Robtel Neajai Pailey discusses Dignity and Future Visions at "Whose Future?" Panel Discussion YouTube video by Global Visions

“Dignity Must Define Us” was my #refrain as #Liberia’s 177th Independence Day Nat’l Orator in July 2024. I used it during a Feb 2026 Public Forum in #Finland to outline my #utopian vision for the world: #freedom from the #indignities of #capitalism, #racism & #sexism. www.youtube.com/shorts/00wrH...

UN resolution urges reparations for slavery’s ‘historical wrongs’ Applause erupted in the UN General Assembly Hall on Wednesday as Member States adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.

The United Nations passed a landmark #resolution last month declaring #transatlantic #slavery the ‘gravest crime against humanity’. 123 votes in favour! A true #reckoning would be if #reparations follow this largely #symbolic #recognition: news.un.org/en/story/202...

‘History longs to heal’: how Africa hopes to advance campaign for reparative justice At festival in Kenya, artists and writers discuss role arts can play in continent’s growing push for redress over colonial crimes

Did you know that the African Union designated 2026-2036 as the ‘Decade of Reparations’ to account for #slavery and #colonialism as #crimes against #humanity? www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Are you concerned about extreme #wealth #inequality and have the skills to do something about it? Apply by 27 April for The Global Tax Fairness Fellowship: www.moralambition.org/fellowships/...

Safiya Sinclair’s How to Say Babylon is a lushly-told #memoir about defying paternal strictures, breaking free of societal norms, and confronting the legacies of #colonialism. I highly recommend this #captivating story about growing up #Rastafarian in #Jamaica!

I look forward to #reconvening an inter-collegiate seminar/short course in #Liberia this #August based on my award-winning #book! Students at #UL, #AMEU, #StellaMaris & #UMU can apply BEFORE 1 June. Grateful to the LSE Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa & LSE Department of Social Policy for funding.

The #radical #geography #journal Antipode recently published this important ‘Conversation’ on #African #decolonial #theory: bit.ly/4kRczfi

A new exhibition at the #Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC, showcases #LGBTQ+ contemporary #artists across #Africa and its #diasporas. It features almost sixty works and runs until August 2026. africa.si.edu/exhibitions/...

The late #literary #icon #ToniMorrison expressed a deep desire for #adventure and #freedom centring the experiences of #AfricanAmericans in her versatile #writing. Check out this guide to some of her most important #books: bit.ly/4rMVBks

Assistant Professor Robtel Neajai Pailey (LSE) "Whose Future?" Panel Discussion YouTube video by Global Visions

Days before America-Israel attacked #Iran unprovoked, I argued during a Public Forum in #Helsinki that the int’l rules-based order backs brute force. I gave examples incl. #Israel’s #genocide in #Gaza & #US aggression towards #Iran. Boy, were my words were prescient: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6_U...

Excited to discuss ‘Alternative Development in a Post-Aid World’ as #keynote #speaker tomorrow during the Finnish Society of Development Research’s #DevelopmentDays 2026 Annual Int’l Conference in #Helsinki, #Finland: www.robtelneajaipailey.com/events/2026/...

Africa poised to outgrow Asia for first time amid youth boom Africa’s growth could outpace Asia’s for the first time in 2026, figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggest, as the continent’s population continues to rise fast.

#Poverty #reduction measures across #Africa are contributing to forecasts of its #economic #growth outpacing #Asia in #2026. bit.ly/3Mc2gFq

This ROAPE journal special issue on ‘Frantz Fanon at 100: Class Struggle and the Future of African Liberation’ looks fantastic: www.scienceopen.com/journal-issu...

Fela's Grammy is a win for Africa, world peace — Femi Kuti Femi Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, has praised the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award given to his late father, describing it as "a win for Africa and global peace."

#Nigerian #Afrobeat pioneer and #activist #FelaKuti became the first #African #artist to receive a #Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He was honoured posthumously this month, nearly three decades after his death. bit.ly/4rDjWJr

Looking forward to participating in this #panel - co-sponsored by Global Visions and the Finnish Society for Development Research (FSDR) - as part of the FSDR’s #DevelopmentDays Conference 2026 two weeks from now in #Helsinki, #Finland. bit.ly/3Mint0I

Robtel Neajai Pailey Special Guest: ‘Liberian Citizenship as a Political Economy of Belonging’, LSE Impact Wednesdays Fireside Chat and Impact Series, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (February ...

I’m looking forward to speaking at the #LSE’s 4 February Impact Meet-up featuring my award-winning Cambridge University Press #monograph: www.robtelneajaipailey.com/events/2026/...

