Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
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Vic Michaelis @vicmmic.bsky.social actor + improviser + sorry about the birds
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social Organizer, writer, mom. Philly partisan. IIWFJU member.
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BIG BAWDY FOREGN 🇧🇸 @foreignman242.bsky.social Foreignmaninaforeignland@nebula.tv
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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social naturalized US citizen born in soviet bloc.
who we are is less important than what we want and we want everything, for everyone.
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Late Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social Anti-fascist research on the night shift.
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Conejo Valley Antifascists @cvantifascists.bsky.social Est. 2016
Solidarity Apothecary @solidarityapoth.bsky.social Frontline herbalism for collective autonomy, self-defence & resilience to climate change, capitalism & state violence 🌱🖤💚
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Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social A project of @gadflypod.bsky.social that tracks fascist bills, explains why they are fascist, and notes which Democrats vote for them. Check out our work at fdt.beehiiv.com
Ldora🍉🌻🍁 @ldorak.bsky.social I dream of a Star Trek humanity, without the space wars and dangerous anomolies. Human Rights for ALL. 🧡 she/they
Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social Comics and things
Ravenous @weareravenous.com 🐦⬛ Food media with teeth
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Tim Longman 🏳️🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social Poli Sci and IR prof at BU. Posts on Africa, human rights, US politics, LGBTQ+, religion & politics. Progressive, Christian, proud gay dad.
2 books on Rwanda. Currently writing book on church and state across Africa and another on LGBTQ backlash in Africa
Martin Kalb @historianmkalb.bsky.social Historian, intersections of nature and empire in Southern Africa (esp. #Namibia); author of "Environing Empire: Nature, Infrastructure, and the Making of German Southwest Africa" (open access);
Views my own;
Worried about planet;
#FckNZs
martinkalb.com
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social Historian-in-public focusing on African anti-colonialism and the global media. Editorial fellow at @historyworkshop.org.uk, freelance everywhere else!
Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social Historian, gender, West Africa, French imperialism, militarization, Author of Militarizing Marriage (Ohio UP 2020). Past-présidente of French Colonial Historical Society, BCDSS alum, recovering Oakland As Fan, PNW hiking/backpacking...w/ signature typoes
Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social Professor, African Military Historian, Co-Editor of the Journal of African Military History. Opinions expressed are solely mine. My book, Ujamaa’s Army, is available now!! https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821425596/ujamaas-army
@historianmemory.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social Historian
Michelle Moyd @michmo.bsky.social Historian of Africa, soldiers, war. Mom, spouse, daughter. Author of *Violent Intermediaries*. Vet. Wish I had a dog. Wish I could just write what I want.
Mathilde von Bülow @muvonbulow.bsky.social Mom. Historian. Lecturer in School of IR @ University of St Andrews: decolonization & Cold War, colonial conflict, intel & security, Algeria, Franco-German relations, civil society actors & IR
emma 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 @emmadavies.bsky.social … ✨💡
Jonas Kreienbaum @kreienbaumj.bsky.social Historian working on colonialism, post-colonial North-South relations, genocide and economic crises. Lecturer for international economic history at University College Cork.
Kim Todzi @kim-todzi.de Historian interested in Colonialism, Postcolonial Memory, Economic History and Global Pharma.
https://www.kim-todzi.de/
kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social Teach/research/write African politics & pandemics.
