Serawit Debele
@debele.bsky.social
Research Group Leader @Bayreuth University @Cluster Africa Multiple
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All Protocol Observed
Welcome to Issue 208 of The Continent
A gold discovery near Zambia’s West Lunga Park has triggered a chaotic rush. Thousands have flooded Kikonge, clashes have turned deadly, and illegal buyers are cashing in. A gold rush means risk, riches, and unrest.
bit.ly/TC_208
Welcome to Issue 208 of The Continent
A gold discovery near Zambia’s West Lunga Park has triggered a chaotic rush. Thousands have flooded Kikonge, clashes have turned deadly, and illegal buyers are cashing in. A gold rush means risk, riches, and unrest.
bit.ly/TC_208
August 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
All Protocol Observed
Welcome to Issue 208 of The Continent
A gold discovery near Zambia’s West Lunga Park has triggered a chaotic rush. Thousands have flooded Kikonge, clashes have turned deadly, and illegal buyers are cashing in. A gold rush means risk, riches, and unrest.
bit.ly/TC_208
Welcome to Issue 208 of The Continent
A gold discovery near Zambia’s West Lunga Park has triggered a chaotic rush. Thousands have flooded Kikonge, clashes have turned deadly, and illegal buyers are cashing in. A gold rush means risk, riches, and unrest.
bit.ly/TC_208
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I'm sorry if this is antisemitic but I think it's wrong to deliberately starve thousands of children to death.
July 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm sorry if this is antisemitic but I think it's wrong to deliberately starve thousands of children to death.
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Example of what happens when a mainstream economist discovers structural inequality (without 'discovering' the theories to explain it): very impressive empirical documentation of it + completely out-of-touch assumptions about how to fix it (taxation, cheap debt, human capital).
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality.
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
🚨Global economic relations have long been defined by imbalances and unequal power, not by self-correcting market forces, NEW STUDY finds.
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
wid.world/news-article...
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
wid.world/news-article...
June 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Example of what happens when a mainstream economist discovers structural inequality (without 'discovering' the theories to explain it): very impressive empirical documentation of it + completely out-of-touch assumptions about how to fix it (taxation, cheap debt, human capital).
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My home institution is under threat:
The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social needs your solidarity. Planned budget cuts by the city and university leadership threaten the vital, critical work coming out of this space #SaveBerlinAnthropology
The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social needs your solidarity. Planned budget cuts by the city and university leadership threaten the vital, critical work coming out of this space #SaveBerlinAnthropology
At a time when there is a shift to right-wing and authoritarian forces and an increasing hostility towards the social sciences and humanities, social and cultural anthropology is more important than ever:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...
Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology at FU Berlin receives overwhelming support from students and colleagues in the face of massive budget cuts
At the beginning of last week, I received some devastating news: the President’s Office at Freie Universität Berlin has proposed eliminating the third professorship at the Institute of Social and Cult...
www.linkedin.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
My home institution is under threat:
The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social needs your solidarity. Planned budget cuts by the city and university leadership threaten the vital, critical work coming out of this space #SaveBerlinAnthropology
The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social needs your solidarity. Planned budget cuts by the city and university leadership threaten the vital, critical work coming out of this space #SaveBerlinAnthropology
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The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social needs our solidarity. Planned budget cuts by the city and university leadership threaten the vital, critical work coming out of this space. Let’s not let it go quiet. #SaveBerlinAnthropology
At a time when there is a shift to right-wing and authoritarian forces and an increasing hostility towards the social sciences and humanities, social and cultural anthropology is more important than ever:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...
Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology at FU Berlin receives overwhelming support from students and colleagues in the face of massive budget cuts
At the beginning of last week, I received some devastating news: the President’s Office at Freie Universität Berlin has proposed eliminating the third professorship at the Institute of Social and Cult...
www.linkedin.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social needs our solidarity. Planned budget cuts by the city and university leadership threaten the vital, critical work coming out of this space. Let’s not let it go quiet. #SaveBerlinAnthropology
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At a time when there is a shift to right-wing and authoritarian forces and an increasing hostility towards the social sciences and humanities, social and cultural anthropology is more important than ever:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...
Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology at FU Berlin receives overwhelming support from students and colleagues in the face of massive budget cuts
At the beginning of last week, I received some devastating news: the President’s Office at Freie Universität Berlin has proposed eliminating the third professorship at the Institute of Social and Cult...
www.linkedin.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
At a time when there is a shift to right-wing and authoritarian forces and an increasing hostility towards the social sciences and humanities, social and cultural anthropology is more important than ever:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...
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I want to believe in self-care and black joy, even though I experience everything today as co-opted and commodified. So watching Angela Davis play squash before heading to her job teaching women inmates was a blast from the past.
