The archive is not a sanctuary. It is a battleground.

These Things We Keep is about the politics of preservation. It's not about saving books -- it's about the violence of deciding which books deserve to be saved.

It asks what you'll fight to remember, and what you're willing to let go.

In 1856 Richard Burton and John Speke led the East Africa Expedition, "primarily for the purpose of ascertaining the limits of the "Sea of Ujiji, or Unyamwezi Lake," and secondarily, to determine the exportable produce of the interior, and the ethnography of its tribes. 1/5

While greenwashed narratives portray mining for critical minerals as essential for a clean energy future, our video of the week reveals the global mining boom's destruction and the communities that are fighting back.

Feat. @triofrancos.bsky.social at @ucdavisenergy.bsky.social

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did you know there's an archive of over 600 anarcha-feminist zines and PDFs?

the Anarcha Library is no longer actively maintained, & some of its links are dead now, but it's still a useful archive, even if you may have to copy-paste the title & google search

anarchalibrary.blogspot.com

We are organizing our fifth Annual Conference under the theme “Temporalities, Youth (Im)mobilities and Agencies: Africa on the Move”. You can find details of the programme and a link for registration on the Conference webpage at:
www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/AMCannualcon...

#AfricaMultiple

I'm on a slow and steady mission to read a book from every country in the world.

Here's the mega thread 2.0 where I'll post each new book as I read them.

Happy adventures bookworms!

#ReadTheWorld

Deadline coming up (28/2) for the 7th Mashariki Literary and Cultural Studies Conference, TBH @ University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 21-23/8/2025. Theme: "Ecocritical Textualities and Eastern African Literary and Cultural Practices." Full CFP here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Bs1h...

Rosarium Publishing is open to submissions for their PLANET BLACK JOY anthology. We’re looking for spec-fic stories between 3-7k words about joy and pleasure by women and nonbinary folk who identify as Black, African, or Afro-descendent. Deadline is July 1.
rosariumpublishing.com/planet-black...

"Science fiction lends itself readily to imaginative subversion of any status quo. Bureaucrats and politicians, who can't afford to cultivate their imaginations, tend to assume it's all ray-guns and nonsense, good for children."

- Ursula K. Le Guin (2012)

[Anthology idea: Ray-guns and Nonsense]

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

🎉 Publication anniversary! Keorapetse Kgositsile & the Black Arts Movement is a key study on writer & activist #Kgositsile that presents a new approach to studying the radicalism of #Africa & its diaspora. 📖 Save 50% with code BB050 until 28 Feb 2025. https://buff.ly/4k3qwWz

This is your reminder to download your kindle books onto a device where you can keep hold of them if Amazon decides to remove them.

They'll be removing that option on the 26th of this month. 5 days. So back up your library!

Here's your daily dose of climate fiction.

Tangles in the Weave. by @katharinetyndall.bsky.social .

The time for Ever’s metamorphosis has arrived.

Read it here: grist.org/climate-fict...

#Fiction #ClimateFiction #SolarPunk #Climate

Post a single line of poetry.

Can be original or quoted (with attribution, please).

Issue #2: SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN!

Send us your best speculative fiction: horror, fantasy, sci-fi, weird, afro-surrealist, afro-futurist fiction!

We also want your reviews of African SFF books!

Deadline: 16th March, 2025

Read our guidelines for more details: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/submissions/

SFF from across Africa. Via @hararereview.bsky.social writing in this week‘s edition of @thecontinent.org