Bright Gyamfi @gyamfiphd - Bluesky Profile

Bright Gyamfi

@gyamfiphd.bsky.social

Ass Prof. @UCSanDiego. PhD @NorthwesternU. Historian. @FulbrightPrgrm Alum. @SSRC_IDRF Fellow. Soccer Lover. @NotreDame Alum. @UniofOxford Alum. Poet.

23 Followers | 12 Following | 2 Posts | Joined: 30.11.2024 | 1.3841

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I’m honored to share that I received the Outstanding Faculty Award and a Certificate of Appreciation from UC San Diego BRC and Eighth College, in recognition of my contributions to the university community. Grateful for the students, colleagues, and mentors who continue to inspire me!

19.07.2025 17:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you for impacting my students with your brilliance

06.03.2025 02:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

**Today,** from noon-1pm (PST), UW African Studies hosts Bright Gyamfi @gyamfiphd.bsky.social for his virtual lecture “Embers of Pan-Africanism: Nkrumahist Intellectuals and Decolonization, 1960-1980.”

Registration link is below, hope you can make it!

Link: jsis.washington.edu/africa/event...

12.02.2025 18:08 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Next Wednesday, UW African Studies will host Prof. Bright Gyamfi @gyamfiphd.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social for a virtual lecture entitled “Embers of Pan-Africanism: Nkrumahist Intellectuals and Decolonization, 1960-1980.”

Registration link is below!

Link: jsis.washington.edu/africa/event...

07.02.2025 21:35 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

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Jeffrey Ahlman
@jeffahlman

Professor of History and Gwendolen Carter Professor of African Studies at Smith College. Writes on Ghana, African decolonization, and African transnationalism.

Rasheed Ibrahim
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Doctoral candidate at Notre Dame. Researching African politics and all that jazz

bella
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city girl theorizing technology, black life & education | NYU Steinhardt https://theblackspace.my.canva.site/

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Christopher Tounsel
@ctounsel1

Believer | Happy husband and dad | Associate Professor of History & Director of African Studies, University of Washington | Chosen Peoples (Duke UP), Bounds of Blackness (Cornell UP) UW bio: https://history.washington.edu/people/christopher-tounsel

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