Reuben A. Loffman

Senior Lecturer in African History, QMUL. Specialises in DR-Congo. Book= Own opinions. RTs not all endorsements.

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

My book, Church, State, and Colonialism in Southeastern Congo, 1890-1962, is out now with @PalgraveHistory. Let me know if you are teaching with this and would like me to Skype into a lecture seminar as will do if possible.

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

Please do consider submitting a paper for the @EcclesHistSoc conference from 13-15 July 2026! More details of the conference are here: https://t.co/sciWtfK5yU Looking forward to attending!

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

Just reading Chen Jian's biography of Zhou Enlai. Got to this paragraph which is . . . way too short for the gravity of what it is explaining! Meanwhile, one of the most important decisions this person ever made was decided, now onto other stuff!

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

@samanthawhite__ @tulipgrrl I have not I am afraid. Do send them to me again and I would be happy to look at them when I have a moment, which won't be for a while I'm afraid but I will be happy to look at them.

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

This development in eastern Congo should be getting far more media attention that it is. The second largest country in Africa by area is being invaded!

[Mélanie Gouby @Melaniegouby]

#M23 says it has full control of the airport after nearly 48h of heavy fighting - the airport also the site of a major @MONUSCO base. There are still pockets of resistance across town but the M23/RDF seem to have near complete control over #Goma

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

Very honoured to be presenting in @KU_Leuven on 23 January! Do come along if you are around! You'll find the details on this website - scroll down slightly on this page to see the 23 January seminar information: https://t.co/003migclfc

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

@samanthawhite__ @tulipgrrl Thank you for engaging with my work. Could you point out to me where I have spread misinformation? I cannot see it on this chain but do point it out and I would be happy to engage once I know with which of my comments you are engaging.

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

The @ASAUK_News conference theme has been announced and the stream call is now open!

[AfricanStudiesUK @ASAUK_News]

https://t.co/r7V4XaWvYL
The ASAUK2026 conference theme has been announced, and the call for streams is open.

[The TLS @TheTLS]

'These merchants, the often tragic Schumpeterian heroes of this story, merit our attention because they broke with convention.'

Reuben Loffman (@ReubenLoffman): Nigerian commerce thrived before British colonization
https://t.co/16hNGampHS

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

@donalhassett1 @FrenchDeptUCC Many congrats!

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

My review of A. G. Hopkins' Capitalism in the Colonies @TheTLS https://t.co/h3DrgSRl6s In short - read it! It is a fantastic book!

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

On this International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, let’s commit to be vigilant and to work together to build a world of justice and dignity for all – in honour of all the victims and survivors of the genocide. https://t.co/hn5kLfuito

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

@JoshuaMCastillo Many congrats Joshua! An excellent article!

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

Was on Australian TV yesterday talking about the M23 advance. Headlines: western Rwandan sanctions might not be a silver bullet here, M23 are confident and are not interested yet in permanent ceasefire, @fatshi13 has much work to do to stop their advance! https://t.co/s81stKAbLr

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

Looking forward to reading this article 👇

[African Economic History @AfricanEconHist]

Read, "The Politics of the Migrant Labor Remittance System in British Central Africa" by @Nustodimola of @UFSweb
It analyses how Africans in British Central Africa grappled with a colonial wage scheme and developed economic consciousness.
https://t.co/GJjY1TZGiC

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

A historic moment in Franco-African relations 👇

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

NEW:

🇹🇩 🇫🇷 France has withdrawn from its last military base in the country of Chad

With this withdrawal, the French military no longer has any presence in the African 'Sahel' region for the first time in over a century.

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

@BibiNdala 🙏 Amen

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

This is an important part of why what is happening in the Congo is happening and should be read widely: https://t.co/dttJXqsptx. As ever, this is a conflict imbued with many competing narratives.

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

@BibiNdala And to confirm, I am no fan of M23. They are a bad thing for the reasons ypu suggest. But a bad thing that needs understanding and confronting nonetheless.

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

@BibiNdala Sure, completely understand. Some may not be familiar with their rhetoric so the article will help them. But I appreciate it is old news to those who have heard it many times before.

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

I am hearing a lot of ad-hominum attacks on the author of the cited article but I would ask folks to challenge the argument not the scholar. Sure, personal history counts too. But the argument matters more. Or it should to scholars.

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

History is so important in this crisis. And how we think about history. We may dislike M23 and their perspective but engaging with it is going to be key to peace building particularly as the DRC goverment is struggling militarily.

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

This is an important part of why what is happening in the Congo is happening and should be read widely: https://t.co/dttJXqsptx. As ever, this is a conflict imbued with many competing narratives.

[Reuben A. Loffman @ReubenLoffman]

If we look at past peace deals, flawed as they were, there were few untarnished delegates. Who was 'clean' during Sun City 2 negotiations? To build peace, we need to talk, to talk we need to listen.