Justin Pearce
@justinpearce.bsky.social
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin-Pearce-5
Historian of 20th century Southern Africa especially Angola
Senior lecturer, Stellenbosch Uni @stellhistory.bsky.social
Senior editor, Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social
Vegan
Historian of 20th century Southern Africa especially Angola
Senior lecturer, Stellenbosch Uni @stellhistory.bsky.social
Senior editor, Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social
Vegan
Pinned
‘Down with Racism!’ The MPLA’s Response to Dissidence in the Shadow of Apartheid
The last years of the anti-colonial struggle in Angola by the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) were marked by internal battles in which challengers to the leadership of Agostin...
www.tandfonline.com
New article out from SA Historical Conference panel re-evaluating global anti-apartheid activism. I examine how MPLA in power in #Angola used its alignment against apartheid in order to conflate all its critics as imperialist & to silence internal debates re race. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Give us more fire pools!
February 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Give us more fire pools!
'They took the credit for your second symphony
Rewritten by machine on new technology.'
Buggles prefigured AI in 1979.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-...
Rewritten by machine on new technology.'
Buggles prefigured AI in 1979.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-...
The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TheBugglesVEVO
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February 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
'They took the credit for your second symphony
Rewritten by machine on new technology.'
Buggles prefigured AI in 1979.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-...
Rewritten by machine on new technology.'
Buggles prefigured AI in 1979.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-...
New article out from SA Historical Conference panel re-evaluating global anti-apartheid activism. I examine how MPLA in power in #Angola used its alignment against apartheid in order to conflate all its critics as imperialist & to silence internal debates re race. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Down with Racism!’ The MPLA’s Response to Dissidence in the Shadow of Apartheid
The last years of the anti-colonial struggle in Angola by the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) were marked by internal battles in which challengers to the leadership of Agostin...
www.tandfonline.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:00 AM
New article out from SA Historical Conference panel re-evaluating global anti-apartheid activism. I examine how MPLA in power in #Angola used its alignment against apartheid in order to conflate all its critics as imperialist & to silence internal debates re race. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Justin Pearce
📢 New Article!
How can Botswana strengthen climate adaptation amid drought, erratic rainfall, and rising temperatures? Faimau and Basimane explore national frameworks, media, and Indigenous & Traditional Knowledge in building climate resilience.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How can Botswana strengthen climate adaptation amid drought, erratic rainfall, and rising temperatures? Faimau and Basimane explore national frameworks, media, and Indigenous & Traditional Knowledge in building climate resilience.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
📢 New Article!
How can Botswana strengthen climate adaptation amid drought, erratic rainfall, and rising temperatures? Faimau and Basimane explore national frameworks, media, and Indigenous & Traditional Knowledge in building climate resilience.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How can Botswana strengthen climate adaptation amid drought, erratic rainfall, and rising temperatures? Faimau and Basimane explore national frameworks, media, and Indigenous & Traditional Knowledge in building climate resilience.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Cecil Rhodes, 1895, as he tried to overthrow Kruger’s South African Republic government: “in order to save the … inhabitants of the UK from a bloody civil war, we colonial statesmen must acquire new lands … The Empire … is a bread and butter question.”
See Saul Dubow’s chapter in amzn.eu/d/6zBAy2u
See Saul Dubow’s chapter in amzn.eu/d/6zBAy2u
The Truth About Empire: Real Histories of British Colonialism: Amazon.co.uk: Lester, Alan, Sanghera, Sathnam: 9781911723097: Books
Buy The Truth About Empire: Real Histories of British Colonialism by Lester, Alan, Sanghera, Sathnam (ISBN: 9781911723097) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible o...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Cecil Rhodes, 1895, as he tried to overthrow Kruger’s South African Republic government: “in order to save the … inhabitants of the UK from a bloody civil war, we colonial statesmen must acquire new lands … The Empire … is a bread and butter question.”