Editor, Good Authority https://bsky.app/profile/goodauth.bsky.social
Host, Ufahamu Africa Podcast https://bsky.app/profile/ufahamuafrica.bsky.social
Nina Kleinöder @nkleinoeder.bsky.social Historian University of Bamberg | Economic and Social History | Labour and Education | Business History | Colonial History
Vera-Simone Schulz @verasimoneschulz.bsky.social at the crossroads of African, Islamic, European art histories and critical museology; co-convener of "Planetary Patchwork", "Material Migrations", and "Plants in Africa and the Global South: Multi-Species Materialities, Ecologies and Aesthetics"
Joël Glasman @glasmanjo.bsky.social historian, prof, author: 'Minimal Humanity' (London 2020) ; 'Les humanités humanitaires' (Paris 2023). African history, global history, humanitarian aid. Views are my own. https://joelglasman.com
Onni Ahvonen @ahvonenonni.bsky.social Doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki | Working on Caribbean Marxism, utopia, temporality, and political imagination
Maaike @maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social non-practicing intellectual on war & tech
NL/EN
Lindsey Pruett @pruett.bsky.social Assistant professor of pol sci @LSU. State-building, policing, civ-mil, and colonialism, mostly in West Africa. www.lindseypruett.com
Steve Rosenzweig @scrosenzweig.bsky.social Political scientist studying political violence, ethnic politics, polarization, democratization and democratic erosion. Aspiring ski bum. Book: tinyurl.com/2z2r3rnw
Hilary Matfess @hilarymatfess.bsky.social Assistant Prof @ Korbel School of International Studies | studies gender and violence | into coffee, running, lifting, and dogs
Ryan Musser @ryanmusser.bsky.social Posts about current events/politics/development in Africa, building better cities, local Washington DC issues, and how biking is the best form of transportation. Live in Ward 8/EOTR. Lover of front porches and #bikeDC.
Check out my Africa starter packs.
Dan Hammett @hamstertowers.bsky.social Political geographer, co-editor of International Development Planning Review, author of Global Development: The Basics, and Humour and Politics in Africa: Beyond Resistance | citizenship, geopolitics, humour |
Carl Müller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social Human, Learner, Voyager, Citizen. Polisci research on the state, development, and conflict. Assistant Professor @ LSE Department of Government. Previously Oxford and ETH Zurich. http://carl.muller-crepon.com/
Alex Yeandle @alexyeandle.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Political Science, Aarhus University
www.alexyeandle.com
Erin Hern @erinhern.bsky.social Assoc. Prof @Syracuse, African Politics, political behavior, resource governance, global energy transition
Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social Incoming Lecturer at St Andrews in the School of International Relations. PhD from Cornell. Studies land reform, agriculture, colonialism and elections in South Africa and Kenya.
www.dyzenhaus.com
Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social PhD, political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff.
I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking!
(she/her)
Kristina Pikovskaia @kpikovskaia.bsky.social Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow (Uni of Edinburgh)
MPhil&DPhil (Uni of Oxford)
People-centred research on African informal economies
RT≠endorsement
Aidan Barlow @aidanbarlow.bsky.social Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Bath. Researches the politics of digging things out of the ground.
Thalia Gerzso @thaliagerzso.bsky.social Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at @uoypolitics.bsky.social
I study African politics, democracy, and political institutions (mainly courts and legislatures)
www.thaliagerzso.com
Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee. African Politics, Nationalism, and Democracy. Also quilting. Lots of quilting.
Dr. Kelebogile Zvobgo (she/her) @kellyzvobgo.bsky.social Political scientist • Author of Governing Truth bit.ly/governing-truth • Committed to human rights, transitional justice, and international law
zvobgo.com
Travis B. Curtice @travisbcurtice.bsky.social Climber. Assistant Prof Drexel University. Studying police, repression & conflict. Fmr Carter Center, USIP, & Dartmouth Dickey Center. PhD Emory Polisci. Views are my own.
Cassandra Mark-Thiesen @cmarkthiesen.bsky.social Historian of Africa / the Globe: socioeconomic, cultures of knowledge, media. #Digital History. Advisory Editorial Board Journal of African History.
“Neglected Historiography from Africa„ 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853723000257
ZimboGuide @zimboguide.bsky.social Archaeologist, Historian, Bibliophile. A happy sponsor of the literary arts & cultural tourism in 🇿🇼. Personal account so opinions are my own.
Dr. Marie Huber @mariehuber.bsky.social Researcher. Writer: History, Economics, Africa | co-founder @metoohistory.bsky.social
Anjuli Webster @anjuliwebster.bsky.social Writer and historian. Empire, environment, and racial capitalism. Writing a book on the history of water in southern Africa.
Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University of Zululand.
Gesine Krüger @gesinekrueger.bsky.social Prof Geschichte UZH Zürich
Geschichte der Gegenwart
Right Livelihood Schweiz
Journal of African Economic History @africaneconhist.bsky.social International peer-reviewed journal publishing essays in English, French and Portuguese on the economic history of Africa.
Send us your manuscript!
https://aeh.uwpress.org/
The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social The Journal of African History (JAH) publishes articles and book reviews ranging widely over the African past, from ancient times to the present.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-history
Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 • she/elle/ella/cis⚔️ • AOC 4USpresident @gabriellehecht.bsky.social writer/prof📍🇫🇷🇿🇦
Gouvernance résiduelle. Histoire sud-africaine du monde à venir• https://sl1nk.com/vw4jv4w
•Gobernanza residual• https://bit.ly/488OkV7
•Residual Governance• http://bit.ly/41wDJzD
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Brian J. Peterson @brianjapeterson.bsky.social Historian of Africa, Prof at Union College (NY). Author: Thomas Sankara https://iupress.org/9780253053763/thomas-sankara/ Interested in Sahel and francophone Africa: French colonialism, revolutions, Cold War, environmental history
Ohio University Press @ohiounivpress.bsky.social The oldest scholarly press in Ohio, specializing in African studies, Appalachian studies, regional guidebooks, and literary fiction. Learn more at ohioswallow.com
Wendy Williams @wmwilliams.bsky.social Researching @ AfricaCenter.org forced displacement & migration | environment & security | VEOs 
Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social Associate Professor at Georgetown University.
Washington, DC.
More here: https://www.africanistperspective.com/
Jeffrey Ahlman @jeffahlman.bsky.social Professor of History and Gwendolen Carter Chair in African Studies at Smith College. Writes on Ghana, African decolonization, and African transnationalism.
Poppy Fry @pfry.bsky.social Lapsed academic, Historian of Southern Africa in/and the British Empire, currently: MSW at UW Tacoma, lifelong Mariners fan, Toastie, probably watching baseball or British Antiques Roadshow, she/they
Sarah Runcie @sarahruncie.bsky.social Historian of decolonization and public health in West Africa 
Florian G. Kern @floriangkern.bsky.social Associate Professor, political scientist, Dep of Gov, Univ of Essex, governance in Africa, mixed methods, Visiting Senior Fellow LSE Dep of Methodology; ESRC MCCRA; East Westphalian
https://sites.google.com/site/floriangkern
Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social Governance of natural resource investments; Political economy of energy transitions in Africa; Renewable energy; Oil, gas and land; Tanzania & Ghana. Working at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Elena Gadjanova @elliegadjanova.bsky.social Political scientist. Ethnic politics, political communication, and social media in Africa. Writing a book on cross-ethnic outreach in highly diverse states. British Academy Innovation fellow 2025-2026.
Rachel Strohm @rachelstrohm.bsky.social 📝 Occasional commentary on global politics + policy
📍 London / Chicago / Nairobi
🌐 http://rachelstrohm.com
Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social Radiant ambiguity/unclassified residuum/ enigmatic relief/seasoned harridan (historian of age, gender, reproduction, opinions my own and not my employer’s etc.)
https://www.colby.edu/people/people-directory/sarah-duff/
Kemigisa @kemigisa.bsky.social Journalist and researcher
Elective politics in Eastern Africa and African Feminisms. Plant 🪴 👩🏿
“My role was to do a story and avoid becoming one”- James Baldwin
folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social Lawyer, academic, writer, and occasional singer and poet.
Author of Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge.
Handle on all socials: folukeifejola
Website: FolukeAfrica.com
https://linktr.ee/folukeifejola
Kathleen Sheldon @kesheldon52.bsky.social Independent scholar, historian of African women, Mozambique, and Lusophone Africa.
Editor at H-Luso-Africa, https://networks.h-net.org/h-luso-africa
www.kathleensheldon.net
Camille Lefebvre @camillelefebvre.bsky.social Historienne
Directrice de recherche/Research professor CNRS-EHESS
Spécialiste du Sahara et du Sahel
19e-20e s.
