Janne Rantala
@jannerantala10.bsky.social
Antropólogo, PhD, vândalo, terrorista urbana
Mozambique
Memory, history debates & Hip Hop especially in #RapMoz (pt, en)
Social scientist and methodology freak
Pro Democracy and Human Rights
Mozambique
Memory, history debates & Hip Hop especially in #RapMoz (pt, en)
Social scientist and methodology freak
Pro Democracy and Human Rights
Pinned
Azagaia: Homem Bomba part. Macross Maguguana & Jorge Domingos (guitarrista)
YouTube video by Azagaia Music
www.youtube.com
🧵1/4
A bit of news that makes me happy: my article about Mozambican rap #RapMoz 🇲🇿 was included in Finland’s 🇫🇮 1st nation-wide university entrance exam, reaching thousands.
📻 The supporting playlist:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZC...
#HipHop #Anthropology #History #Memorypolitics #MusicSky 🏺
A bit of news that makes me happy: my article about Mozambican rap #RapMoz 🇲🇿 was included in Finland’s 🇫🇮 1st nation-wide university entrance exam, reaching thousands.
📻 The supporting playlist:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZC...
#HipHop #Anthropology #History #Memorypolitics #MusicSky 🏺
Found out in my armchair that US's Managua embassy commemorates 2001 events without recognising that 911 is also a commemorative day of CIA backed assassination of Salvador Allende! Noticed after publication of my memory paper in a US journal that this important 3rd eye shit was "edited away".
June 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Found out in my armchair that US's Managua embassy commemorates 2001 events without recognising that 911 is also a commemorative day of CIA backed assassination of Salvador Allende! Noticed after publication of my memory paper in a US journal that this important 3rd eye shit was "edited away".
"Building bananas" reminds me about a Finnish short story whose title could be translated "Potato is not an Item" where man tries to build potatoes in his workshop. Anyone remembers an author?
June 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
"Building bananas" reminds me about a Finnish short story whose title could be translated "Potato is not an Item" where man tries to build potatoes in his workshop. Anyone remembers an author?
Reposted by Janne Rantala
Oh great, they're predicting snow over Gauteng next week. 😩 Well, I guess I'm buying a heater over the weekend.
June 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Oh great, they're predicting snow over Gauteng next week. 😩 Well, I guess I'm buying a heater over the weekend.
🧵1/4
A bit of news that makes me happy: my article about Mozambican rap #RapMoz 🇲🇿 was included in Finland’s 🇫🇮 1st nation-wide university entrance exam, reaching thousands.
📻 The supporting playlist:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZC...
#HipHop #Anthropology #History #Memorypolitics #MusicSky 🏺
A bit of news that makes me happy: my article about Mozambican rap #RapMoz 🇲🇿 was included in Finland’s 🇫🇮 1st nation-wide university entrance exam, reaching thousands.
📻 The supporting playlist:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZC...
#HipHop #Anthropology #History #Memorypolitics #MusicSky 🏺
Azagaia: Homem Bomba part. Macross Maguguana & Jorge Domingos (guitarrista)
YouTube video by Azagaia Music
www.youtube.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
🧵1/4
A bit of news that makes me happy: my article about Mozambican rap #RapMoz 🇲🇿 was included in Finland’s 🇫🇮 1st nation-wide university entrance exam, reaching thousands.
📻 The supporting playlist:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZC...
#HipHop #Anthropology #History #Memorypolitics #MusicSky 🏺
A bit of news that makes me happy: my article about Mozambican rap #RapMoz 🇲🇿 was included in Finland’s 🇫🇮 1st nation-wide university entrance exam, reaching thousands.
📻 The supporting playlist:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZC...
#HipHop #Anthropology #History #Memorypolitics #MusicSky 🏺
Uma notícia que me deixa feliz: um artigo que escrevi sobre o rap moçambicano #rapmoz foi usado num exame nacional de acesso ao ensino superior na Finlândia, destinado a milhares de estudantes.
📚 Tema: o que nos contam as rimas de rap sobre a história de Moçambique?
Fio, 3 partes.
#academicsky
📚 Tema: o que nos contam as rimas de rap sobre a história de Moçambique?
Fio, 3 partes.
#academicsky
1/3
As notícias sobre internacionalização do #Rapmoz: Com o fim do sigilo, já posso dizer: o rap moçambicano entrou no exame nacional de acesso ao ensino superior na Finlândia 🇫🇮
📻 Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZC...
#HipHopEducação #HistóriaPopular
As notícias sobre internacionalização do #Rapmoz: Com o fim do sigilo, já posso dizer: o rap moçambicano entrou no exame nacional de acesso ao ensino superior na Finlândia 🇫🇮
📻 Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZC...
