folukeifejola
@folukeifejola.bsky.social
Lawyer, academic, writer, and occasional singer and poet.
Author of Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge.
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Website: FolukeAfrica.com
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Author of Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge.
Handle on all socials: folukeifejola
Website: FolukeAfrica.com
https://linktr.ee/folukeifejola
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Invitation to join a Critical Research Network on Pedagogies of Race and Empire
For some time, several colleagues and I have been thinking of how to consolidate and build on the work that we have been doing individually in translating our anti-colonial and anti-racist research…
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My latest blog post is a detailed invitation to join a research network devoted to critical pedagogies of race and imperialism in law. In it, I outline who its organisers are, the reasons why we have set up the network,and what we hope to achieve in it. All welcome!
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This is a poem I wrote in 2021 as part of this essay on the vaccine apartheid. It is so depressing how in more ways than we can count, for more and more people, this earth is deliberately being made a mass grave. One day, "some will die" may become "all must die".
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November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This is a poem I wrote in 2021 as part of this essay on the vaccine apartheid. It is so depressing how in more ways than we can count, for more and more people, this earth is deliberately being made a mass grave. One day, "some will die" may become "all must die".
folukeafrica.com/the-vaccine-...
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"to ignore African history is to ignore world history and to engage in meaning-making and, consequently, policies, recommendations, analyses and legislations for the whole world and our future that will never work – while we are still headed to perdition."
Thus this African History Quiz...
Thus this African History Quiz...
The final one for today is a quiz on African history, focusing on pre-colonial history. You've got this!
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
African History Quiz I: Pre-colonial Years
Can we study ourselves out of perdition?
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November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"to ignore African history is to ignore world history and to engage in meaning-making and, consequently, policies, recommendations, analyses and legislations for the whole world and our future that will never work – while we are still headed to perdition."
Thus this African History Quiz...
Thus this African History Quiz...
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Here, I suggest that we cannot begin to even imagine the possibility of racial justice in higher education without fundamental grounding in the entanglement between power, race, racism, recognised knowledge-makers, and the emergence of the so-called modern world.
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Racial [In]Justice in Higher Education – A tri-temporal failure
We live in the ruins of the past, responsible for building the future.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Here, I suggest that we cannot begin to even imagine the possibility of racial justice in higher education without fundamental grounding in the entanglement between power, race, racism, recognised knowledge-makers, and the emergence of the so-called modern world.
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"Africa’s polities have always engaged with the rest of the world. If we do not pretend that Africa blinked into existence at the start of the infernal trade of kidnapped Africans for the sole purpose of the infernal trade of kidnapped Africans, that should be an obvious and uncontroversial point."
The final one for today is a quiz on African history, focusing on pre-colonial history. You've got this!
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
African History Quiz I: Pre-colonial Years
Can we study ourselves out of perdition?
folukeafrica.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"Africa’s polities have always engaged with the rest of the world. If we do not pretend that Africa blinked into existence at the start of the infernal trade of kidnapped Africans for the sole purpose of the infernal trade of kidnapped Africans, that should be an obvious and uncontroversial point."
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"When people complain about Africans/Black people in period drama on stage, screen and page, it is as if they assume Black Africans blinked into human existence at the moment Europe entered into the picture."
The final one for today is a quiz on African history, focusing on pre-colonial history. You've got this!
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
African History Quiz I: Pre-colonial Years
Can we study ourselves out of perdition?
folukeafrica.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"When people complain about Africans/Black people in period drama on stage, screen and page, it is as if they assume Black Africans blinked into human existence at the moment Europe entered into the picture."
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#Newblogpost!!!
Here I unpack the term “racialised (un)belonging” as I use it in my work. I rely on Spillers' "ungendering" to describe a process that is produced through a colonial history that inscribes the racialised other as ever beyond the bounds of humanity.
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Here I unpack the term “racialised (un)belonging” as I use it in my work. I rely on Spillers' "ungendering" to describe a process that is produced through a colonial history that inscribes the racialised other as ever beyond the bounds of humanity.
folukeafrica.com/racialised-u...