May 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I want to believe in self-care and black joy, even though I experience everything today as co-opted and commodified. So watching Angela Davis play squash before heading to her job teaching women inmates was a blast from the past.
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Thrilled to have the English-language version of my article on "Becoming an Author in Times of Asymmetric Ignorance" come out in the @postcolh.bsky.social "Virtual Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies" right in time for my presentation at @ergvidsu.bsky.social on Tuesday! tinyurl.com/pdep62fr
May 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thrilled to have the English-language version of my article on "Becoming an Author in Times of Asymmetric Ignorance" come out in the @postcolh.bsky.social "Virtual Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies" right in time for my presentation at @ergvidsu.bsky.social on Tuesday! tinyurl.com/pdep62fr
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There is no freedom for women in this neoliberal capitalist takeover of International Women’s Day.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/why-...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/why-...
Why I no longer celebrate International Women’s Day
Instead of collective and confrontational resistance, we now celebrate individual women’s achievements in capitalist, neoliberal ways
www.opendemocracy.net
March 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
There is no freedom for women in this neoliberal capitalist takeover of International Women’s Day.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/why-...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/why-...
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Just two years after the peace deal that ended the civil war, tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are simmering. In the previous conflict, Ethiopia and Eritrea fought together against the Tigrayans. This time round, Asmara appears to be backing a hardline Tigrayan faction
Via @thecontinent.org
Via @thecontinent.org
March 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Just two years after the peace deal that ended the civil war, tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are simmering. In the previous conflict, Ethiopia and Eritrea fought together against the Tigrayans. This time round, Asmara appears to be backing a hardline Tigrayan faction
Via @thecontinent.org
Via @thecontinent.org
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Some people think that the demise of USAID is good news. Wasn't USAID a tool of US imperialism?
A prominent proponent of this line of thinking is Patrick Gathara, a senior editor at @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
His argument is ill-informed and wrong.
A prominent proponent of this line of thinking is Patrick Gathara, a senior editor at @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
His argument is ill-informed and wrong.
As Patrick Gathara deftly points out for @aljazeera.com - the loss of USAID and its colonial/imperial machinations *could* present an opportunity to reshape the development sector. Whether this opportunity materializes is unclear, but reform is clearly needed for how aid functions and is thought of.
Why some in the Global South are not mourning the demise of USAID
The aid industry has always propped up imperial domination. Its implosion may be an opportunity to shape a new order.
www.aljazeera.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Some people think that the demise of USAID is good news. Wasn't USAID a tool of US imperialism?
A prominent proponent of this line of thinking is Patrick Gathara, a senior editor at @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
His argument is ill-informed and wrong.
A prominent proponent of this line of thinking is Patrick Gathara, a senior editor at @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
His argument is ill-informed and wrong.
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Second: Yes, humanitarianism has colonial roots. But Indifference has colonial roots too. The main legacy of colonialism is not compassion. It’s indifference. Colonial politics were not primarily about pity or about saving lives. They were about letting people die.
March 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Second: Yes, humanitarianism has colonial roots. But Indifference has colonial roots too. The main legacy of colonialism is not compassion. It’s indifference. Colonial politics were not primarily about pity or about saving lives. They were about letting people die.
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A younger Adichie might have penned just such a novel. What a pity that the new Adichie — the defensive celebrity, the territorial feminist — seems no longer capable of writing such a book.
www.vulture.com/article/chim...
www.vulture.com/article/chim...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Frustrating Return
Her new novel Dream Count suffers from the retrograde gender politics and bad writing that has defined her career of late.
www.vulture.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A younger Adichie might have penned just such a novel. What a pity that the new Adichie — the defensive celebrity, the territorial feminist — seems no longer capable of writing such a book.
www.vulture.com/article/chim...
www.vulture.com/article/chim...
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The number of civilians casualties from #drone strikes in #Ethiopia is rising sharply with the arrival of new Turkish #drones. The lackluster international attitude on drone warfare is sending states on a killing spree. Strong piece by @zekuzelalem.bsky.social
ecfr.eu/publication/...
ecfr.eu/publication/...
March 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The number of civilians casualties from #drone strikes in #Ethiopia is rising sharply with the arrival of new Turkish #drones. The lackluster international attitude on drone warfare is sending states on a killing spree. Strong piece by @zekuzelalem.bsky.social
ecfr.eu/publication/...
ecfr.eu/publication/...
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Sell your Tesla stock, and burn apartheid clyde's paper wealth as a bonus 🔥🔥🔥
NEW PUBLICATION
'Capitalising on conjunctures:
Tesla's ups and downs in financialised capitalism'
With Tobias Klinge and Stefan Ouma (@econgeo.bsky.social), we analyze the driving forces behind Elon Musk's wealth.