#HipHopEducação #HistóriaPopular
Azagaia: Homem Bomba part. Macross Maguguana & Jorge Domingos (guitarrista)
YouTube video by Azagaia Music
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Uma notícia que me deixa feliz: um artigo que escrevi sobre o rap moçambicano #rapmoz foi usado num exame nacional de acesso ao ensino superior na Finlândia, destinado a milhares de estudantes.
📚 Tema: o que nos contam as rimas de rap sobre a história de Moçambique?
Fio, 3 partes.
#academicsky
📚 Tema: o que nos contam as rimas de rap sobre a história de Moçambique?
Fio, 3 partes.
#academicsky
1/3
As notícias sobre internacionalização do #Rapmoz: Com o fim do sigilo, já posso dizer: o rap moçambicano entrou no exame nacional de acesso ao ensino superior na Finlândia 🇫🇮
📻 Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZC...
#HipHopEducação #HistóriaPopular
As notícias sobre internacionalização do #Rapmoz: Com o fim do sigilo, já posso dizer: o rap moçambicano entrou no exame nacional de acesso ao ensino superior na Finlândia 🇫🇮
📻 Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZC...
#HipHopEducação #HistóriaPopular
Azagaia: Homem Bomba part. Macross Maguguana & Jorge Domingos (guitarrista)
YouTube video by Azagaia Music
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
1/3
As notícias sobre internacionalização do #Rapmoz: Com o fim do sigilo, já posso dizer: o rap moçambicano entrou no exame nacional de acesso ao ensino superior na Finlândia 🇫🇮
📻 Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZC...
#HipHopEducação #HistóriaPopular
As notícias sobre internacionalização do #Rapmoz: Com o fim do sigilo, já posso dizer: o rap moçambicano entrou no exame nacional de acesso ao ensino superior na Finlândia 🇫🇮
📻 Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZC...
#HipHopEducação #HistóriaPopular
Reposted by Janne Rantala
Our letter condemning the genocide in #Gaza and calling for an immediate ceasefire. A great crime is being committed, and we cannot stand by.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’
Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Our letter condemning the genocide in #Gaza and calling for an immediate ceasefire. A great crime is being committed, and we cannot stand by.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Reposted by Janne Rantala
Stumbled upon this cartoon today (The Namibian, 18 December 1987) #Namibia #colonialism
May 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Stumbled upon this cartoon today (The Namibian, 18 December 1987) #Namibia #colonialism
Reposted by Janne Rantala
Reposted by Janne Rantala
Q: Why my 9 part thread about pro-Putin propaganda manufacturing about Ibrahim Traóre has a "fake" label?
A: When I shared these thoughts with the original Captain Africa aKa Inspector Desusado from Chimoio, Moz, he said that the real Captain Africa is me!
www.youtube.com/@inspectorde...
A: When I shared these thoughts with the original Captain Africa aKa Inspector Desusado from Chimoio, Moz, he said that the real Captain Africa is me!
www.youtube.com/@inspectorde...
May 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Q: Why my 9 part thread about pro-Putin propaganda manufacturing about Ibrahim Traóre has a "fake" label?
A: When I shared these thoughts with the original Captain Africa aKa Inspector Desusado from Chimoio, Moz, he said that the real Captain Africa is me!
www.youtube.com/@inspectorde...
A: When I shared these thoughts with the original Captain Africa aKa Inspector Desusado from Chimoio, Moz, he said that the real Captain Africa is me!
www.youtube.com/@inspectorde...
What is behind idolisation of a military dictator of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Tráore, and promotion of his alleged achievements?
Is he really a contemporary anti-imperialist hero?
Who organises the campaign and benefits from it?
A thread 1/9
Is he really a contemporary anti-imperialist hero?
Who organises the campaign and benefits from it?
A thread 1/9
May 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What is behind idolisation of a military dictator of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Tráore, and promotion of his alleged achievements?
Is he really a contemporary anti-imperialist hero?
Who organises the campaign and benefits from it?
A thread 1/9
Is he really a contemporary anti-imperialist hero?
Who organises the campaign and benefits from it?
A thread 1/9
1/2 Hipótese:
A idolização deste ditator é o resultado da fabricação da disinformação motivada pela ambição russa de um império regional na Eurásia, para o qual necessita de matérias-primas africanas e de mercados para seus recursos naturais.
A idolização deste ditator é o resultado da fabricação da disinformação motivada pela ambição russa de um império regional na Eurásia, para o qual necessita de matérias-primas africanas e de mercados para seus recursos naturais.
Human Rights Watch says at least 100 civilians in Burkina Faso were killed by government forces near the town of Solenzo in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in an attack in March.