Racialised Un(belonging) within and beyond the University: The threads of a concept
Still seeking the university that is ours
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November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#Newblogpost!!!
Here I unpack the term “racialised (un)belonging” as I use it in my work. I rely on Spillers' "ungendering" to describe a process that is produced through a colonial history that inscribes the racialised other as ever beyond the bounds of humanity.
folukeafrica.com/racialised-u...
Here I unpack the term “racialised (un)belonging” as I use it in my work. I rely on Spillers' "ungendering" to describe a process that is produced through a colonial history that inscribes the racialised other as ever beyond the bounds of humanity.
folukeafrica.com/racialised-u...
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"Over 50 people [mostly Black] saw Walter McMillan miles away from where the murder occurred at the time the murder occurred. But for "neutral" law, they are not credible witnesses. Yet the entire case against hinges on the testimony of a career criminal. A White career criminal."
This post is a reflection on what the film 'Just Mercy' [Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx] tells us about "neutral" law, perseverance, and the exceeding cost of entrenched systemic racial injustice. The film is about Bryan Stevenson's work to free people on death row.
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Just Mercy or Just Justice
Thinking of neutrality and ‘both sides’ when one side is a mountain and other is a speck of dust.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Over 50 people [mostly Black] saw Walter McMillan miles away from where the murder occurred at the time the murder occurred. But for "neutral" law, they are not credible witnesses. Yet the entire case against hinges on the testimony of a career criminal. A White career criminal."
Reposted by folukeifejola
This post is a reflection on what the film 'Just Mercy' [Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx] tells us about "neutral" law, perseverance, and the exceeding cost of entrenched systemic racial injustice. The film is about Bryan Stevenson's work to free people on death row.
folukeafrica.com/just-mercy-o...
folukeafrica.com/just-mercy-o...
Just Mercy or Just Justice
Thinking of neutrality and ‘both sides’ when one side is a mountain and other is a speck of dust.
folukeafrica.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This post is a reflection on what the film 'Just Mercy' [Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx] tells us about "neutral" law, perseverance, and the exceeding cost of entrenched systemic racial injustice. The film is about Bryan Stevenson's work to free people on death row.
folukeafrica.com/just-mercy-o...
folukeafrica.com/just-mercy-o...
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Here I reflect on how Baldwin's writing unsettled my fixed idea of linear European time, which traps us into repeating history's evil patterns. 'Instead of speaking about the civil rights movement, let us pretend that I am a survivor of the latest slave rebellion.'
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Me, James Baldwin and the Un-fragmenting of Euro-modern Time
Or how do we enter into a time present, of things future?
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November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Here I reflect on how Baldwin's writing unsettled my fixed idea of linear European time, which traps us into repeating history's evil patterns. 'Instead of speaking about the civil rights movement, let us pretend that I am a survivor of the latest slave rebellion.'
folukeafrica.com/me-james-bal...
folukeafrica.com/me-james-bal...
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The final one for today is a quiz on African history, focusing on pre-colonial history. You've got this!
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
African History Quiz I: Pre-colonial Years
Can we study ourselves out of perdition?
folukeafrica.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The final one for today is a quiz on African history, focusing on pre-colonial history. You've got this!
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
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I designed a quiz on African geography—lightly sprinkled with some history. I really think this is one of the easiest quizzes I have designed. See how well you do.
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African Geography Quiz
10 questions on a vast array of African geography topics
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November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I designed a quiz on African geography—lightly sprinkled with some history. I really think this is one of the easiest quizzes I have designed. See how well you do.
folukeafrica.com/african-geog...
folukeafrica.com/african-geog...
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Every African flag has at least one colour from the Pan-African flag (red, green and black). How well do you know African flags? How many can you get out of 10?
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Quiz 2: African Flags
Can you identify any of these 1/4 of the world’s flags?
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November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Every African flag has at least one colour from the Pan-African flag (red, green and black). How well do you know African flags? How many can you get out of 10?
