Senior Lecturer in African History, QMUL. Specialises in DR-Congo. Book=https://teapaw.org/t.co/3bauxJOABz… Own opinions. RTs not all endorsements.
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It's coming . . . Spring/Summer 2027 the new book drops. Hopefully, you will be able to pre-order this in November/December. Stay tuned. And thanks to all those who helped with this book, deepest gratitude to you all.
Looks like now, if you are in Canada, you can pre-order my book: mqup.ca/Books/C/Colonial-Con… But doesn't look like it's available to pre-order anywhere else yet . . . Stay tuned!
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Looking forward to this exciting book by a brilliant Congo scholar Reuben Loffman!
Very sorry to learn this. An intellectual giant on whose shoulders many stood.
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor John MacKenzie, a giant in the field of imperialism studies. We extend our deepest condolences to all who knew him.
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New issue of @AfricanEconHist is out now!
READ AND SHARE: The new OPEN ACCESS of @AfricanEconHist Volume 54, Number 1, 2026 is live with articles in English and Portuguese with articles by @CAlfagali, Teferi Mekonnen Bekele, Husseina Dinani, Manuel J. Manu-Osafo and three book reviews muse.jhu.edu/issue/57324
Happy World Kiswahili Day!
Tuesday is World Kiswahili Language Day.
Follow @UmojaWaMataifa for updates on the UN's work in Kiswahili, a language spoken by 200+ million people around the world.
un.org/en/observances/kiswah…
An honour to be quoted in @CNN's story about Michel Kuka Mboladinga, or Lumumba Vea, the DR-Congo superfan who stands as the late Congolese Prime Minister in the Leopard's games: cnn.com/2026/06/24/sport/pat…
Please do consider submitting a paper for the @EcclesHistSoc conference from 13-15 July 2026! More details of the conference are here: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety… Looking forward to attending!
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!
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: kadoc.kuleuven.be/english/3_…
The @ASAUK_News conference theme has been announced and the stream call is now open!
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'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
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My review of A. G. Hopkins' Capitalism in the Colonies @TheTLS the-tls.co.uk/history/modern… In short - read it! It is a fantastic book!
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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. un.org/en/preventgenocide/rw…
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! eur01.safelinks.protection.o…
Looking forward to reading this article 👇
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.
muse.jhu.edu/article/942017
ALT Screenshot of article abstract titled, "The Politics of the Migrant Labor Remittance System in British Central Africa, 1930s–1960s"
ALT Photo of author, Anusa Daimon. He is facing the camera against a cream backsground, wearing a blue chekered shirt, navy jumper and brown tweed cap.
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.
This is an important part of why what is happening in the Congo is happening and should be read widely: aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/1/…. As ever, this is a conflict imbued with many competing narratives.
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.