Burkina Faso forces killed at least 100 civilians in a March attack, Human Rights Watch says
Human Rights Watch says at least 100 civilians in Burkina Faso were killed by government forces near the town of Solenzo in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in an attack in March.
bit.ly
May 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
1/2 Hipótese:
A idolização deste ditator é o resultado da fabricação da disinformação motivada pela ambição russa de um império regional na Eurásia, para o qual necessita de matérias-primas africanas e de mercados para seus recursos naturais.
A idolização deste ditator é o resultado da fabricação da disinformação motivada pela ambição russa de um império regional na Eurásia, para o qual necessita de matérias-primas africanas e de mercados para seus recursos naturais.
Dear brothers in law in Joni. White Afrikaaner “refugees” in the USA...
Are you going to take them back to RSA after their prodigal son months oversees?
Are you going to take them back to RSA after their prodigal son months oversees?
May 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Dear brothers in law in Joni. White Afrikaaner “refugees” in the USA...
Are you going to take them back to RSA after their prodigal son months oversees?
Are you going to take them back to RSA after their prodigal son months oversees?
Delighted to share the first article in my series on Hip Hop and the current revolt in Mozambique:
Just published in JPMS,UC Press.
🔗 online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article... @burrata.bsky.social @ehphd.bsky.social @ericdharvey.com @kgoldschmitt.bsky.social @chuckdpe.bsky.social @isasbigini.bsky.social
Just published in JPMS,UC Press.
🔗 online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article... @burrata.bsky.social @ehphd.bsky.social @ericdharvey.com @kgoldschmitt.bsky.social @chuckdpe.bsky.social @isasbigini.bsky.social
To Brother AzagaiaA Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond
Dear Azagaia,Believing, in good African fashion, that you are present wherever you are remembered, I once again address my words directly to you. Right now, here in Mozambique, crowds are contesting t...
online.ucpress.edu
April 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Delighted to share the first article in my series on Hip Hop and the current revolt in Mozambique:
Just published in JPMS,UC Press.
🔗 online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article... @burrata.bsky.social @ehphd.bsky.social @ericdharvey.com @kgoldschmitt.bsky.social @chuckdpe.bsky.social @isasbigini.bsky.social
Just published in JPMS,UC Press.
🔗 online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article... @burrata.bsky.social @ehphd.bsky.social @ericdharvey.com @kgoldschmitt.bsky.social @chuckdpe.bsky.social @isasbigini.bsky.social
Great issue, not only because there are my fieldnotes about rapper Azagaia's legacy in on-going uprising in Mozambique and beyond.
'To Brother Azagaia: A Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond'
Just published in JPMS (UC Press).
🔗 online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
'To Brother Azagaia: A Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond'
Just published in JPMS (UC Press).
🔗 online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
April 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Great issue, not only because there are my fieldnotes about rapper Azagaia's legacy in on-going uprising in Mozambique and beyond.
'To Brother Azagaia: A Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond'
Just published in JPMS (UC Press).
🔗 online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
'To Brother Azagaia: A Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond'
Just published in JPMS (UC Press).
🔗 online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
Delighted to share the first article in my series on Hip Hop and the current conjuncture in Mozambique:
'To Brother Azagaia: A Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond'
Just published in Journal of Popular Music Studies (UC Press).
🔗 online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
'To Brother Azagaia: A Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond'
Just published in Journal of Popular Music Studies (UC Press).
🔗 online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
April 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Delighted to share the first article in my series on Hip Hop and the current conjuncture in Mozambique:
'To Brother Azagaia: A Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond'
Just published in Journal of Popular Music Studies (UC Press).
🔗 online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
'To Brother Azagaia: A Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond'
Just published in Journal of Popular Music Studies (UC Press).
🔗 online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
"To Brother Azagaia: A Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond"
Uma novidade que recebi hoje diretamente de West Coast: trata-se da minha publicação em Journal of Popular Music Studies que iniçia um série sobre o Hip Hop e a conjunctura actual em Moz: online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
Uma novidade que recebi hoje diretamente de West Coast: trata-se da minha publicação em Journal of Popular Music Studies que iniçia um série sobre o Hip Hop e a conjunctura actual em Moz: online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
To Brother AzagaiaA Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond
Dear Azagaia,Believing, in good African fashion, that you are present wherever you are remembered, I once again address my words directly to you. Right now, here in Mozambique, crowds are contesting t...
online.ucpress.edu
April 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"To Brother Azagaia: A Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond"
Uma novidade que recebi hoje diretamente de West Coast: trata-se da minha publicação em Journal of Popular Music Studies que iniçia um série sobre o Hip Hop e a conjunctura actual em Moz: online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
Uma novidade que recebi hoje diretamente de West Coast: trata-se da minha publicação em Journal of Popular Music Studies que iniçia um série sobre o Hip Hop e a conjunctura actual em Moz: online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
O playlist para 9/3 é do artigo que trata a morte do Azagaia (2023) como um evento histórico que iniciou a onda dos protestos que posteriormente, sobretudo depois dos assassinatos do Elvino Dias *e *Paulo Guambe, 19/10/2024, transformou-se em revolta popular que testemunhamos neste quotidiano.
