Examples: Adebajo, Adekeye (2021). The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes. Johannesburg: Jacana Media. Medie, Peace. A. (2020). His only wife. Algonquin Books.

folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 8h ago

I am super fascinated by academics writing novels or poetry collections. What are your favourite examples?

hard to think of a more positively totalitarian position than the criminalization of ones very existence in space if you deviate an inch from your assigned spot

folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · last yr.

"Anti-immigrant march" is such a telling phrase. An immigrant is just a person who exercises the freedom they are born with, which is recognised by all human rights legislation, and moves across imaginary lines on the ground. Being "anti-immigrant" means anti-movement, anti-freedom and anti-person.

I am super fascinated by academics writing novels or poetry collections. What are your favourite examples?

I realised this morning that I will very soon be able to say to students that I have been teaching since before they were alive and I needed oxygen for a bit.

Challenge for the teaching year, how many of your favourite movie references can you sneak into your teaching? I used to put Godfather references in contract law: 'sleeping with the fishes' – Superservant II. 'Offer you can't refuse' – making a contract

To show that there is no single book that can prepare you for studying law, this list brings together recommendations from legal scholars around the world, exploring law through a range of disciplines. Read widely. Read critically. Read beyond the textbook. folukeafrica.com/a-reading-li...

Law Has More Than One Face: A Reading Guide for Aspiring Law Students Who Want to See Law’s Faces

Learning Law Critically Across Borders, Histories, and Perspectives

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In this new blog post, I reflect on the CLPRE launch event, share recordings from the keynote speakers and roundtable discussions, and invite colleagues, students, practitioners, and researchers to become part of this growing global network. folukeafrica.com/the-classroo...

The Classroom Still Remains: Reflections on the Launch of the Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and Empire Network

On the 14th of September 2026, the Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and Empire Network (CLPRE) held its launch event at the University of Bristol and online. CLPRE was established as a collaborati…

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We are being deliberately and systematically gaslit.

It is that time of year again when I recommend my students watch Ends as a companion to the voluminous accounts of pervasive racial injustice I am about to take them through.

folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 2y ago

I very much recommend that you watch "Ends" by Ahir Shah on Netflix. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you think and it will stay with you.

A film/video category that I think people should get awards for but is currently unrecognised are the people who do music videos of their favourite TV/film and upload to youtube. A lot of them are better than trailers and have convinced me to watch programmes I previously was not interested in.

You cannot logic a person out of racism.

In the ongoingness of the imperial context, colonial languages continue to work as tools of power. I explore this question in relation to the use of language in African education, noting how often language proficiency is conflated with subject proficiency. folukeafrica.com/language-in-...

Imperial Remains in the Classroom: Language, Learning, and Colonial Legacies in Africa

Achebe’s Unheard-of Things and the Ghosts of Colonial Tongues

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"The launch of CLPRE confirmed to us the need and appetite for deeper conversations about race, empire, colonialism, and justice within legal pedagogies... we invite you to join us on this journey and help shape the conversations, scholarship, and practices that will define the network’s future."

folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 5d ago

In this new blog post, I reflect on the CLPRE launch event, share recordings from the keynote speakers and roundtable discussions, and invite colleagues, students, practitioners, and researchers to become part of this growing global network. folukeafrica.com/the-classroo...

"Anti-immigrant activist" is at best an oxymoron. Like an anti-living paramedic.

folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · last yr.

"Anti-immigrant march" is such a telling phrase. An immigrant is just a person who exercises the freedom they are born with, which is recognised by all human rights legislation, and moves across imaginary lines on the ground. Being "anti-immigrant" means anti-movement, anti-freedom and anti-person.

A portrait of the writer attempting to find an acceptable sentence construction still recognisable as being in the English language

Extreme Flexibility Contortion

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Sky News@news.sky.com · 3d ago

Anti-migrant protester Danny Tommo arrested after boat with emergency worker on damaged in Channel

Here, I explore why we must look beyond colonialism to understand West Africa's present. The region's political structures, identities, conflicts, and aspirations are rooted in a much longer history of kingdoms, empires, trade routes, resistance, and transformation. folukeafrica.com/a-short-hist...

From Kingdoms to Colonial States: The Unfinished Story of West Africa

We Were Here Before the Colonial Lines Were Drawn, We Still Be Here When They Vanish

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Conventional "failed state" narratives are an easy answer to explain instability, but they do not challenge the assumptions underlying statehood, especially the colonial foundations of African statehood, so they end up protecting states rather than human lives. folukeafrica.com/the-fallacy-...

Africa’s Failed States or International Law’s Failed States? Unsettling Colonial Borders & Fragile Sovereignties

Why we should focus on the ability of individuals to live, rather than states to exist.

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Lessons learned from watching Widows Bay: 1. Don't watch it all in one go 2. Don't watch it while eating 3. Don't watch it at night 4. Matthew Rhys is a fantastic actor

I am writing an essay on adaptations from book to screen. I wonder what people think: 1. What is the best book adaption? 2. What is the worst? 3. What is something you would love to see a good adaptation of? My own answers will be in the essay when it's finished.

I am writing an essay on adaptations from book to screen. I wonder what people think: 1. What is the best book adaption? 2. What is the worst? 3. What is something you would love to see a good adaptation of? My own answers will be in the essay when it's finished.

Ngl Bluesky does have a major racism problem and it’s the main reason why I spend a lot of time on other sites and offline Because ultimately y’all saw an article that used the “race card” trope and went “yep totally believable. They do that!” and then got mad about being called racist for it

Absolutely wild to hear "is computer human" from dickheads who treat large groups of people as if they're not

Lessons learned from watching Widows Bay: 1. Don't watch it all in one go 2. Don't watch it while eating 3. Don't watch it at night 4. Matthew Rhys is a fantastic actor

Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.

By using a green background as subliminal Green messaging?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 19h ago

Labour must reunite progressive voters to win the next election, says Lucy Powell

Good luck with that. For ten years, Labour has been telling progressives they’re wrong, that progressives should piss off, and then enacting legislation to appeal to the far right.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 19h ago

Labour must reunite progressive voters to win the next election, says Lucy Powell

"Historical Ties" covers a multitude of sins. And some of those ties are soaked in blood. Some of those links are the joints of abandoned skeletons.

Conventional "failed state" narratives are an easy answer to explain instability, but they do not challenge the assumptions underlying statehood, especially the colonial foundations of African statehood, so they end up protecting states rather than human lives. folukeafrica.com/the-fallacy-...

Africa’s Failed States or International Law’s Failed States? Unsettling Colonial Borders & Fragile Sovereignties

Why we should focus on the ability of individuals to live, rather than states to exist.

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It's like when people tell me that they are against antiracism. There is only one option left, brah...

a man sitting in a car with the words you know what i mean

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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · last yr.

"Anti-immigrant march" is such a telling phrase. An immigrant is just a person who exercises the freedom they are born with, which is recognised by all human rights legislation, and moves across imaginary lines on the ground. Being "anti-immigrant" means anti-movement, anti-freedom and anti-person.

Newspapers using the phrase "anti-immigrant" should really be called out for their dishonesty and complicity. Black and Brown people are being attacked for being Black or Brown. There are specific and more accurate words to describe this.

folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · last yr.

"Anti-immigrant march" is such a telling phrase. An immigrant is just a person who exercises the freedom they are born with, which is recognised by all human rights legislation, and moves across imaginary lines on the ground. Being "anti-immigrant" means anti-movement, anti-freedom and anti-person.