Nana Osei-Opare

The Long History of the U.S. Backing White South Africans The recent welcoming of Afrikaner refugees is the latest chapter in a history of U.S. support for white South Africans.

After yesterday’s fiasco at the White House with the South African President - an important piece by
Stanford prof. Joel Cabrita, discussing America’s support for Apartheid & Afrikaners, & the pushing of false claims

time.com/7287684/hist...

We’re Scholars Who Study Africa. The Cybertruck Looks Kind of Familiar. Elon Musk was growing up in Pretoria when the Casspir patrolled the townships.

What do you see when you see the cybertruck? For my friends @themorningsnows.bsky.social & @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social it's the Casspir, the armored personnel carrier of apartheid South Africa. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Elon Musk Wanted the Cybertruck to Look Like “the Future.” But It Reminds Us of One Particular Past. Elon Musk was growing up in Pretoria when the Casspir patrolled the townships.

Excellent piece by two dear friends @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social & @themorningsnows.bsky.social about the cyber truck & its uncanny similarities to the Casspir, the tank by which the Apartheid regime brutalized Black south Africans during Elon's childhood. 1/
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Such a brilliant, lively, rich discussion with these clever people about @sulinlewis.bsky.social’s & @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social’s book

Next Thursday (2-4) we'll be launching Development, Socialism, and Internationalism in the Third World (edited with @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social) with a brilliant group of discussants (below)- many thanks @jessicareinisch.bsky.social for hosting us at Birkbeck!

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/socialism...

Congratulations! I look forward to reading it!!

Loved seeing this pic of @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social with our book cover at the @historians.org conference - and have major fomo for missing his panel with @emleake.bsky.social @lydiawalker.bsky.social @emmakluge.bsky.social and @erezmanela.bsky.social

I'll be presenting on Pacific Decolonization as part of the panel 'Counternarratives of Postwar Decolonization' on Sunday afternoon with @lydiawalker.bsky.social and Nana Osei-Opare, chaired by @erezmanela.bsky.social and comments from @emleake.bsky.social #aha25 aha.confex.com/aha/2025/web...

What is behind the explosion in talk about decolonisation? | Aeon Essays There’s more talk of decolonisation than ever, while true independence for former colonies has faded from view. Why?

I wrote an essay on decolonization talk for Aeon Magazine, sparked in part by the seemingly odd image search results for 'decolonization' when making posters for Ohio State's International History Seminar last year. @mershoncenter.bsky.social @osuhistory.bsky.social

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Very excited to be co-editing this new Bloomsbury handbook on Histories of Internationalism with @jessicareinisch.bsky.social and David Brydan. To allow for the widest possible regional and thematic perspectives we've opened a call for contributions!

Pro-Palestine Columbia professor departs after investigation Katherine Franke, a law professor whose interview became the subject of a university investigation, says she’s effectively been terminated.

I’m old enough to remember when Shai filmed students praying Friday prayers on campus & told the world to come look as tho they were doing something shameful or illegal yet he still has a job and Kathrine Franke does not. Read Columbia’s nonsense for yourself:
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...