Luqman Muraina
@luqmanmuraina.bsky.social
PhD researcher, student of decoloniality and Global Development issues and African-based Development advocate. Muslim, Father, Nigerian, and Black!
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Researcher Development training workshop next week:
Your research profile, reputation and impact: An introduction to Bibliometrics 🧮 📚
Tue 10 Feb, 10:00-11:30, online
Register via SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev...
or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...
Your research profile, reputation and impact: An introduction to Bibliometrics 🧮 📚
Tue 10 Feb, 10:00-11:30, online
Register via SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev...
or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...
February 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Researcher Development training workshop next week:
Your research profile, reputation and impact: An introduction to Bibliometrics 🧮 📚
Tue 10 Feb, 10:00-11:30, online
Register via SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev...
or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...
Your research profile, reputation and impact: An introduction to Bibliometrics 🧮 📚
Tue 10 Feb, 10:00-11:30, online
Register via SkillsForge (PGRs): www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev...
or the LMS (staff): york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...
I'll be attending and presenting (break-out session) at the @uksg.bsky.social #UKSG2026 Conference in Glasgow on the title 'Africa in the Open: Reimagining Global Knowledge Beyond Western Publication Models'
I look forward to seeing you around.
@uoylibrary.bsky.social @uoyopenres.bsky.social
I look forward to seeing you around.
@uoylibrary.bsky.social @uoyopenres.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 10:39 AM
I'll be attending and presenting (break-out session) at the @uksg.bsky.social #UKSG2026 Conference in Glasgow on the title 'Africa in the Open: Reimagining Global Knowledge Beyond Western Publication Models'
I look forward to seeing you around.
@uoylibrary.bsky.social @uoyopenres.bsky.social
I look forward to seeing you around.
@uoylibrary.bsky.social @uoyopenres.bsky.social
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"I consider my story as reflecting a scholarly transition from an empirical, positivist and Eurocentric framework to an advocacy for alternative knowledges, pluriversality, and decoloniality"
This 📙 by @murainal.bsky.social wraps up our decolonising stories project
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2480
This 📙 by @murainal.bsky.social wraps up our decolonising stories project
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2480
Decolonial Journey: #RhodesMustFall and ‘Decolonising Development Studies’ in Ghana and Nigeria
By Luqman Muraina / part of our “Share your Decolonising Story” project I completed my B.Sc. Sociology in Nigeria with little or no knowledge about alternative epistemologies, coloniality, and poli…
www.developmentresearch.eu
December 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"I consider my story as reflecting a scholarly transition from an empirical, positivist and Eurocentric framework to an advocacy for alternative knowledges, pluriversality, and decoloniality"
This 📙 by @murainal.bsky.social wraps up our decolonising stories project
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2480
This 📙 by @murainal.bsky.social wraps up our decolonising stories project
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2480
Well done Katie. 💐🙏🏽
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Well done Katie. 💐🙏🏽
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Did you know that @uoylibrary.bsky.social provides a DOI registration service for @york.ac.uk academic outputs? 🔗
DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) can help people find, cite and track work. We provide them for outputs hosted on york.ac.uk web pages, and/or the White Rose Research Online repository
DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) can help people find, cite and track work. We provide them for outputs hosted on york.ac.uk web pages, and/or the White Rose Research Online repository
Get a DOI for your work
A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is a way of uniquely and permanently identifying a resource, so that it can remain findable and citable in the long term.
www.york.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Did you know that @uoylibrary.bsky.social provides a DOI registration service for @york.ac.uk academic outputs? 🔗
DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) can help people find, cite and track work. We provide them for outputs hosted on york.ac.uk web pages, and/or the White Rose Research Online repository
DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) can help people find, cite and track work. We provide them for outputs hosted on york.ac.uk web pages, and/or the White Rose Research Online repository
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Welcome to DSA on BlueSky!
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September 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Welcome to DSA on BlueSky!
🤝🏾 Become a member buff.ly/3ZRAOzp
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💻 Our conference buff.ly/6DEHyVr
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Many thanks @kirrraliseh.bsky.social @alientalks.bsky.social @asmasonomics.bsky.social @clmorgan.bsky.social @murainal.bsky.social @joespearing.bsky.social @katievernon.bsky.social and everyone else who contributed to this piece!
October 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Many thanks @kirrraliseh.bsky.social @alientalks.bsky.social @asmasonomics.bsky.social @clmorgan.bsky.social @murainal.bsky.social @joespearing.bsky.social @katievernon.bsky.social and everyone else who contributed to this piece!
