Adjunct professor, game developer, digital and cultural historian of Africa; against injustice, views my own. 🇨🇦🇸🇱 🏳️🌈♠️
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I'm a cultural historian who studies the slave trade and identity. Also a game dev working to build games intended to challenge injustice and historical marginalization. Opinions my own. I will block those who support imperialism, colonialism, racism, or homo/transphobia.
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It is irresponsible to expect foreign students and academics to travel to conferences in a country that behaves like this
So it looks like the city is intending to ram a 52 unit 6 storey complex into a quiet, sleepy neighbourhood mostly comprised of retirees and big spreading trees. Bringing in a smaller unit might have allowed incorporation into the community (cont'd)
are printed in such a tiny font that I in my middle age struggle to decipher them. The meeting tonight is a good drive from the neighbourhood, ignoring all far more local options, which is unjust to any concerned community members with visual challenges or who do not drive. (5/x)
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"America is for Americans and Americans only."
— Stephen Miller, 2024
"Germany is for Germans and Germans only."
— Adolf Hitler, 1934
I am almost never on this platform anymore but holy hells…
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🇸🇱 "I really wish it had happened earlier. I could have saved my sister."
Khadijatu Barrie, whose sister was married off at 14, welcomes Sierra Leone's Prohibition of Child Marriage Act but wishes it had come sooner.
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Game dev jobs: We'll be hiring for a significant number of roles soon. If you want first notice, please sign up for our jobsletter: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Ep 4 of #InConversationwithPaulLovejoy reflects on his teaching philosophy shaped by his unconventional training, background and experiences at @YorkUniversity. Join us on Friday, May 10 and delve into Lovejoy's transformative impact as an educator and mentor.
#Mentorship
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Join us for Ep. 3 of #InConversationwithPaulLovejoy, highlighting his distinguished writing career. From scholarly works to accessible books, his publications shaped African history understanding. Tune in Friday, May 3rd for insights into his research process and mentorship!
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"We did what we could. Remember us.”These are the words Dr Mahmoud Abu Nujaila wrote on a #Gaza hospital whiteboard normally used for planning surgeries at the end of October 2023.
