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David *Objection* Ngong

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Scholar of Religions in Africa. Author of *Senghor's Eucharist* (https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481317795/senghors-eucharist/ 2023). Africa Section Editor, Religion Compass. Research: https://stillman.academia.edu/DavidNgong

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My little one asked me the meaning of the word classified. I told them it is the word people use when they don't want to tell the truth.

28.02.2026 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Senghor, Negritude, and Political Community | Political Theology Network Translating Senghor’s political writings shows the continued relevance of Negritude in the conceptualization of political community in the wake of the encounter between Africa and Euro-America.

β€œLet me just say that Negritude is back!” declared Souleymane Bachir Diagne, a Columbia University philosopher and scholar of Negritude.

I wrote a thing.

politicaltheology.com/senghor-negr...

04.02.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Senghor, Negritude, and Political Community | Political Theology Network Translating Senghor’s political writings shows the continued relevance of Negritude in the conceptualization of political community in the wake of the encounter between Africa and Euro-America.

β€œLet me just say that Negritude is back!” declared Souleymane Bachir Diagne, a Columbia University philosopher and scholar of Negritude.

I wrote a thing.

politicaltheology.com/senghor-negr...

04.02.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"The Second Coming"
W. B. Yeats

01.02.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Some say we should think beyond categories of good and evil because those categories are morally restrictive. I do not buy that. There is evil in the world. There is good in the word. I know an evil regime when I see one. I know a regime trying to do good when I see one.

24.01.2026 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Senegal πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡³ Goal by Pape Gueye for the lead in Extra Time. BANGER

18.01.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 275    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 36
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πŸš¨πŸ† SENEGAL WIN THE AFCON 2026! πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡³ Who’s been your Man of the Match for the final?

18.01.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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What an insane match and what a great victory. Dakar is absolutely wild with joy tonight. Senegal rek! !

18.01.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸš¨πŸ† Senegal lift their AFCON 2026 trophy, in the hands of Sadio ManΓ©! @Football2Gether πŸŽ₯

18.01.2026 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I just came across this paper on the vision of the Ku Klux Klan. You can see from it that the current government of the United States is following the blueprint of the Klan.

18.01.2026 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The two Black people standing behind them are siblings whom they baptized while they were pastoring the church. The couple also worked with Dr. King in the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama.

17.01.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Due to the racism in the United States, you hardly find white pastors leading Black churches or Black pastors leading white churches. Here’s a rare example of a white couple who led a Black Lutheran church in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s.

17.01.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Experience at one academic institution may help you navigate life in another academic institution, but each academic institution has its own vibe. You should be looking for the vibe.

17.01.2026 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Do Africans Worship God? Part I
YouTube video by Prof. Ngong's Ordinary Thoughts Do Africans Worship God? Part I

So, I make these brief videos for the general public. Check out my YouTube page and share it if you like them. Also, subscribe.
youtu.be/tZA1MelP8Fg?...

17.08.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.

21.05.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8369    πŸ” 3876    πŸ’¬ 157    πŸ“Œ 584

Happy US book release day to me, my amazing co-author @alexhanna.bsky.social and everyone else who can now open up their own copy!!

All the details on ordering, events, and news coverage at thecon.ai

13.05.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 277    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 16
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"A real evil should not be fought against at the cost of greater misery."

~ Pope Paul VI, "Popularum Progresso"

13.05.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alabama scholarship for Black students is discriminatory: Complaint The organization said the university should not offer scholarships for people of specific races.

www.al.com/news/tuscalo...

26.04.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Admission to Africana studies, Asian studies, data analytics, disability studies, Middle East studies, philosophy, religious studies, Spanish and women’s and gender studies programs has been suspended starting with the 2025-26 school year...."
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/23/u...

26.04.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"By instead thinking anew about actual Indigenous peoples and opening ourselves to their so-called β€œtribal” ways, we may stand our best chance of again becoming civilβ€”and maybe even civilized."

26.04.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"If I may end with a plea, it is that we stop calling our problem in the United States one of tribalism. To call politics in our era β€œtribal” is to project our own rancor and divisiveness onto societies that have rarely been as polarized as ours."

26.04.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good morning. ☁️

β€œIn worlds such as ours and Paul's where power is manifested in self-assertion, acquisition, and domination, Christ reveals that God's power, indeed the triune nature, is made known to the world in the act of self-emptying...

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26.04.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rethinking β€˜Tribalism’ Learning from Indigenous ways of knowing and being might help all sides of the political spectrum to become less polarized and rancorous. By Devaka Premawardhana

"tribes did not exist until constructed as such during the relatively recent expansion of European empires"
bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/rethinking-t...

26.04.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

26.04.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could you include their names, please.

26.04.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What's his name?

26.04.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Democracy may bend, it may get bruised, but what 250 years has shown is it will not break."
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24.04.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Terrified Trump Flees Tariffs War After CEOs’ β€˜Empty Shelves’ Warning The president sounded much more conciliatory after he was told about the chaos his plans could bring.

"The CEOs of Walmart, Target, and Home Depot met privately with Trump on Monday...he was told that shelves will be empty,” a source told the outlet [Axios]."

www.thedailybeast.com/trump-dramat...

23.04.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 327    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 26

Thrilled to have this paper out!

23.04.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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V. Y. Mudimbe (1941-2025), baobab of African Studies. He taught us that "Africa" is a product of a "colonial library."

23.04.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0