Miriam Conteh-Morgan

Associate professor/librarian. Says yes to: knowledge production + flows from/to Africa, info/ knowledge mgt & all things open.

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

First, it provides one of the earliest known dates for iron-smelting furnaces in Senegal. Second, it documents a long sequence of metallurgical activity spanning nearly 800 years, from 400 BCE to 400 CE. https://t.co/iM07l21gk2

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

Easy A’s are a problem for a whole lot of reasons. They reduce the incentive to learn, which means that students leave college with less knowledge and fewer skills. https://t.co/6aij0Oarpg

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

Changing the African narrative is not about slogans or public relations campaigns. It requires clarity about who we are and confidence in communicating it.
https://t.co/1pmVFFHzje

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

The current system of unpaid reviews... produces late reviews [and] thin reviews and excludes large segments of the research community who cannot afford to work for free. Payment creates accountability, not corruption.”https://t.co/S2RS7X8RbO

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

Two Kenyan women – Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka – set out in 2017 to do something both ordinary and radical: rebuild neglected libraries in Nairobi.
https://t.co/Gfr0CAUAX9

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

@Orange_sierra mobile data service at Leicester village has been nonexistent for almost 2 wks. Plays hide-and-seek. Not to talk about having to delete 100s of annoying flash messages! Please fix this asap!

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

[African] Intellectuals on the continent and in the diaspora have long navigated a complex terrain shaped by colonial legacies, political constraints and global inequalities.
https://t.co/OUUuWy0VIx

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

Roemers... uses vehicles as a vehicle for philosophical questions: How do our methods of transportation represent our identities, reflect global inequalities and illustrate the changing nature of mobility as we drive forward in the 21st century.

https://t.co/JwJmbrsexZ

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Siri or Google Assistant are developed by the global north and trained in English, Chinese or European languages. In comparison, African languages are largely missing from the internet.

https://t.co/LNJOTJ8XFi

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

"There are different kinds of belonging. There's the kind that comes with a passport, and there's a kind of helpless, spiritual attachment".
(Jane Bryce, *In Zamani: A Haunted Memoir of Tanzania* 2023)

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

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[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

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[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

Yum!
https://t.co/RWn3LEyZ1A

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

IPAM is proud that its students who have benefitted from training at its Centre of Excellence for Entrepreneurship and Innovation came away as 1st and 3rd prize winners. @DrTonyaMusa1

[UNDP Sierra Leone @UNDPSierraLeone]

MEET THE WINNERS!

Congratulations to the talented young innovators who took top honors in the maiden Youth-led #GreenSolutions Innovation Challenge by @ProtectionLeone & @UNDPSierraLeone.
🔸1st - Peter George
🔸2nd - Mariama Gendemeh
🔸3rd - Kabba Fofanah
@timbuktooafrica

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

Sierra Leonean and other African migrants face twin dangers
https://t.co/WJGUEaKDQK

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

@LSEGenerate and IPAM's Centre of Excellence in Entrepreneurship & Innovation successfully hosted a half-day of panel and roundtable discussions, and a showcase of amazing ideas by changemaker mentored by LSE . I am feeling chuffed! @Paroma_

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

@OmoOaiya @boubakarbarry @niinarkuquaynor @65db9ffd8997492 @acorenthin @pcbtraore @WACREN Truly sad! Rest in peace, Boubakar and may your legacy live on

[Miriam Conteh-Morgan @micm80]

@SLREN1 members will always remember him as a friend and staunch supporter. Rest well, Boubacar!

[WACREN @WACREN]

With deep sorrow, we share the news of the passing of Dr. Boubakar Barry, CEO of WACREN, after a brief illness. Dr. Barry’s legacy and contributions will always be remembered. Honor the life and legacy of Dr. Boubakar Barry by sharing your memories and messages of condolence at https://t.co/3gbdCdthqA. Rest in peace, Dr. Barry. #ripboubakar
@AAU_67 @LeCames @GARNETGHANA @NigerianREN @SLREN_SL @TogoRER @asinbenin @EkoKonnect @ird_fr @auf_org @AFD_France @AFRINIC @ICANN @AfNOGWorkshops @wascalclimate @UbuntuNet @ASRENorg @GEANTnews @EU_Commission @ruforumsec

[Rebecca Bryant, PhD @RebeccaBryant18]

A new post by @libranomics describes how moving the library beyond the library is an evolutionary, not revolutionary, process. Informed by recent @OCLC Research Library Partnership leadership roundtable discussions. https://t.co/GHiEZu3DKJ