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folukeafrica.com/quiz-2-afric...
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It is Quiz Friday!!!! Do the quizzes, suggest new ones and let us know your scores!
Are you a lover of Africa or an African expert, or do you just love geography and world knowledge? Test your knowledge of African states and capitals with these 10 questions, and
folukeafrica.com/quiz-1-afric...
Are you a lover of Africa or an African expert, or do you just love geography and world knowledge? Test your knowledge of African states and capitals with these 10 questions, and
folukeafrica.com/quiz-1-afric...
Quiz 1: African States and Capitals
10 questions. 10 African capitals. How many do you know?
folukeafrica.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It is Quiz Friday!!!! Do the quizzes, suggest new ones and let us know your scores!
Are you a lover of Africa or an African expert, or do you just love geography and world knowledge? Test your knowledge of African states and capitals with these 10 questions, and
folukeafrica.com/quiz-1-afric...
Are you a lover of Africa or an African expert, or do you just love geography and world knowledge? Test your knowledge of African states and capitals with these 10 questions, and
folukeafrica.com/quiz-1-afric...
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I do sort of prefer the alternative iteration of this: “Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unspeakable things with it.” ― Chinua Achebe.
“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.” ― Chinua Achebe.
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I do sort of prefer the alternative iteration of this: “Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unspeakable things with it.” ― Chinua Achebe.
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It's Saturday now but try these cool quizzes (there's four in the thread!) anyway!
BTW, found the first two harder than the next two!😅
BTW, found the first two harder than the next two!😅
It is Quiz Friday!!!! Do the quizzes, suggest new ones and let us know your scores!
Are you a lover of Africa or an African expert, or do you just love geography and world knowledge? Test your knowledge of African states and capitals with these 10 questions, and
folukeafrica.com/quiz-1-afric...
Are you a lover of Africa or an African expert, or do you just love geography and world knowledge? Test your knowledge of African states and capitals with these 10 questions, and
folukeafrica.com/quiz-1-afric...
Quiz 1: African States and Capitals
10 questions. 10 African capitals. How many do you know?
folukeafrica.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It's Saturday now but try these cool quizzes (there's four in the thread!) anyway!
BTW, found the first two harder than the next two!😅
BTW, found the first two harder than the next two!😅
Reposted by folukeifejola
I only got half, maybe better than average for a white person but not great. Lots of room for improvement!
The final one for today is a quiz on African history, focusing on pre-colonial history. You've got this!
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
African History Quiz I: Pre-colonial Years
Can we study ourselves out of perdition?
folukeafrica.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I only got half, maybe better than average for a white person but not great. Lots of room for improvement!
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This was a great quiz! I got 5700 pts, with 9/12 questions correct. (Not sure if that counts the "redemption question" I got a second chance at.) Two I only learned in the past few weeks as I've been researching a Women of 1000 picture of two Kanem queens.
Still so much to learn! What did you get?
Still so much to learn! What did you get?
The final one for today is a quiz on African history, focusing on pre-colonial history. You've got this!
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
African History Quiz I: Pre-colonial Years
Can we study ourselves out of perdition?
folukeafrica.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This was a great quiz! I got 5700 pts, with 9/12 questions correct. (Not sure if that counts the "redemption question" I got a second chance at.) Two I only learned in the past few weeks as I've been researching a Women of 1000 picture of two Kanem queens.
Still so much to learn! What did you get?
Still so much to learn! What did you get?
Reposted by folukeifejola
After blogging for 9 years and writing over 300 blog posts, my website passed a million views!!! My thanks to everyone who has contributed to this. I intend to write a reflection soon on my life as an academic blogger. In the meantime, here is a post on why I write.
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folukeafrica.com/who-am-i/
Who Am I?
I am Foluke Ifejola Adebisi and this is my blog.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
After blogging for 9 years and writing over 300 blog posts, my website passed a million views!!! My thanks to everyone who has contributed to this. I intend to write a reflection soon on my life as an academic blogger. In the meantime, here is a post on why I write.
folukeafrica.com/who-am-i/
folukeafrica.com/who-am-i/
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In this review of the film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, I explore what it tells us about cultural appropriation, the continuing unmattering of Black life & why we cannot understand the last scene without the first scene... which isn't in the movie or our history books.