Open access with @finandsoc.bsky.social here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
'Capitalising on conjunctures:
Tesla's ups and downs in financialised capitalism'
With Tobias Klinge and Stefan Ouma (@econgeo.bsky.social), we analyze the driving forces behind Elon Musk's wealth.
Open access with @finandsoc.bsky.social here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sell your Tesla stock, and burn apartheid clyde's paper wealth as a bonus 🔥🔥🔥
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All Protocol Observed.
Welcome to Issue 192 of The Continent.
Botswana prepared for drought. Then it flooded. Climate chaos is the new normal.
Get your copy here: bit.ly/TheContinent...
Welcome to Issue 192 of The Continent.
Botswana prepared for drought. Then it flooded. Climate chaos is the new normal.
Get your copy here: bit.ly/TheContinent...
February 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
All Protocol Observed.
Welcome to Issue 192 of The Continent.
Botswana prepared for drought. Then it flooded. Climate chaos is the new normal.
Get your copy here: bit.ly/TheContinent...
Welcome to Issue 192 of The Continent.
Botswana prepared for drought. Then it flooded. Climate chaos is the new normal.
Get your copy here: bit.ly/TheContinent...
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just an incredible episode. Make time for it.
glad to talk to @keeanga.bsky.social @itsmccarthy.bsky.social, @danieldenvir.bsky.social, about our increasingly weird political situation and the role that identity politics plays in it. even if this episode isn't for you, @thedigradio.bsky.social is a gold mine
thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
Woke Wars w/ Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Mike McCarthy
Featuring Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Mike McCarthy on the MAGA and DOGE war on woke; the complicity of bankrupt liberal identity politics; and the centrality of various oppressions...
thedigradio.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
just an incredible episode. Make time for it.
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Recent ethnic cleansing campaigns in Sudan and Ethiopia remind us Zero Discrimination Day (1 March) still marks
a distant aspiration. Based on 46,269 face-to-face interviews conducted by Afrobarometer, we may be losing ground. Via @thecontinent.org
a distant aspiration. Based on 46,269 face-to-face interviews conducted by Afrobarometer, we may be losing ground. Via @thecontinent.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Recent ethnic cleansing campaigns in Sudan and Ethiopia remind us Zero Discrimination Day (1 March) still marks
a distant aspiration. Based on 46,269 face-to-face interviews conducted by Afrobarometer, we may be losing ground. Via @thecontinent.org
a distant aspiration. Based on 46,269 face-to-face interviews conducted by Afrobarometer, we may be losing ground. Via @thecontinent.org
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Today's @thecontinent.org cover if you are looking for African news with a bit of humor, give them a subscription👇🏿
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Today's @thecontinent.org cover if you are looking for African news with a bit of humor, give them a subscription👇🏿
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Enjoying the woke wars? I was on @thedigradio.bsky.social with @danieldenvir.bsky.social, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social to think on MAGA racism, identity politics, liberalism, and the anti-woke left. We aren’t really having any of it.
www.thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
www.thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
Woke Wars w/ Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Mike McCarthy
Featuring Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Mike McCarthy on the MAGA and DOGE war on woke; the complicity of bankrupt liberal identity politics; and the centrality of various oppressions...
www.thedigradio.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Enjoying the woke wars? I was on @thedigradio.bsky.social with @danieldenvir.bsky.social, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social to think on MAGA racism, identity politics, liberalism, and the anti-woke left. We aren’t really having any of it.
www.thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
www.thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
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This is remarkable. The last of 8 patients who tested positive for Ebola Sudan has been discharged. Now the 42 day count down to this outbreak being officially declared over is on.
Only 1 fatality is a remarkable feat.🤞
Kudos to front line responders in #Uganda
www.independent.co.uk/news/ebola-u...
Only 1 fatality is a remarkable feat.🤞
Kudos to front line responders in #Uganda
www.independent.co.uk/news/ebola-u...
Uganda discharges the last Ebola patients. No new deaths from the contagious virus reported
Uganda health authorities say they discharged the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola
www.independent.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is remarkable. The last of 8 patients who tested positive for Ebola Sudan has been discharged. Now the 42 day count down to this outbreak being officially declared over is on.
Only 1 fatality is a remarkable feat.🤞
Kudos to front line responders in #Uganda
www.independent.co.uk/news/ebola-u...
Only 1 fatality is a remarkable feat.🤞
Kudos to front line responders in #Uganda
www.independent.co.uk/news/ebola-u...
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it's really saying something that this is how an apparent friend explains Elon's goals www.vanityfair.com/news/story/e...
February 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
it's really saying something that this is how an apparent friend explains Elon's goals www.vanityfair.com/news/story/e...