Dalindyebo Shabalala (he/him) @dyebo.bsky.social Prof of Law @Suffolk University Law School. Climate, IP, Indigenous Rights. Blog and Publications - https://dalishabalala.com
Steering Committee - https://greenleadershiptrust.org/
Former Board - www.ciel.org
Queer/Bi π³οΈβπ - protect trans rights π³οΈββ§οΈ
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt⬠| Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer π³οΈβπ Trans ally π³οΈββ§οΈ Intersectional feminist β Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
blkoutuk @blkoutuk.bsky.social Black bi, gay and/or trans* men in the UK #strongertogether
Making space to connect, create and care
What have YOU done for WE lately?
#makingspaceforus lnk.bio/blkoutuk
Alex Beresford @alexberesford.bsky.social Associate Professor in African Politics at the University of Leeds: here for just transitions, populism, πΏπ¦. WAWAW π¦
Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social Geography, media and cultural studies, Latin American studies. Co-author of Transmedia Geographies: Decoloniality, Democratization, Cultural Citizenship, and Media Convergence (Rutgers University Press). Witness to the destruction of the UK university π³οΈββ§οΈ
Scott Long @scottlong1980.bsky.social He/him, they/them. Alien to myself. Human rights activist, queer rights troublemaker, founded Human Rights Watch LGBT Rights Program. Concerns include Palestine, MENA, E Europe, climate. My opinions are my own; but you can buy them at fire sale prices.
Eliot Colin @queeriocities.bsky.social Trans/Queer/Jew into theatre and monsters
Geo Graffik @geograffik.bsky.social American Indian πͺΆ + Irish π = Mixed race in a hyphen-nation \(β’Β₯β’)/hAvEβ’Le$$β’bEβ’mOrE ((πkind)) #FreeLeonardPeltier ππ» s/hey ππ» #UBI #MMIP #FreeGaza
. r e m e m b e r 2 b r e a t h e.
Africa Research Online @africaresearch.bsky.social This is the online presence of the Africa Research Bulletin, published since 1964 with two editions per month - Political, Social & Cultural and Economic, Financial & Technical.
https://africaresearchonline.wordpress.com/
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 |
Phil C @philofdelphi.bsky.social LGBTI+ economic empowerment, data, and development
Malika Zouhali-Worrall @malikazw.bsky.social Filmmaker. Edited SEEDS (Sundance β25) and UNION (Sundance β24), & directed VIDEO VISIT (SXSW β22), among others. Lurker, occasional poster. Quote in banner image is from Alaa Abd el-Fattahβs book You Have Not Yet Been Defeated
www.malikazw.com
Me Alice Nkom @alicenkom.bsky.social Lawyer defending human rights and the rights of sexual and gender minorities.
MEMBER OF THE PFPAD and OHCHR Africa ββ€οΈπ
Sally Hines @sallyhines.bsky.social Gender Studies & Sociology Academic, UK. Proudly deflecting from the nasty place. She/her
Tomi Oladipo @tomioladipo.bsky.social Journo. Analyst. | Media, International Politics, Security | #lufc
Nicholas OPIYO @nickopiyo.bsky.social Human Rights lawyer
Maria Burnett @mariaburnett.bsky.social Human rights lawyer @CSISAfrica, Ex-@HRW Africa, @YLS, believer in compassionate release, social movements, activism & keeping up w motherhood at the same timeβ¦
Catherine Byaruhanga @cathkemi.bsky.social Journalist
Sarah Pickering @sarah-pickering.bsky.social Transgender woman. Living in Cheshire and loving life as my authentic self. Optometrist with Vision Express.πππ³οΈββ§οΈ
Annie McCormack @anniepa.bsky.social Development officer for Poverty Alliance working on rural poverty. Chair of Broke Not Broken 
Nomboniso Gasa @nomboniso.bsky.social Feminist. Researcher & Writer: Land, Gender, Politics & Culture. Yogi. Available for Public Talks and Keynote. Flowers. Jazz.
Aili Mari Tripp @ailitripp.bsky.social Vilas Research Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Scholar of gender and politics, comparative politics, and African politics. Weaver, rower, and amateur horticulturalist. https://ailitripp.com
Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa @africaatlse.bsky.social Expert analysis from the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa and Africa at LSE blog at the London School of Economics. 