The Africa Report launches ‘NextGen’ prize to find Africa’s leading young economists Spearheaded by Jeune Afrique and The Africa Report, in partnership with the African Development Bank, the Africa NextGen Economist Prize aims to unearth a new generation of intellectuals capable of sh...

If you are a #young #African #economist shaping #research and #knowledge #production, developing #innovation, and providing concrete solutions to present and future crises in our beloved #continent, apply by 15 February for the Africa NextGen Economist Prize worth €10,000: bit.ly/4s40k1N

Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa ‘cancelled’ $1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease

Thanks to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention for rejecting a US Dept. of Health and Human Services $1.6 million project which intended to delay #HepatitisB #vaccinations for 7K #GuineaBissau #newborns in order to study vaccine dose timing: bit.ly/3LutZ46

Young Africans Are Being Lured Into Russia’s War Machine The Kremlin may be using Africans as suicide bombers in Ukraine, reports suggest.

#Russia is luring young #Africans to fight its #imperial #war in #Ukraine with false promises of #civilian #jobs. Instead, recruits are used as #cannon #fodder during #military operations. My fellow Africans, please resist the urge to die in someone else’s #conflict! bit.ly/4bKGSl3

Why are some African countries banning US citizens from entry? Mali and Burkina Faso are the latest to issue 'tit-for-tat' bans on visas for US citizens with immediate effect.

This is #diplomatic #reciprocity at its best: #Mali and #BurkinaFaso recently banned #American #visitors in response to US #visa #bans on their citizens: www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

I’m grateful to Fatima Kromah and (Auntie) Miatta Fahnbulleh for gifting me this lovely T-shirt quoting my July 2024 Independence Day National Oration in #Liberia. I hope #dignity defines all of us in #2026: www.robtelneajaipailey.com/events/2024/...

Visible for diversity, invisible in research: the burdens Black female academics face in universities Black women often carry out work their colleagues don’t, such as promoting equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives.

#Black #women #academics are both hypervisible and invisible in hostile higher ed institutions across the #UK – and further afield – because of #structural #racism and #sexism. This definitely resonates with my experience: bit.ly/45aXqP0

Apply Join the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme, a funded fellowship based at the LSE International Inequalities Institute.

Are you a mid-career #policymaker, #activist, #researcher or #practitioner committed to addressing #inequality? Apply by 16 January 2026 for the fully-funded 2026-27 AFSEE fellowship directed by my colleague Armine Ishkanian at the LSE's III: afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/apply

This is a chilling New York Times investigative piece about how #political #elites in #Kenya are profiting from a lucrative #labour #migration scheme that leaves #Kenyan #women #domesticworkers at the mercy of #SaudiArabia’s #kafala system: bit.ly/3XUU7aU

Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré: ‘My life is serendipity’ The Pritzker-winner on building ‘from the earth’, why modern architecture is going too fast — and how it all began with wobbly school benches

Diébédo Francis Kéré, the best-known #African #architect of his generation, talks to the Financial Times about his world-renowned #craft: bit.ly/4aLr9li

As we approach Int’l Anti-Corruption Day on Dec 9, I'm reflecting on how much I’ve enjoyed equipping #children with the verbal tools to challenge the confusing ethical codes of adults in their lives through my anti-#corruption kids’ books Gbagba & Jaadeh!: www.robtelneajaipailey.com/author

Sudan war | Today's latest from Al Jazeera

#Sudan still remains the world’s worst #humanitarian #crisis: www.aljazeera.com/tag/sudan-war/

A provocative bestseller wins the National Book Award for nonfiction Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” criticizes Western indifference to civilian suffering in Gaza.

Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” recently won the National Book Award for non-fiction. It is a scathing critique of our complicity in #Israel’s #genocide in #Gaza. So much for the fragile faux #ceasefire that now hangs by a thread: bit.ly/4rtyOe6

Africa Needs a Continental Body With Teeth The African Union has become a back-scratching club of heads of state.

Has the African Union lost its way? ABSOLUTELY! bit.ly/4hORf8x

‘Digital colonialism’: how AI companies are following the playbook of empire But resisting is possible – and the long history of First Nations resistance against colonial violence demonstrates how people can resist digital colonialism.

By “using algorithms, data and digital technologies to exert power over others, and take data without consent”, do #AI #companies follow the playbook of #empire? Read this Conversation analysis on #digital #colonialism to find out: bit.ly/4p9dUPV