Aharon deGrassi

Geographer. Rural dev in Africa, l'état, social & inst. change, etnografia, thry-prac, political economy, Angola, Burkina, DRC, Ghana. opinions=mine, RT≠endorse

[Aharon deGrassi @a_degrassi]

Vou apresentar, na 2af 13:30, sobre Angola, Malanje, Lunda, história e teorias : "Roadblocks da mente: Representações coloniais de logística, infraestrutura e
controle espacial nas geografias políticas africanas," Parte da https://t.co/omeAETxkFh

[Aharon deGrassi @a_degrassi]

Lisboa!

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

The Iran war and El Nino are combining to create a hunger crisis around the world later this year and next: https://t.co/bjtAQ8uY6D

[Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Ga @sjndlovugatshen]

https://t.co/0cLmVFxxrS

[African Books Collective @Afbkcollective]

📢 Applications open!

Early-career scholars in African Literary & Cultural Studies (Eastern & Southern Africa) are invited to a year-long writing & mentoring programme, including a 4-day workshop at the University of Nairobi.

https://t.co/V2kilelnzB

[Pod Save America @PodSaveAmerica]

Jon Favreau questions DNC Chair Ken Martin on why he won't release the DNC's autopsy on the 2024 election.

[Aharon deGrassi @a_degrassi]

Great critique by @rhaplord of "tendency in non-specialist writing to neglect sustained engagement with the historical literature in favor of generalist theoretical claims that repurpose outdated theories as groundbreaking discoveries." tbcont. @SoerenHenn https://t.co/bpiLsdE5Wi

[isaac Samuel @rhaplord]

“The highly decentralised communities described by anthropologists in Somalia during the early 20th century do not reflect the long-term historical organization of societies in the region.”
https://t.co/F4dTJPCPeB

[Aharon deGrassi @a_degrassi]

@_alice_evans https://t.co/n5xjxNR391

[isaac Samuel @rhaplord]

“Wealth-in-People” and “Wealth-in-Land” in Pre-colonial Africa: Reassessing the Evidence.

https://t.co/GsIT5QS1FF

[The Sentry @TheSentry_Org]

Fraudsters, tax dodgers, and corrupt public officials use anonymous shell companies as getaway vehicles.

Tomorrow, the US House Financial Services Committee is marking up a bill, HR 425, that would repeal the Corporate Transparency Act, a critical law that unveils the owners of these anonymous companies.

The Sentry opposes any effort to gut or repeal the Corporate Transparency Act, one of our nation's most important tools to combat financial crime.

https://t.co/OpkUEdqGtP

[isaac Samuel @rhaplord]

“Wealth-in-People” and “Wealth-in-Land” in Pre-colonial Africa: Reassessing the Evidence.

https://t.co/GsIT5QS1FF

[Aharon deGrassi @a_degrassi]

@adam_tooze Also key is clarifying factions beyond a simple binary of active North vs passive South victims https://t.co/X04AFJbTrk

[Priya Lal @priyalalista]

Cover reveal! And table of contents now up: https://t.co/xDJAckNuDn

[Priya Lal @priyalalista]

Cover reveal! And table of contents now up: https://t.co/xDJAckNuDn

[Canadian Journal of African Studies @CJAS_RCEA]

@CJAS_RCEA is pleased to announce that the call for applications for co-editor positions is now open, with a deadline of 15 May 2026.

[National Library of Uganda @nationallib_ug]

The National Library has the largest publicly available collection of newspapers in #Uganda. Our newspaper collection dates back to pre-independence and is available for reference.

[Aharon deGrassi @a_degrassi]

@vox_dev @SoerenHenn @uwpolisci @HarrisPolicy There are so many problems with this article (& NBER papers, & overall approach) it's hard to know where to start. Will post longer thread soon ... 🧵

[Aharon deGrassi @a_degrassi]

@nberpubs @SoerenHenn There are so many problems with this paper & overall approach, it's hard to know where to start. Will post longer thread soon ... 🧵

[Aharon deGrassi @a_degrassi]

@cepr_org @SoerenHenn @UWMadison @WIeconomics @UChicago @HarrisPolicy @unn_tweets There are so many problems with this article (& NBER papers, & overall approach) it's hard to know where to start. Will post longer thread soon ... 🧵

[Aharon deGrassi @a_degrassi]

@TheEconomist There are so many problems with this article (& NBER papers, & overall approach) it's hard to know where to start. Will post longer thread soon ... 🧵