Una reivindicación de aquellas personas de origen africano que a lo largo de la historia han dejado su huella en Europa: 'Europeos africanos. Una historia jamás contada', de Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social. Coeditado con @casa-africa.bsky.social buff.ly/WGsMVlg
I was interviewed by Guardian journalist Angela Foster about CARICOM 's decision to update 10 point plan on reparatory justice by including gender based gender violence. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...
‘Women were currency’: How reparatory justice is spotlighting gender-based violence
In this month’s newsletter: placing Black women and girls at the forefront, celebrating the Manchester experience and preserving Gullah Geechee land
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Don't, well, actually do let the door hit you on your way out!
Me, looking at how Labour is hyping he (because yet again he has to be a he?) who is to become the next PM.
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
ODT: Dr Walter Rodney, SOAS University of London alumni (PhD in African History, slavery in Upper Guinea), was assassinated.
These are the 30 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland, all by white men 21 killed in their homes by men they knew. The youngest 20, the oldest 82 21 were mothers, 4 were killed with their children in the home. Two were pregnant Nobody rioted over their murders www.bbc.com/news/article...
A picture of violence: The 30 women killed in more than four years
In at least 21 of the 30 deaths, the killers - or the suspects in their killings - were well-known to the women.
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Will the restitution to Cameroon begin soon? Return of ancestral remains to Maca community from Germany could signal breakthrough for all Cameroonian communities. @historianmemory.bsky.social @akpf.bsky.social @hist4dem.bsky.social @regartless.bsky.social 👉 dekolonial-erinnern.de/will-the-res...
Decolonial Memories@colonial-memories.bsky.social · 2mo agoMemories of German colonialism in Cameroon: Leitet Rückführung der Maka-Ahnen aus Freiburg umfassende Restitutionen ein? @diplo.de @mehler.bsky.social @actunifreiburg.bsky.social @regartless.bsky.social @djaten.bsky.social @mwk-bw.bsky.social dekolonial-erinnern.de/beginnt-jetz...
Researchers working on Portugal in 16th century, I have a question for you. How many enslaved people were there in Portugal in the 16th century AND did they indeed make up for 10% of the population? The figures & sources I have don't match.
I should have been there tonight but no trains and only a few replacement buses that couldn't bring me back to the wild wild West Wales. I missed out 😩 I LOVE Prof Qureshi's work. The book is brilliant!
The Royal Society@royalsociety.org · 2mo agoThe concept of extinction was regarded as impossible until the late 18th century. Join Professor Sadiah Qureshi on 28 May as she explores extinction's unnatural history and how we can generate hope and secure justice for all life on earth. https://bit.ly/4tL3JmR
Quite a week! Filming for the Orwell Prize; invited to the Elysée Palace by President Macron for the 25 years of the Taubira Law; several important announcements made there, like the dissolution of Code Noir, finally & more. Trying to write while travelling😩 Resting in the Wild West Wales now. Phew.
Historian Lucy Worsley investigates the American Revolution on BBC. Episode 2 is on but if you missed the 1st one with moi, making an appearance, here www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Reform stickers on some cars, the new normal in Wales? This Black woman does NOT feel safe in some places these days. Imagine finding out people you know and liked voted Reform. Imagine fighting alongside the 'White working class' all your adult life only to see them choose Brexit & now Reform.
London, last night on stage with the amazing 2021 winner of the International Booker Prize, David Diop at Southbank.
3 days ago in Venice at the Biennale for the Caravan of words dedicated to Koyo. Very emotional.
Invited to the pre-opening of the Biennale in Venice to celebrate our sister Koyo Kouoh who joined the ancestors May last year 💔
2 weeks ago, another celebration in London, the superb exhibition, the music is Black at V&A East.
2 weeks ago, a celebration for a book I endorsed, Trapped Life by Dr Ebony Reid.
2 weeks ago, invited for the unveiling and to meet King Charles and Queen Camilla at the British Museum.
3 weeks ago in Brussels for the opening of an incredible exhibition at the House of European History.
OTD 10 May, official date for the commemoration of the abolitionS in France. I won't be there. These last weeks have been very busy.
After Brexit, you'd think people would've kicked those charlatans to the curb. Instead they're hate-bonding again over Black & Brown people's tiny presence in Wales. As for 'protest voters' (vs Lab) chosing Reform over Plaid Cymru, really?? Le big sigh, vraiment. www.pollcheck.co.uk/welsh_pollin...
Senedd Election Calculator 2026 | Welsh Parliament Projections
Senedd 2026 seat calculator using D'Hondt proportional representation. Project Welsh Parliament seats with latest polling.
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Ah, so much has been happening that I forgot to share here. For example, I was honoured to receive an honorary doctorate from one of Europe's oldest universities Universite Catholique de Louvain. 🥹
Restorative Justice - Seeing the practical impact on certain communities and being a teeny tiny part of this truly makes me proud. The whole team works INCREDIBLY hard. Words can heal and actions can build. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ap...
Guardian owner heralds next phase in Legacies of Enslavement restorative justice plan
Scott Trust identifies priorities for communities in Jamaica and US Sea Islands with plans to allocate millions of pounds
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