#AfroGradChat

Sharing Africans' experiences in higher education across continents

First Twitter Chat on Thurs, July 9, 2020
#AfroGradChat

Admin: @wunpini_fm

[#AfroGradChat @AfroGradChat]

Hello!

Please join @icahdq @EthnicityRace for a professional development workshop for early career scholars on publishing.

The speakers are
Prof. @HananBadr
Dr @drsharonomotoso
Prof. @hwasser
Prof. Africanus Diedong

Please share!

Register here:
https://t.co/tZhnySobS3

[African Books Collective @Afbkcollective]

This Africa Day, we reflect on the conversations shaping the continent’s future. In The African Border Paradox – A Necessary Curse or a Missed Benediction?, @JamaMusse examines the legacy of the Scramble for Africa and the enduring impact of colonial borders on African...1/2

[Wunpini F. Mohammed, Ph.D @wunpini_fm]

The good news I love to see in the midst of academia's apocalypse

[Wunpini F. Mohammed, Ph.D @wunpini_fm]

Good morning!

If you will be in Cape Town next week for ICA, please join us for an important conversation on decolonization in our field.

I will be sharing insights from my book. And I will be in conversation with these amazing scholars.
https://t.co/utkLT0Mize

[s-m sorentino @smsorentino]

Leah Kaplan's Tourism as Mastery: https://t.co/ul7PwQN4oj

[The Moth Magazine @themothmagazine]

The Moth Short Story Prize is now OPEN! And we're over the moon to be joined by Wendy Erskine as this year's judge...

1st prize €3,000
2nd prize €1,000
3rd prize a week at The Moth Retreat

Closing 15 June.

🌟 Details over at https://t.co/2MqMpyPkp8.

[Wunpini F. Mohammed, Ph.D @wunpini_fm]

This book is everything! 🔥 📚 👌🏿

[Mrs M @MrsScotty_M]

GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP 2026: Fully Funded Moral Ambition Fellowship for Professionals Ready to Change the World

Are you a mid-career professional feeling stuck in a role that lacks purpose? The Moral Ambition Fellowships 2026–2027 are now opening new cohorts for ambitious individuals ready to transition into high-impact careers tackling global challenges like tax justice, public health, and sustainable food systems.

✨️ Key Benefits
�� Monthly stipend (up to ~$5,000 depending on location)
🌐 Hands-on experience in global policy & advocacy
📚 Career transition support & coaching
🤝 Access to top international networks
🌍 Work on real-world global challenges

Apply https://t.co/5wUljtkZbJ

[African Books Collective @Afbkcollective]

We are pleased to announce that Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies has been accepted for indexing in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

Read our April newsletter for more: https://t.co/Mbqvt33cGe

[Wunpini F. Mohammed, Ph.D @wunpini_fm]

Today is World Book Day!

Please ask your institutional library to order my book 🫣

https://t.co/utkLT0Mize

[African Books Collective @Afbkcollective]

Revisiting a landmark text, @AnitaSackyi reflects on Women in Academia: Gender and Academic Freedom in Africa, unpacking its core themes and continued resonance in today’s debates on African women in academia. Read more: https://t.co/FG65q33AhZ

[Canadian Journal of African Studies @CJAS_RCEA]

@CJAS_RCEA a le plaisir d’annoncer que l’appel à candidatures pour les postes de co-rédacteur·rice·s est désormais ouvert, avec une date limite fixée au 15 mai 2026.

[Prof Lawrence Hamilton 🇿🇦 🇬🇧 🇧🇷 🇮🇳 @lhamilton365]

🌹🌹Come & work with me within a thriving academic community transforming political theory from & for the global south. See the advert below (deadline 30 April). @Wits_News @Cambridge_Uni @WitsPolitics @Dept_of_POLIS @NRF_News
@dstigovza
https://t.co/y4OBbScuaQ

[Wunpini F. Mohammed, Ph.D @wunpini_fm]

Feminist financial influencers – a new “marriage” of feminism and capitalism

Feminist financial influencers promise women empowerment through financial self-help. This may sound liberating but there are hidden costs to their advice.
https://t.co/vA7Z31tEAG

[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.

[Wunpini F. Mohammed, Ph.D @wunpini_fm]

Thanks to Telluride House @ Cornell for inviting me for this book event on Monday. 📚 💙 💛

@RejoiceAbutsa is a 10/10 moderator and host. Such an honour to have been in conversation with this brilliant mind. 🫶🏿

Another Ghana - Naija collaboration 🇬🇭🇳🇬

I got a book cake! 🎂🥹

[Wunpini F. Mohammed, Ph.D @wunpini_fm]

“We cannot write in foreign languages unspoken and unknown by peasants and workers in our communities and pretend that we are writing for…those peasants and workers.” https://t.co/ErhyBS5kmZ

[Wunpini F. Mohammed, Ph.D @wunpini_fm]

Reclaiming Language: A Conversation With Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Shortly before his death, The Nation spoke with the Kenyan writer about his most recent essay collection, Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas. https://t.co/cn5QRfgPZN

[The Standard Digital @StandardKenya]

Renowned Kenyan author and academic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o dies aged 87, family says; he had health issues including kidney problems and limited mobility.

[Wunpini F. Mohammed, Ph.D @wunpini_fm]

Now experts are warning that this trend might lead to the extinction of indigenous languages. Renowned African writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o says abandoning one’s indigenous language is tantamount to enslavement. https://t.co/EqxPJHGKEP

[Wunpini F. Mohammed, Ph.D @wunpini_fm]

“It has been all in the interest of an oppressing social force to control the consciousness of the dominated by all the cultural, educational, communicational, literary and aesthetic means at their disposal.”

-Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Writers in Politics, 2009