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Iyiola Solanke

@ivy180.bsky.social

Jacques Delors Professor in EU Law, University of Oxford/ Somerville College

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Kenyans win case to prove UK soldiers are their fathers Commercially available DNA databases were used to identify unknown fathers, who had served in Kenya.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

04.10.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Law and Race Film Club 20+ films on Law, Race and Society

Here I provide snapshots of 20+ films that have something to tell us about law and race and argue for their use as pedagogical tools. The post also includes a rare clip from Death is Part of the Process [1986], a film about the early days of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
folukeafrica.com/the-law-and-...

03.10.2025 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very important article especially for racially minorities young people.

03.10.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Centrality of β€˜Guilt’ in Youth Justice – Conceptualising Child β€˜Guilt’ for Child First Justice - Kathy Hampson, Stephen Case, Roger Smith, Rosemary Toll, 2025 Children are extremely vulnerable yet often treated as adults, measured by adult-centric conceptualisations of β€˜guilt’ and expected to decide on their own culpa...

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03.10.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"The film ends with these lines spoken by the character of Gandhi, β€˜When I despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it: always.’"

02.10.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The European Union was designed for peace – it is never going to be a war machine | Anand Menon Reacting to the Russian military threat would require the bloc to be agile and decisive. It is many great things, but it is not that, says Anand Menon, director of UK in a Changing Europe

Great piece by @anandmenon.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

01.10.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

A good point but what about the contribution of Black women?

01.10.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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School history lessons minimise the role of women, report finds Campaigners say key stage 3 curriculum plays to misogny and teaches a β€˜false version of the past’

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

01.10.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think this is probably true. Yes I still don’t thing there’s much appetite to revisit the arguments.

01.10.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 1
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National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of β€œcorrosive ideology.”

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

16.09.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
CRN 58 Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and Empire - Law and Society Association

A few of us have been working to set up a research network of legal scholars innovating in the teaching of race, colonialism & empire. We have received provisional approval as a new Collaborative Research Network (CRN) of the Law and Society Association (LSA)!

www.lawandsociety.org/crn-58critic...

27.08.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

If your mate formed a useless indie band called Asylum Hotels they would get bigger crowds than this

24.08.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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International solidarity must go beyond merely statements Higher education is about so much more than degrees or outcomes. It is about dignity. Learning continues in Gaza because people refuse to give up, and...

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26.08.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Politically acceptable UK racism is rising, even under La... As I wrote these words last autumn: β€œWe have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient”, little did IΒ realise just how ...

The lengths I'd go to make you focus on the front page of the Sunday papers so you didn't notice the football pages.... (now with the link done right. Cos I'm a tech bro) observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

25.08.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 8
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Asylum Accommodation Can Be Done Better - Migrants Organise Prison-like hotel asylum accommodation is not an unavoidable response to β€œcrisis,” but a deliberate narrowing of political possibility.

www.migrantsorganise.org/asylum-accom...

25.08.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size Member states back Correct the Map campaign that urges governments and organisations to use more accurate map

African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

16.08.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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On this Chairteenth, we celebrate the good folks of Montgomery, especially our guy AquaMayne. Special shout out to the folks who, within 72 hours, recreated this in their apartment complex. A COMMUNITY!! πŸ’€

06.08.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7529    πŸ” 1728    πŸ’¬ 257    πŸ“Œ 400
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Being black in Belgium: Over half have experienced racism in last five years A clear rise in racism has been found against people of African descent in Europe: 47% in the EU, and 58% in Belgium have felt discriminated.

"Most often, black people in the EU are discriminated against when searching for employment or accommodation. Racism was found to be widespread among landlords preventing black people from renting an apartment."

www.brusselstimes.com/765638/being...

06.08.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish more aspiring academics really appreciated this aspect, that academia is dialogical. You have to be able to extemporaneously defend your ideas and discuss them in great detail, orally. You have to know it well enough to have it at your fingertips.

31.07.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 483    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 3
AFRO MEXICO: Black History In Mexico!
Yes that's right! There are Mexicans of African descent and they have lived in Mexico for 500 years! Have you heard of the slave resistance movement led by Afro-Mexican national hero, Gaspar Yanga?… AFRO MEXICO: Black History In Mexico!

"There are Mexicans of African descent and they have lived in Mexico for 500 years! Have you heard of the slave resistance movement led by Afro-Mexican national hero, Gaspar Yanga? Did you know that Afro-Mexicans were instrumental in winning Mexico's independence?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-ly...

31.07.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"What does it mean to navigate identity as a Ghanaian-Italian in a predominantly white society? Benedicta Djumpah shares her journey as she faces stereotypes and strives to find pride in her heritage."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwoQ...

19.07.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My take for @chathamhouse.org on yesterday's 'Kensington Treaty' signed between Germany and the UK. In my view, it is an important milestone both for the bilateral πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ-πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ relationship and for European security, as it is closely linked to a revival of the E3:

18.07.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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They are Black. They are Italians. And they are changing their country. It’s not easy for Black Italians to grow up feeling Italian when significant portions of Italy treat them as outsiders. But legally, artistically, and socially, Black Italians are staking their claim…

"... there is a real struggle between the people-of-color Italians and [white] Italian society. Asian Italians, Black Italians are really struggling to be accepted as Italians."

www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...

17.07.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œEven God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison Tufts University doctoral student RΓΌmeysa Γ–ztΓΌrk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facilityβ€”and the generous and compassionate women she met.

RΓΌmeysa is one of the kindest, most compassionate people I have ever met. Many of you came to know her first and foremost as an ICE abductee, seized by a state that wanted to strip her of her humanity. I would like for you to know her in her own words, which are resoundingly human.

17.07.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1039    πŸ” 508    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 53
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Survey reveals perceptions of racism towards Africans in Italy The Italian chapter of the health development NGO Amref has presented the survey 'Africa and Health: The opinion of Italians', conducted by the Ipsos market research body, revealing that seven out of…

"... the survey 'Africa and Health: The opinion of Italians', conducted by the Ipsos market research body, revealing that seven out of ten Italians believe Africans are victims of racism and discrimination in Italy."

www.infomigrants.net/en/post/5598...

16.07.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My gratitude and thanks to all who attended for making the 1st Conference on Decolonising EU Law at Oxford Law Faculty a special and memorable event. It was wonderful to listen and engage in the sessions and outside of them. Thanks also to the colleague at Somerville College for taking this photo! πŸ™πŸΏ

16.07.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brafa: 'They didn't invite us to do Live Aid so we did our own thing' Forty years ago Britain's reggae stars recorded a single and held a concert to raise money for Ethiopia.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

13.07.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Postdoctoral Fellowships: scheme guidance notes

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07.07.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Forgotten Indigenous child slaves of New France revealed in new studies New research reveals 734 Indigenous children were enslaved in colonial Canada, exposing a hidden chapter of Montreal's tragic past.

It's not new exactly (some of it known to those who've been doing research on slavery on this side of Canada - you know who you are πŸ’›) but glad there is finally a thorough (and funded) research about this.
archaeologymag.com/2025/07/forg...

06.07.2025 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of The Sage Handbook of Decolonial Theory with an image of Palestinian Tartreez

Cover of The Sage Handbook of Decolonial Theory with an image of Palestinian Tartreez

Anyhoo, this will be the last post preceding actual publication at the end of this month. Please order it for your libraries. It's been a long-drawn process but totally worth it.
A preview is available on the site, under the rubric 'major work' in cultural theory.

uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/th...

04.07.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 173    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4

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