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Katie Vernon @katievernon.bsky.social @yorkmedieval.bsky.social talks about motivations behind a forthcoming chapter on weaponry in Final Fantasy VII for diamond open access publisher Play Story Press ⚔️
"academic research should not be gatekept and should be open to all who have an interest"
"academic research should not be gatekept and should be open to all who have an interest"
An Open Access Book Chapter: Final Fantasy VII What’s in a Weapon for the Psychgeist of Pop Culture Series - Open Research at York - York Wiki Service
uoy.atlassian.net
September 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Katie Vernon @katievernon.bsky.social @yorkmedieval.bsky.social talks about motivations behind a forthcoming chapter on weaponry in Final Fantasy VII for diamond open access publisher Play Story Press ⚔️
"academic research should not be gatekept and should be open to all who have an interest"
"academic research should not be gatekept and should be open to all who have an interest"
‘moral litmus test for the world ... The old adage of who will speak out for the academic community and scholarship when all voices are silenced reminds us of Desmond Tutu’s statement: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor”.
@baice
@baice
August 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
‘moral litmus test for the world ... The old adage of who will speak out for the academic community and scholarship when all voices are silenced reminds us of Desmond Tutu’s statement: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor”.
@baice
@baice
Read this article on ethical solidarity in times of global helplessness and unalterable and unfolding genocide, apartheid, and dispossession. baice.ac.uk/hub/what-doe...
#Gaza #Palestine #SettlerColonialism #AcademicSolidarit
"According to Angela Davis, this crisis is a
#Gaza #Palestine #SettlerColonialism #AcademicSolidarit
"According to Angela Davis, this crisis is a
What does ethical solidarity look like for academic professional bodies in times of unfolding genocide?
We write this piece as a group of education researchers working in the fields of international education and development, including with respect to conflict studies, forced migration and comparative s...
baice.ac.uk
August 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Read this article on ethical solidarity in times of global helplessness and unalterable and unfolding genocide, apartheid, and dispossession. baice.ac.uk/hub/what-doe...
#Gaza #Palestine #SettlerColonialism #AcademicSolidarit
"According to Angela Davis, this crisis is a
#Gaza #Palestine #SettlerColonialism #AcademicSolidarit
"According to Angela Davis, this crisis is a
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Oba Adetona and the Politics of Royal Burial: A Just Departure and the Challenge of Evolving Traditions
I argued in my new newspaper piece that the ‘dignified’ burial of Oba Sikiru Adetona is not a blind imitation of global/Western modernity, but a necessary homegrown
I argued in my new newspaper piece that the ‘dignified’ burial of Oba Sikiru Adetona is not a blind imitation of global/Western modernity, but a necessary homegrown
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Oba Adetona and the Politics of Royal Burial: A Just Departure and the Challenge of Evolving Traditions
I argued in my new newspaper piece that the ‘dignified’ burial of Oba Sikiru Adetona is not a blind imitation of global/Western modernity, but a necessary homegrown
I argued in my new newspaper piece that the ‘dignified’ burial of Oba Sikiru Adetona is not a blind imitation of global/Western modernity, but a necessary homegrown
August 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🤕 What future does sacred authority have in the age of governors and ballots?
🧐 Can other monarchs follow this just departure, but on what terms?
🧐 Can other monarchs follow this just departure, but on what terms?
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🤕 What future does sacred authority have in the age of governors and ballots?
🧐 Can other monarchs follow this just departure, but on what terms?
🧐 Can other monarchs follow this just departure, but on what terms?
💯I further argued that ‘the composition of the Yoruba society and every royal families is now multicultural, multi-religious, and pluralistic’.
I answered other questions in the full article - www.thecable.ng/oba-adetona-... published by @thecableng
I answered other questions in the full article - www.thecable.ng/oba-adetona-... published by @thecableng
Oba Adetona and the politics of royal funeral
BY LUQMAN MURAINA The transition of Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland, and his subsequent Islamic…
www.thecable.ng
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
💯I further argued that ‘the composition of the Yoruba society and every royal families is now multicultural, multi-religious, and pluralistic’.
I answered other questions in the full article - www.thecable.ng/oba-adetona-... published by @thecableng
I answered other questions in the full article - www.thecable.ng/oba-adetona-... published by @thecableng
he should not ascend the throne in the first place’. I decried that this is romanticising tradition and indigenous knowledge systems. We must recognise that the ‘the thrones belong to royal lineages, not Ogboni and traditionalist cults’.
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
he should not ascend the throne in the first place’. I decried that this is romanticising tradition and indigenous knowledge systems. We must recognise that the ‘the thrones belong to royal lineages, not Ogboni and traditionalist cults’.
The ‘tradition’ itself is not divine; it was made by humans under certain historical contexts, and we must revise them when the conditions that birthed them no longer exist.
I also responded to the weak argument 😰 that ‘if a king refuses traditional burial,
I also responded to the weak argument 😰 that ‘if a king refuses traditional burial,
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The ‘tradition’ itself is not divine; it was made by humans under certain historical contexts, and we must revise them when the conditions that birthed them no longer exist.