PI ERC Langarchiv
https://langarchiv.hypotheses.org/
Damien Droney @ddroney.bsky.social Cultural & medical anthropologist working in postcolonial science studies.
Emma Elinor Lundin @emmaelinor.bsky.social Journalist-turned-historian of 20th-century political activism. I write/rant about political women, liberation movements, feminisms, borders; Tomorrow Never Knows; she/her; London/Malmö.
http://www.emmalundin.co.uk
https://www.tomorrowneverknowspod.com
Udadisi @udadisi.bsky.social www.udadisi.com
@ritakesselring.bsky.social @ritakesselring.bsky.social Anthropologist, Assoc Prof of Urban Studies @unisg.ch Zambia, South Africa, Switzerland. Books: Bodies of Truth (SUP 2017), Mother Unknown (Chronos 2025), Extraction, Global Commodity Trade, and Urban Development (ZED 2024).
Tim Glawion @timglawion.bsky.social Researcher, Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute, Freiburg & MIASA, Accra
Subjective security, conflict, qual comparison / Centrafrique, Lebanon, Somaliland, Haiti
Book: Security Arena in Africa
https://www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/staff/glawion-dr-tim
Prince Guma @princeguma.bsky.social Researcher | geographies, infrastructures, technologies, politics, lifeworlds 
Transcrire Antoine d'Abbadie @transcrireada.bsky.social Transcription collaborative, HTR, TEI, analyse des carnets de voyage d'Antoine d'Abbadie dans la Corne de l'Afrique (1839-48). Projet coordonné par Anaïs Wion (CNRS) et Vanessa Desclaux (BNF)
https://transcrire.huma-num.fr/scripto/13/item
Jennifer Blaylock @jennblaylock.bsky.social assistant professor of radio, television & film at rowan university | feminist & postcolonial african media histories | nyu miap | she/her
Emmanuel Valax @evalax.bsky.social PhD researcher focusing on hydropolitics 💧 unpacking expert discourses, colonialities, and agency in West African water governance 🌍 while grappling with ethics, positionality, and reflexivity quandaries 💭 (views my own)
Bwesigye (aka Friday) @bwesigye.bsky.social Nyanja born and raised living in Los Angeles. Assistant Professor of Africana Studies. Afro-nationalist.
Megatrends Afrika @megatrends-afrika.de Research and policy advice on the effects of megatrends in Africa. We are a joint project by Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Kiel Institute).
Jon Schubert @jonschu.bsky.social Political & urban anthropology: infrastructures, extractives authoritarianism and climate crisis, esp. in #Angola and #Mozambique; find me @allegralab.bsky.social and at critical urbanisms @unibas D/F/E/P
Tabea Scharrer @tabeascharrer.bsky.social Anthropologist working on #migration, #inequality and #religion, regional focus on #Kenya and #Somalia; Uni Bayreuth & MPI for Social Anthropology, Editorial Board 'Comparative Migration Studies', https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tabea-Scharrer
Jonah Wedekind @jowedekind.bsky.social Researcher, currently @abi-freiburg.bsky.social + freelance. The nature of the state and state–nature in #Ethiopia. Political ecology, land conflicts, agrarian change, resource frontiers, and transitional justice. Berlin based, Addis raised.
James Smith @sobukwescozia.bsky.social Prof in Parma. Interested in African science and innovation, sustainable transitions, global health, and helping young people do great things, all around the world.
Marielle Debos @debos.bsky.social Prof. of Political Science. University of Paris Nanterre @uparisnanterre.bsky.social - ISP
Writing on war, tech, gender, postcolonialism
Completing a book on biometrics in Africa
She/her
https://www.marielledebos.com/en/about/
Kagiso🇿🇦🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩 @kagiso.bsky.social Tswana | sucked into a bagel | reluctant anthropologist-in-training | 🏳️🌈 Queer (he/him)
📍South Africa