See Saul Dubow’s chapter in amzn.eu/d/6zBAy2u
See Saul Dubow’s chapter in amzn.eu/d/6zBAy2u
With the sole exception of the Catholic priest, it's striking how similar the aesthetics of the 1950s/60s Estado Novo in Portugal were to those of the National Party in South Africa in the same period.
December 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
With the sole exception of the Catholic priest, it's striking how similar the aesthetics of the 1950s/60s Estado Novo in Portugal were to those of the National Party in South Africa in the same period.
Judith Butler thought I was the photographer accompanying the student journalist who was interviewing her.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Judith Butler thought I was the photographer accompanying the student journalist who was interviewing her.
New article by @jimmy-pieterse.bsky.social.
📢 New article! Campus radio in Pretoria emerged under apartheid-era restrictions, with the SABC dominating broadcasting. Tracing Radio Tuks from the late 1970s to democracy, this article reveals how UP students contested media power in a changing SA.
ishortn.ink/campus-radio
ishortn.ink/campus-radio
December 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
New article by @jimmy-pieterse.bsky.social.
Reposted by Justin Pearce
📢 New article! Campus radio in Pretoria emerged under apartheid-era restrictions, with the SABC dominating broadcasting. Tracing Radio Tuks from the late 1970s to democracy, this article reveals how UP students contested media power in a changing SA.
ishortn.ink/campus-radio
ishortn.ink/campus-radio
December 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
📢 New article! Campus radio in Pretoria emerged under apartheid-era restrictions, with the SABC dominating broadcasting. Tracing Radio Tuks from the late 1970s to democracy, this article reveals how UP students contested media power in a changing SA.
ishortn.ink/campus-radio
ishortn.ink/campus-radio
Reposted by Justin Pearce
😂 science fiction. We’re living in science fiction.
As a kid in the 1980s, I would have appreciated this as a sci-fi short story
As a kid in the 1980s, I would have appreciated this as a sci-fi short story
I’m HOLLERING. “Katherine Long tried to convince Claudius it was a Soviet vending machine from 1962, living in the basement of Moscow State University.
After hours—and more than 140 back-and-forth messages—Long got Claudius to embrace its communist roots.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
After hours—and more than 140 back-and-forth messages—Long got Claudius to embrace its communist roots.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
😂 science fiction. We’re living in science fiction.
As a kid in the 1980s, I would have appreciated this as a sci-fi short story
As a kid in the 1980s, I would have appreciated this as a sci-fi short story
Reposted by Justin Pearce
📢📢New article! How did apartheid South Africa weather the 1973–74 oil crisis? Despite sanctions, no oil reserves, and global recession, the immediate impact was limited. This article explores why, and how the crisis was turned into political capital.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
📢📢New article! How did apartheid South Africa weather the 1973–74 oil crisis? Despite sanctions, no oil reserves, and global recession, the immediate impact was limited. This article explores why, and how the crisis was turned into political capital.
l1nq.com/sv0oJ
l1nq.com/sv0oJ
Reposted by Justin Pearce
Congratulations to Dr Garikai Chaunza, a postdoctoral fellow and part-time lecturer at Rhodes University, who has been awarded the Colin Murray Award for the project 'Silencing Gukurahundi Victims: State Repression and the Erosion of Peace Journalism in Zimbabwe’.
#jsas #colinmurray #gukurahundi
#jsas #colinmurray #gukurahundi
December 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Congratulations to Dr Garikai Chaunza, a postdoctoral fellow and part-time lecturer at Rhodes University, who has been awarded the Colin Murray Award for the project 'Silencing Gukurahundi Victims: State Repression and the Erosion of Peace Journalism in Zimbabwe’.
#jsas #colinmurray #gukurahundi
#jsas #colinmurray #gukurahundi
I'm old enough to remember when AI stood for Amnesty International.
December 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm old enough to remember when AI stood for Amnesty International.
