PhD Candidate @UniLeiden - Working on the project ‘African Activism at the UN’
The Netherlands
Joined February 2021
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I'm so excited to share my article on the Rwenzururu movement and their claimsmaking at the United Nations in the 1960s and throughout the long 1970s.
You can read it here (open access):
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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My new article examining the ICRC's first visits to political prisoners in 1960s Apartheid South Africa, including its first encounters with Mandela and Sobukwe, is out now in the Journal of Global History.
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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superinteresting article by @ysabdullahi - on the politics of secessionism and the limits of self-determination claims at the UN
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The article examines how Rwenzururian activists used the language of the UN to make claims about sovereignty, recognition, and self-determination in postcolonial Africa. It also raises questions of how the UN navigated secession, sovereignty, and statehood in Uganda.
My article on Angie Brooks and her interventions in Namibian decolonisation as well as women’s rights at the United Nations is out with @GSQ_Journal !
You can read it here:
academic.oup.com/isagsq/arti…
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New paper with @ysabdullahi : we analyze Japanese debates on sanctions against South Africa and show how economic activities can be explained with securitization theory. Many thanks to “Scoping ‘New Diplomatic History’ in Asia” for hosting our presentation!ari.nus.edu.sg/events/diplom…
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So thrilled to finally see this out! 🎉 Really proud of this one.
"An Integral Part of Our Lives": WhatsApp Groups as Socio-Technical Gathering Spaces in Somali Drought Relief — with @Nauja_Kleist & @karutikk
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
#DigitalHumanitarianism #Somalia #WhatsApp
🆕 How do communities organise aid during crisis?
@Fatimaa_dm, @Nauja_Kleist and @karutikk examine how Somali WhatsApp groups function as spaces for coordinating drought relief, extending kinship-based support into digital humanitarian action.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/000203972614…
My article on Milton Obote's worldmaking activities at the UN is out with @GSQ_Journal. Very grateful to @Ant_FdO and Luke Ashworth for including this in their excellent Special Issue and for all the guidance along the way!
You can read it here: 👇🏾
academic.oup.com/isagsq/arti…
My new essay on Kwame Nkrumah’s intervention in the Ogaden question is out now. It explores how his engagement with Somalia and mediation in the Ethio-Somali dispute revealed the limits of Pan-African solidarity.
Read it here (open access): 🇸🇴🇬🇭🇪🇹
link.springer.com/chapter/10…
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🆕@ysabdullahi examines how Somali-Ugandans in #Uganda navigated the COVID-19 crisis through mutual aid grounded in Soomaaliniimo, highlighting the prominent role played by religious leaders & women-led initiatives when state infrastructure fell short.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/000203972514…
My latest article, via @AfricaSpectrum 👇🏾
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
I’m very happy to see Reinventing Uganda out in print! 👏🏾
My chapter, ‘From Karamoja to Kampala: The (Re)Construction of Somali-Ugandan Communities in 1979–80,’ explores how Somali-Ugandans rebuilt their communities in the wake of regime change after Idi Amin’s fall.
Amid political exclusion and state collapse, they forged new economic pathways, strengthened communal solidarity, and laid the foundations for the influence they hold in Uganda today. 🇺🇬🇸🇴
You can get a physical copy of the book via Makerere University Press:
press.mak.ac.ug/book/reinven…
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My book, “Socialist De-Colony: Black and Soviet Entanglements in Ghana's Cold War," is out! It’s a history of African attempts to transform a formerly colonial society into a paragon of socialist Black freedom within Cold War intrigues. Free download: cambridge.org/core/books/soc…
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excited to share that my AHR article is now available online – and open access! academic.oup.com/ahr/advance…
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The @UgandaStudies is hosting two exciting, online public talks this coming term on 1970s Uganda: one with @florencebrisset, @moosttwo & @SpireJim; and one with @Unseen_Archive. Please mark your calendars! We hope to see you there. @umunkozi @Makerere @ASAUK_News @CASCambridge @yalepress @SorbonneParis1 @UMich @DailyMonitor @ntvuganda @newvisionwire @nilepostnews
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Please help spread the word about an amazing fully funded opportunity for junior scholars in Maputo, Mozambique! See below for details.
CfP: Join us in Maputo, Mozambique, January 26th and 27th for a Junior Scholars Workshop on "Popular Cultures and African Futures." Co-hosted by @kaleidoscopiomz and the Dept. of Archaeology and Anthropology at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane.
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Thrilled to share that my article on historical memory in Togo has been published in the American Historical review! @AmHistReview So happy to see my work featured alongside the works of such brilliant scholars in the History Unclassified special issue!!
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“Imagination is a political battleground”
@mahbub_mohamed speaks with @JournalGobanimo’s @dabindid about the idea of gobanimo, the aims of the journal and why Somali politics demands a radical rethink.
geeska.com/en/imagination-po…