Este playlist é desenhado acompanhar a segunda carta (em prelo) entítulada "To Brother Azagaia: A Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond", Journal of Popular Music Studies. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
To Brother Azagaia: A Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond — Playlist - YouTube
COMING SOON. This is a playlist of the forthcoming paper with a same name in Journal of Popular Music Studies | University of California Press
youtube.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
O playlist para 9/3 é do artigo que trata a morte do Azagaia (2023) como um evento histórico que iniciou a onda dos protestos que posteriormente, sobretudo depois dos assassinatos do Elvino Dias *e *Paulo Guambe, 19/10/2024, transformou-se em revolta popular que testemunhamos neste quotidiano.
Meus votos do Dia Internacional do Hip Hop Moçambicano, 9 de Março com esta carta que escrevi logo depois o dia trágico do falecimento do mano Azagaia e que foi publicada há um ano no primeiro aniversário da morte dele. A foto é da minha autoria, 2012 www.iese.ac.mz/ideias-no-15... 1/2
March 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Meus votos do Dia Internacional do Hip Hop Moçambicano, 9 de Março com esta carta que escrevi logo depois o dia trágico do falecimento do mano Azagaia e que foi publicada há um ano no primeiro aniversário da morte dele. A foto é da minha autoria, 2012 www.iese.ac.mz/ideias-no-15... 1/2
Reposted by Janne Rantala
Maputo. Caravana de Venâncio Mondlane atingida a tiro, há 16 feridos, incluindo crianças e elemento da equipa do político
Maputo. Caravana de Venâncio Mondlane atingida a tiro. Duas crianças morreram. Há 16 feridos e equipa não sabe onde o político está
Mondlane escapou e está em parte incerta, duas crianças morreram e 16 pessoas ficaram feridas quando a caravana do político foi alvejada. "Até o homem aparecer, o país vai arder".
observador.pt
March 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Maputo. Caravana de Venâncio Mondlane atingida a tiro, há 16 feridos, incluindo crianças e elemento da equipa do político
O comunicado pelo Gabinete do Presidente Eleito pelo Povo sobre os disparos contra a comitiva do Presidente Venancio Mondlane hoje à tarde e a questão do paradeiro do presidente.
March 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
O comunicado pelo Gabinete do Presidente Eleito pelo Povo sobre os disparos contra a comitiva do Presidente Venancio Mondlane hoje à tarde e a questão do paradeiro do presidente.
The police shot live ammunion and tear gas against "the people's president" Venancio Mondlane and his team this afternoon (ca. 13:15) in Maputo's outskirts.
This is just days after "the Frelimo's President" Daniel Chapo had promised to shed blood to finish the demonstrations.
This is just days after "the Frelimo's President" Daniel Chapo had promised to shed blood to finish the demonstrations.
March 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The police shot live ammunion and tear gas against "the people's president" Venancio Mondlane and his team this afternoon (ca. 13:15) in Maputo's outskirts.
This is just days after "the Frelimo's President" Daniel Chapo had promised to shed blood to finish the demonstrations.
This is just days after "the Frelimo's President" Daniel Chapo had promised to shed blood to finish the demonstrations.
Reposted by Janne Rantala
CFP: Public History in an Age of Anxiety, QUB, 9-11 Sept. 2025
February 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
CFP: Public History in an Age of Anxiety, QUB, 9-11 Sept. 2025
Reposted by Janne Rantala
Last night we were lit up in rainbow colours to mark #LGBTQHistoryMonth. 🌈🌈🌈
We're proud to support the many #LGBTQ staff and students that make Queen's such a great place to study and work and we recognise the historic wins of this community that have helped make our campus the place it is today.
We're proud to support the many #LGBTQ staff and students that make Queen's such a great place to study and work and we recognise the historic wins of this community that have helped make our campus the place it is today.
February 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Last night we were lit up in rainbow colours to mark #LGBTQHistoryMonth. 🌈🌈🌈
We're proud to support the many #LGBTQ staff and students that make Queen's such a great place to study and work and we recognise the historic wins of this community that have helped make our campus the place it is today.
We're proud to support the many #LGBTQ staff and students that make Queen's such a great place to study and work and we recognise the historic wins of this community that have helped make our campus the place it is today.