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
Michael Bain @mikejbain.bsky.social Single dad of 2, hiker, Feminist Christian, LGBTQIA+ ally, pro MΔori & Tangata Tiriti. Loves wine, coffee & craft beer. He/him. Vaxxed. Views are my own.
Tom Goodfellow @goodfellowtom.bsky.social Prof of Urban Studies and International Development @Sheffield uni. Cities, politics & political economy, migration & mobility, land, infrastructure, conflict. Part time Senior Research Fellow in Research & Evidence Directorate @FCDO. All views my own.
SOAS Global Development @soasdevelopment.bsky.social https://www.soas.ac.uk/soas-global-development
Tatenda Mashanda @samaita.bsky.social Ph.D. Rhetoric & Political Culture, @UofMaryland, SADC Geopolitics, African Rhetoric, Foreign Policy.@WakeForest, @WaterfordUWCSA alumnus.@ChelseaFC fan,π¦ πΏπΌ
Claire Mercer @clairemercer.bsky.social Professor of Human Geography, LSE, UK. Research on urban peripheries, housing and social class. Africa, Tanzania, Dar es Salaam.
@johngithongo.bsky.social @johngithongo.bsky.social 
@section27.bsky.social @section27.bsky.social 
@zapiro.bsky.social @zapiro.bsky.social 
Phil Clark @greenspacesman.bsky.social Ecologist, nature conservationist, and wildlife gardener for over 30 years. Believer in the power of nature and access to greenspace for all.- E Emma Hunter @emma-edin.bsky.social
Marcus Power @marcusjpower.bsky.social Professor of Human Geography @ Durham University. The geopolitics-development nexus | China-Africa relations | South-South flows | energy & infrastructural geographies
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/marcus-power/
@okayafrica.bsky.social @okayafrica.bsky.social 
James Reynolds @earthuncuttv.bsky.social Global tropical cyclone interceptor, volcanic eruption hunter & snow lover. Born in π¬π§, living in π―π΅ Video available only via license
Arthur Mburu @olavarthurmburu.bsky.social Award Nominated Lifestyle Blogger |π©: arthurmburu@ymail.com |IG- @olavarthurmburu | MSc/BA(Hons)|π³οΈβππ°πͺ π¬π§π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏHe/Him
Website: https://www.lifestylespread.net/
Richard Seymour @leninology.bsky.social Author of many books, Salvage editorial collective. Find my writings at Guardian, New Statesman, NYT, Jacobin, TLS, LRB, etc. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richardseymourwtf
Ismail Einashe @ismaileinashe.bsky.social Journalist and writer. Bylines in the BBC, the Guardian, Foreign Policy, ArtReview, et al. Author of STRANGERS by Tate Publishing, member of Lost in Europe and 2025-26 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan.
www.ismaileinashe.com
Michael Ashworth @michaelashworth.bsky.social Sociolegal academic at Newcastle Law School. Interested in medical regulation, medical pluralism, and talking about methodology. ENG/PT. π³οΈβπ
Bud Heckman @budheckman.bsky.social Guiding nonprofits & foundations.
Leading in Interfaith & Climate Action.
Press, speech, religion, petition, & assembly.
Funding, comms, & strategy.
Empathy, community, action.
interreligious.org
Dr Rhian Elinor Keyse @drrhianelinor.bsky.social Socialist feminist. HE worker (historian: gender based violence/medicine/psychiatry/π¬π/π°πͺ). Trade unionist: UCU NEC. Cat lady.
Linda RIley @diversityriley.bsky.social Founder of www.lesbianvisibilityweek.com
Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social Global HIV/AIDS, health advocacy and policy. Fighting for health justice and access to medicines for all. Executive Director @HealthGAP 
Grieve Chelwa @gchelwa.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Economy at the Africa Institute. From Lusaka.
Substack ππΏ https://gchelwa.substack.com
Alice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford University
Writing "The Great Gender Divergence"
Substack: www.ggd.world
JB Falisse @jbfalisse.bsky.social Social sciences and other vaguely defined specialisms - currently wrapping my head around reparations - co-director, Centre of African Studies, Edinburgh uni
Ambreena Manji @ambreenamanji.bsky.social Prof, Cardiff Law School & Africa Dean, Cardiff University
Samira Sawlani @samirasawlani.bsky.social Journalist. Writer. (Bylines- AJE, NYT, Vice).