There are eight political prisoners currently on hunger strike in the UK.
More than 50 MPs and Peers have joined me in urging David Lammy to immediately meet with the lawyers of those on hunger strike.
The government needs to wake up, take responsibility, and show some humanity before it is too late.
The government needs to wake up, take responsibility, and show some humanity before it is too late.
December 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
There are eight political prisoners currently on hunger strike in the UK.
Time again for this annual post.
December 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Time again for this annual post.
On-brand for The Economist to celebrate the plundering of Portugal as economic success. Try telling that to the Portuguese who can no longer afford to live in their own capital city.
www.portugalpulse.com/the-economis...
www.portugalpulse.com/the-economis...
"The Economist" magazine chooses Portugal as the "economy of the year" - PPulse
For the fifth consecutive year, "The Economist" has compiled a ranking of the world's 36 wealthiest countries to identify the top-performing economy.
www.portugalpulse.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
On-brand for The Economist to celebrate the plundering of Portugal as economic success. Try telling that to the Portuguese who can no longer afford to live in their own capital city.
www.portugalpulse.com/the-economis...
www.portugalpulse.com/the-economis...
Has anyone looked at the acknowledgements in Citizen and Subject recently? This is so, wholesome, as the Gen Zs say.
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Has anyone looked at the acknowledgements in Citizen and Subject recently? This is so, wholesome, as the Gen Zs say.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
(In Africa predictable answers are easy - I'll avoid those & name beasts that don't appear on banknotes & which brought delight)
Chimpanzee (Uganda)
Banded rubber frog (Mozambique)
Springhare (South Africa)
Coypu (Czechia)
Reindeer (Norway)
(In Africa predictable answers are easy - I'll avoid those & name beasts that don't appear on banknotes & which brought delight)
Chimpanzee (Uganda)
Banded rubber frog (Mozambique)
Springhare (South Africa)
Coypu (Czechia)
Reindeer (Norway)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- beaver (in Scotland)
- platypus (in Queensland)
- skunk (in California)
- raccoon (in Massachusetts)
- boar (in Italy)
- beaver (in Scotland)
- platypus (in Queensland)
- skunk (in California)
- raccoon (in Massachusetts)
- boar (in Italy)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- badger
- badger
- badger
- badger
- SNAKE!
- mushroom mushroom
- badger
- badger
- badger
- badger
- SNAKE!
- mushroom mushroom
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
(In Africa predictable answers are easy - I'll avoid those & name beasts that don't appear on banknotes & which brought delight)
Chimpanzee (Uganda)
Banded rubber frog (Mozambique)
Springhare (South Africa)
Coypu (Czechia)
Reindeer (Norway)
(In Africa predictable answers are easy - I'll avoid those & name beasts that don't appear on banknotes & which brought delight)
Chimpanzee (Uganda)
Banded rubber frog (Mozambique)
Springhare (South Africa)
Coypu (Czechia)
Reindeer (Norway)
Gmail users, take note and change your settings.
Under the radar, Google has added features that allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Gmail users, take note and change your settings.
Parabéns Angola! 11.11.1975-11.11.2025 Um prazer te ter conhecido quase a metade da tua via.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Parabéns Angola! 11.11.1975-11.11.2025 Um prazer te ter conhecido quase a metade da tua via.
Bit rich coming from the person who was VP when the 1996 Constitution was approved and was the first president to be elected with that Constitution in force.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Mbeki calls for change in South Africa’s presidential election process
During an address on Saturday, former president Thabo Mbeki said a National Dialogue was urgently needed to solve South Africa’s many crises and called for a reform of the country's presidential elect...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Bit rich coming from the person who was VP when the 1996 Constitution was approved and was the first president to be elected with that Constitution in force.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Nice juxtaposition of skeets here. #halloween #puppies
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Nice juxtaposition of skeets here. #halloween #puppies
Formerly known as Prince.
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Formerly known as Prince.