I also responded to the weak argument 😰 that ‘if a king refuses traditional burial,
I also responded to the weak argument 😰 that ‘if a king refuses traditional burial,
reform to kingship, as I differed with Dr Oyekolade Sodiq Oyesanya on modernism/traditionalism. 💯 I contended that what is sacred and ‘traditional’ (the alleged inhumane and violent procedures of burying Kings) should be awe-inspiring, not horrifying and inhumane.
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
reform to kingship, as I differed with Dr Oyekolade Sodiq Oyesanya on modernism/traditionalism. 💯 I contended that what is sacred and ‘traditional’ (the alleged inhumane and violent procedures of burying Kings) should be awe-inspiring, not horrifying and inhumane.
Oba Adetona and the Politics of Royal Burial: A Just Departure and the Challenge of Evolving Traditions
I argued in my new newspaper piece that the ‘dignified’ burial of Oba Sikiru Adetona is not a blind imitation of global/Western modernity, but a necessary homegrown
I argued in my new newspaper piece that the ‘dignified’ burial of Oba Sikiru Adetona is not a blind imitation of global/Western modernity, but a necessary homegrown
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Oba Adetona and the Politics of Royal Burial: A Just Departure and the Challenge of Evolving Traditions
I argued in my new newspaper piece that the ‘dignified’ burial of Oba Sikiru Adetona is not a blind imitation of global/Western modernity, but a necessary homegrown
I argued in my new newspaper piece that the ‘dignified’ burial of Oba Sikiru Adetona is not a blind imitation of global/Western modernity, but a necessary homegrown
“scholars [who] tend to sharpen their pens after the smell of death has dissipated and moral clarity is no longer urgent” - Rabea Eghbariah (2023)
#palestinelivesmatter #Anticolonial #SelectiveJustice #academicsilence #EpistemicInjustice #academiccomplicity #AcademicFreedom
#palestinelivesmatter #Anticolonial #SelectiveJustice #academicsilence #EpistemicInjustice #academiccomplicity #AcademicFreedom
Decolonial Conference (Call for Proposals)
One of the first duties of intellectuals… in colonialist countries is unreservedly to support the national aspirations of colonized peoples.
jairofunez.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
“scholars [who] tend to sharpen their pens after the smell of death has dissipated and moral clarity is no longer urgent” - Rabea Eghbariah (2023)
#palestinelivesmatter #Anticolonial #SelectiveJustice #academicsilence #EpistemicInjustice #academiccomplicity #AcademicFreedom
#palestinelivesmatter #Anticolonial #SelectiveJustice #academicsilence #EpistemicInjustice #academiccomplicity #AcademicFreedom
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WATCH: “You’re lying on national TV.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social 🔥 absolutely dogwalks Dershowitz when he says 🇮🇱 soldiers have been prosecuted for killing kids (they haven’t), and tells piers morgan we didn’t need NYT to tell us Bibi is selfishly prolonging the war.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social 🔥 absolutely dogwalks Dershowitz when he says 🇮🇱 soldiers have been prosecuted for killing kids (they haven’t), and tells piers morgan we didn’t need NYT to tell us Bibi is selfishly prolonging the war.
July 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
WATCH: “You’re lying on national TV.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social 🔥 absolutely dogwalks Dershowitz when he says 🇮🇱 soldiers have been prosecuted for killing kids (they haven’t), and tells piers morgan we didn’t need NYT to tell us Bibi is selfishly prolonging the war.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social 🔥 absolutely dogwalks Dershowitz when he says 🇮🇱 soldiers have been prosecuted for killing kids (they haven’t), and tells piers morgan we didn’t need NYT to tell us Bibi is selfishly prolonging the war.
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Recording and slides now available from our discussion event 'Open minds: exploring Open Educational Resources at York and beyond' 📽️
Open minds: exploring Open Educational Resources at York and beyond (Thursday 10 July, 2025) - Open Research at York - York Wiki Service
uoy.atlassian.net
July 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Recording and slides now available from our discussion event 'Open minds: exploring Open Educational Resources at York and beyond' 📽️
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❗️Exclusive -- As Israel uses F-35 fighter jets to bomb Iran and Gaza, we reveal parts for these warplanes were transported via London last month.
Investigation
👉 www.declassifieduk.org/fighter-jet-...
Investigation
👉 www.declassifieduk.org/fighter-jet-...
June 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
❗️Exclusive -- As Israel uses F-35 fighter jets to bomb Iran and Gaza, we reveal parts for these warplanes were transported via London last month.
Investigation
👉 www.declassifieduk.org/fighter-jet-...
Investigation
👉 www.declassifieduk.org/fighter-jet-...
Thank you for doing the awards presentation for US.
July 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Thank you for doing the awards presentation for US.