East Africa with an eye on the rest of the African Continent.
I lift weights.
Love books. Based in London.
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
Jon Harle @jonharle.bsky.social Executive Director @inasp.bsky.social. Based in Berlin. Working with colleagues across the South to strengthen HE, research, & knowledge so we all benefit from the ideas, evidence and arguments they're generating
Christine Wilson @sonicwhirls.bsky.social Director Research & Insight, British Council. FRSA. Adviser @IASHEdinburgh.bsky.social Trustee @mndscotland.bsky.social
Follower Liverpool FC @lfcr.bsky.social and Kilkenny GAA.
Generally talking work, wine, food, fermenting, hiking and Hammer horror.
Umhla β¨ @namhla.bsky.social Entrepreneurship β’ Storytelling β’ Impact Creating β’ Living abundantly with ease & art β¨β¨
Professor Brandon Hamber @brandonhamber.bsky.social John Hume & Tip O'Neill Peace Chair | INCORE Ulster Uni | Peace via psychology & justice | Researches conflict, healing, mental health, art, tech & masculinity | Trustee Conflict Textiles | Board Impunity Watch | Director TechEthics | www.brandonhamber.com
Astrid Jamar Free π΅πΈ @astridjamar.bsky.social Senior researcher @ViDi UAntwerpen. Dreams, Fluid borders, Pluriverse, transitional (in)justice, coloniality of peace, #TWAIL, African Great Lakes
Radical Peace Studies - Decolonial Feminist
π§πͺ/π²π½ in BXL
She/Her
http://www.pluriversaldreams.org
Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social Head of @uoelawschool.bsky.social. Gen Sec (elect) Royal Society of Edinburgh (01.04.25). Law (esp EU). Citizenship. Sea swimming. Photos. Books. Gardening. Landscapes. Tain / Edinburgh
Zoe Cormack @zoecormack.bsky.social Curator at a national museum. Recovering academic and sporadic user of this site. Views my own. 
Natasha Dyer-Williams, PhD @nrlcadyer.bsky.social Partnerships & stories for peace @hdcentre. PhD on everyday xenophobia w/ African migrant women in South Africa & UK.
@africanstudies @ACMSwits. Storytelling facilitator.
@stephengrootes.bsky.social @stephengrootes.bsky.social 
Janet Remmington @varioushats.bsky.social Editorial director, scholar, writer, runner. Publishing, humanities, mobilities. Research associate @HRCYork.bsky.social & University of Witwatersrand. Board @r4lpartnership.bsky.social & ASAUK. Own views
Kagumire @rosebellk.bsky.social Pan-African feminist writer. media specialist.
Editor @afrifeminists.bsky.social
Cofounder @afipcollective.bsky.social
Columnist @newint.bsky.social
Justin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin-Pearce-5
Historian of 20th century Southern Africa especially Angola
Senior lecturer, Stellenbosch Uni @stellhistory.bsky.social
Senior editor, Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social
Vegan
God @thegodshow.com Creator of the Universe.
thegodshow.com
https://youtube.com/@thegodshowlive
Nauja Kleist @naujakleist.bsky.social Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies. Mobilities, diaspora, hope, belonging, gender. Somali diaspora humanitarianism. West African migration. Besides that, fan of lindyhop and sunsets.
Andrea Purdekova @andreapurdekova.bsky.social Associate Professor in Conflict and Security at University of Bath. Conflict and peace-building in the Great Lakes of Africa, esp Rwanda and Burundi. Views mine.
Jo Beall @jobeall.bsky.social Reader and writer of fiction; love London, theatre, film, comedy, history; recovering news junkie but still take sneaky peaks
@ebbakalondo.bsky.social @ebbakalondo.bsky.social Addis based (for now) Afropolitan. 
Matt Graham @sahistorymatt.bsky.social Senior lecturer in history at the University of Dundee. Come for the African history, stay for sporting enthusiasm, music, travel talk & musings on South Africa
Adrienne LeBas @amlebas.bsky.social Political scientist specializing in Africa and the difficult work of democracy. Often longing for Harare, Lagos, a nice tanda. 
