing and #law in #Ghana: bit.ly/45CFld3 094
Reposted by Sam SeversonBright Gyamfi @gyamfiphd.bsky.social · 12/12/2025I'm pleased to announce that my article has been published in the flagship @thejah.bsky.social. #WestAfrica #Ghana #Senegal #UnitedStates #UnitedNations #Economics #Development #Decolonization #Imperialism #Brightgyamfi 0127
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Read the new #OpenAccess article by @gyamfiphd.bsky.social on #NeoColonialism, #Underdevelopment, #Economics, and IDEP: bit.ly/3Ys21bK 083
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Read the new #OpenAccess article by @ccm541.bsky.social on #women nanga players and #history telling in Western #Uganda: bit.ly/3K9jdPN 083
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 19/11/2025In our latest podcast episode, Mark Deets joins editor Abou Bamba to discuss his featured review of “L’idée de la #Casamance autonome” by @sevead.bsky.social, and #AcademicFreedom, #HistoricalContingency, and #politics in #Senegal: Streaming: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-axcej... Review: bit.ly/4n8zHFepodbean.comMark Deets on alternative futures of the CasamanceIn this episode Mark Deets (AUC) joins editor Abou Bamba (Gettysburg) to discuss “Ambiguous Echoes of the Colonial Partition: Alternative Futures from the Casamançais Past in Senegal.” This featured r... 073
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Read the new #OpenAccess article by Chepchirchir Tirop on #sports, #stadiums, and Moi’s transnational populist #politics in #Kenya: bit.ly/3K1y6nj 041
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Read the new #OpenAccess article by John Thornton, “The Emergence of Social and Political Complexity in West #CentralAfrica” : bit.ly/4hS1c59 051
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Read the new #OpenAccess article by Felicitas Becker and Salvatory Nyanto on women’s beer brewing and livelihood strategies in #Tabora #Tanzania after the end of #slavery: bit.ly/3JwHI9q 083
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Read the new featured review by Mark W. Deets detailing both “L’idée de la #Casamance autonome: Possibles et dettes morales de la situation coloniale au #Senegal” (Editions Karthala) by @sevead.bsky.social and the political storm surrounding its publication: bit.ly/4n8zHFe 072
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Read the new OA article by Abikal Borah on indentured labor in southeastern #SouthAfrica and relations between Indian and Zulu workers: bit.ly/4nPKSns 063
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Read the new OA article by Agata Błoch, Guillem Martos Oms, and Clodomir Santana on #archives, #DigitalBias, #AI, and the production of historical narratives: bit.ly/4q4UGvD 075
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Read the new OA #HistoryMatters piece by Leslye Obiora on #BeninBronzes and the #Law: bit.ly/4nnyF8R #Nigeria #CulturalHeritage #antiquities #colonialism #restitution 033
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Read the new OA article by Oliver Coates on war correspondents from #Nigeria in #Burma in 1945: bit.ly/4nO6BfN 052
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Read the new OA History Matters piece by Cresa Pugh on legacies of the #BeninBronzes and #Restitution within the #BlackAtlantic bit.ly/48DRHnJ 061
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Read the new OA article by David Damtar on #Gender and #Mining in colonial #Ghana bit.ly/48Uk5ln 041
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Read the new review by Joshua Grace of Tasha Rijke-Epstein’s “Children of the Soil” (@dukepress.bsky.social). #Madagascar #Architecture #UrbanHistory bit.ly/3JZVEc2 093
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 01/09/2025In the latest OA #HistoryMatters piece, JAH #WestAfrica editor Moses Ochonu writes about the rise and implications of what he terms the new instrumental turn in historical scholarship in #Nigeria: bit.ly/3JExPWV 041
Reposted by Sam SeversonNiels Boender @nielsboender.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Very happy to see my latest article published with @thejah.bsky.social - the second in what will be a trilogy of articles on the legacy of Mau Mau and local politics in Central Kenya. In this article, I take a look at the African Independent Pentecostal Church, the religious arm... 132
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Read the new OA article by @nielsboender.bsky.social on the African Independent Pentecostal Church, #decolonization, #land, and #reconciliation in #Kenya: bit.ly/46hPEUo 051
Reposted by Sam SeversonThe Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Read the new OA article by @caitlinbarker.bsky.social on the #diplomacy carried out by #women from #Cameroon in #China during the era of #decolonization: bit.ly/4mGMdg6 033
Reposted by Sam SeversonJohn Aerni-Flessner @lesothojohn.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Just received the cover for my latest book! Coming in February 2026 to a bookstore near you in Southern Africa (available in North America and Europe, too), but published in RSA. Exciting stuff! 33815
Reposted by Sam SeversonAnjuli Webster @anjuliwebster.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Paul Clarke is doing incredible work on the global history of policing and abolition. Here he makes several key interventions in the historiography of race and the frontier in South Africa. A must read! 📚 072