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The Other Strange Fruit in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
A tragedy in waiting. Still.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
In this review of the film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, I explore what it tells us about cultural appropriation, the continuing unmattering of Black life & why we cannot understand the last scene without the first scene... which isn't in the movie or our history books.
folukeafrica.com/the-other-st...
folukeafrica.com/the-other-st...
"to ignore African history is to ignore world history and to engage in meaning-making and, consequently, policies, recommendations, analyses and legislations for the whole world and our future that will never work – while we are still headed to perdition."
Thus this African History Quiz...
Thus this African History Quiz...
The final one for today is a quiz on African history, focusing on pre-colonial history. You've got this!
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
African History Quiz I: Pre-colonial Years
Can we study ourselves out of perdition?
folukeafrica.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"to ignore African history is to ignore world history and to engage in meaning-making and, consequently, policies, recommendations, analyses and legislations for the whole world and our future that will never work – while we are still headed to perdition."
Thus this African History Quiz...
Thus this African History Quiz...
"Africa’s polities have always engaged with the rest of the world. If we do not pretend that Africa blinked into existence at the start of the infernal trade of kidnapped Africans for the sole purpose of the infernal trade of kidnapped Africans, that should be an obvious and uncontroversial point."
The final one for today is a quiz on African history, focusing on pre-colonial history. You've got this!
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
African History Quiz I: Pre-colonial Years
Can we study ourselves out of perdition?
folukeafrica.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"Africa’s polities have always engaged with the rest of the world. If we do not pretend that Africa blinked into existence at the start of the infernal trade of kidnapped Africans for the sole purpose of the infernal trade of kidnapped Africans, that should be an obvious and uncontroversial point."
"When people complain about Africans/Black people in period drama on stage, screen and page, it is as if they assume Black Africans blinked into human existence at the moment Europe entered into the picture."
The final one for today is a quiz on African history, focusing on pre-colonial history. You've got this!
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
folukeafrica.com/african-hist...
African History Quiz I: Pre-colonial Years
Can we study ourselves out of perdition?
folukeafrica.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"When people complain about Africans/Black people in period drama on stage, screen and page, it is as if they assume Black Africans blinked into human existence at the moment Europe entered into the picture."
It is Quiz Friday!!!! Do the quizzes, suggest new ones and let us know your scores!
Are you a lover of Africa or an African expert, or do you just love geography and world knowledge? Test your knowledge of African states and capitals with these 10 questions, and
folukeafrica.com/quiz-1-afric...
Are you a lover of Africa or an African expert, or do you just love geography and world knowledge? Test your knowledge of African states and capitals with these 10 questions, and
folukeafrica.com/quiz-1-afric...
Quiz 1: African States and Capitals
10 questions. 10 African capitals. How many do you know?
folukeafrica.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It is Quiz Friday!!!! Do the quizzes, suggest new ones and let us know your scores!
Are you a lover of Africa or an African expert, or do you just love geography and world knowledge? Test your knowledge of African states and capitals with these 10 questions, and
folukeafrica.com/quiz-1-afric...
Are you a lover of Africa or an African expert, or do you just love geography and world knowledge? Test your knowledge of African states and capitals with these 10 questions, and
folukeafrica.com/quiz-1-afric...
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This post is a good excuse to remind everyone to read an Achebe book as soon as you can.
I do sort of prefer the alternative iteration of this: “Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unspeakable things with it.” ― Chinua Achebe.
“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.” ― Chinua Achebe.
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This post is a good excuse to remind everyone to read an Achebe book as soon as you can.
I do sort of prefer the alternative iteration of this: “Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unspeakable things with it.” ― Chinua Achebe.
“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.” ― Chinua Achebe.
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I do sort of prefer the alternative iteration of this: “Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unspeakable things with it.” ― Chinua Achebe.