Marie Berry @marieberry.bsky.social Associate Prof at https://korbel.du.edu/sie
Director: https://www.theinclusivegloballeadershipinitiative.org/
Research: https://www.wrawproject.org/
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
Preben Kaarsholm @kaarsholm.bsky.social 
Emile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Edinburgh. Historian of 20thC France/Europe, incl. politics, ideas, (im)migration, empire. Editor, Contemporary European History. "Age of Hobsbawm" out 18 Aug: https://tinyurl.com/mwvt75fs
@profjnmoyo.bsky.social @profjnmoyo.bsky.social 
Mike Davies @mikedavies.bsky.social Sustainable investment | Africa
@peterdoerrie.bsky.social @peterdoerrie.bsky.social 
Bate Felix TT @batefelix.bsky.social Reuters Breaking News Editor for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
David Lewis @dglewis.bsky.social Reuters Africa Special correspondent. Focused on deeper reporting and investigations. Previously based in Dakar, Abidjan, Kinshasa + Dar. All views my own.
Celeste Hicks @chadceleste.bsky.social Possibly the UK's only inhabitant of the crossover space between the Sahel, aviation decarbonisation & clean air. Recovering author of 3 books. Policy Manager at the Aviation Environment Federation
Raquel Ribeiro @raquelriibeiiro.bsky.social 
Laura S. Martin @thelauram16.bsky.social Lecturer, International Development at University of Glasgow.
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Research: violence, humor, justice, gender & FGC in #SierraLeone.
Iowan.Bookworm.Wino.I like funny.
@justicemalala.bsky.social @justicemalala.bsky.social 
Ray Bush @raymondobush.bsky.social Prof Emeritus, Briefings Editor, Review of African Political Economy. @roape.net
Heike Becker @heikebecker.bsky.social AfD Verbot JETZT!
Antifaschistin, Oma gegen Rechts, she/her, hetero und fΓΌr die Rechte von LGBTQ β§οΈ π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈπͺπͺ§π±
Bwesigye (aka Friday) @bwesigye.bsky.social Nyanja born and raised living in Los Angeles. Assistant Professor of Africana Studies. Afro-nationalist.
David Kerr @davidmakesstuff.bsky.social I wanna do great things. I wanna be an achiever. Like Bad Horse.
π Mostly void, partially cats
π· I make pictures, sometimes I even post them
π ππ³οΈβπ
@rowenaarshad.bsky.social @rowenaarshad.bsky.social 
Siyanda πΌ @siyandawrites.bsky.social Woefully ungovernable and pathologically optimistic. Writer, Satirist & Sociologist. I used to be big on Twitter but I refuse to tango with the devil so here I am! Letβs dance ππΎ
Thea Hilhorst @theahilhorst.bsky.social Professor of humanitarian studies at the Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University. #TheHagueHSC #bikepacking #SafeFieldwork #030 @flyingless
Kudakwashe Vanyoro @kudavan.bsky.social Lecturer, Anthropology, Wits University | Fellow, Cambridge University | Writing π Can Migration Studies be Decolonized?
Simon Allison @simonallison.bsky.social Newspaper person. Co-founder @thecontinent.org and The Atlas (theatlasnewspaper.org)
The Bush Chicken π @thebushchicken.bsky.social Radical Dude
Imrana Buba @bubaimrana.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oslo | USIP Fellow | University of Edinburgh Alum. Nigeria, social resilience, civilian agency, conflict, & local peace.
Ryan Cummings @weakinstrument.bsky.social Chief of Staff @SIEPR. Economic Adviser @MITCEEPR. PhD'ing
@UW. 2021-2023 WH CEA.
I research energy markets during the transition and, as a treat to myself, consumer sentiment. Views my own. 
@lizgrant360.bsky.social @lizgrant360.bsky.social 
Kofi Annan Foundation @kofiannanfdn.bsky.social Our mission is to build on Kofi Annanβs legacy for peace by promoting democracy, empowering youth leadership, and advancing international cooperation.
Kat Gupta @mixosaurus.bsky.social linguistics, feminism, LGB, queer and trans issues π³οΈβππ¦π³οΈββ§οΈ lecturer in political communication at Royal Holloway University of London
they/them