ኢዮብ አሰለፈች ባልቻ (Eyob Aselefech Balcha)
@BalchaEyob
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Pan-Africanist/Researcher @PerivoliARC /Alumnus of @GlobalDevInst @ASCLeiden @issnl & @AddisUniversity/ Intellectual Son of @tmkandawire/#Decolonial/ ሆራ/ቢሼ🏊
Joined December 2019
I'm avoiding Twitter for obvious reasons; however, until I finalise my migration, I will share this piece written mainly for the UN audience. Restoring Africa’s knowledge sovereignty is key to sustainable development
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ICYMI: Connecting the dots of coloniality... in health research & policy making - new blog by @BalchaEyob on his @UCT_news @BristolUni fellowship research #coloniality #AfricaResearch #AfricaCharter
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Decolonising Development Studies: Progress, challenges, and the role of the Africa Charter https://t.co/pZDgscp17t via @globaldevinst @PerivoliARC
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By Dr Louisa Hann On Thursday, 30th May 2024, the Development Studies Association (DSA) hosted a webinar exploring the critical need to decolonise Development Studies and tackle the epistemic...
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The ASAA announces call for papers, panels, workshops, films etc for the #ASAA2025 biennial conference in #Cabo_Verde
https://t.co/o5ZejxsMIO
@kafmurhula @divinefuh @Africaishome @qwesidjan @adomakoampofo
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Valentin Y. Mudimbe turned 83 today. His philosophical masterpiece “The Invention of Africa,” which deconstructs the colonial library we all carry in our minds often unwittingly, is indispensable to our intellectual hygiene. Happy birthday to a giant!
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🎊🎉Heartfelt Congratulations to #HUMA Director @divinefuh on his new appointment as head of Anthropology at @UCT_news starting January 2025! Read the full announcement: https://t.co/IgMno3kq98
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ከደስታ ኪዳነወልድ መዝገበ ቃላት የመጀመሪያ ገፆች በአንዱ ላይ የተፃፈ የማነቃቂያ መልክት ... #ኢትዮጲያ
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I'm happy to announce that my book titled "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health" is now out! You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: https://t.co/L9yDyUfvnv The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: https://t.co/ufbdobyMAN
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The greatest of all #ThandikaMkandawire 's works are collected in one location for better access. If you browse through his work, you can find several insightful comments on Africa and beyond. He was truly phenomenal! Thanks, @CODESRIA, for the great help!
📚@CODESRIA has drafted a bibliography of Thandika Mkandawire's work—a treasure trove of Africa's finest social science contributions. 🌍 A must-have resource for scholars in Africa and beyond! #SocialScience #ThandikaMkandawire 👉 https://t.co/NUUsiTZj9x
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The problem with liberalism is that it rests on a fundamental contradiction that cannot be resolved. It will always fail, it will always collapse, and this explains everything about our current moment. Liberals try to hold two commitments at once: on the one hand, they are
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How President Lyndon B. Johnson tried to stop Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony by impromptu Press Conference to Get Her off the air, 1964.
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It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.
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All the takes are correct and yet they also miss the point. Yes, it was insane for the Democrats to think they could win by running a soulless candidate, without a shred of progressive policy vision, pursuing endorsements from neocon war-hawks everybody hates, while arming and
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“The big joke on democracy is that it gives its mortal enemies the tools to its own destruction.” Guess who said this? It was Joseph Goebbels - the lead spokesperson of the Nazis.... the rest is both history and, sadly, present-day reality. #USElections2024
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ICYMI - Royal Holloway has become the latest UK university to sign the #AfricaCharter 🎉
We've signed up to the #AfricaCharter, a framework for advancing research collaborations in the continent. The signing of the Charter is a key contributor to Royal Holloway’s new #RH2030s strategy. More: https://t.co/sMpkHCep7U
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