Shakirah Hudani
@shakirahh.bsky.social
urbanist: Africa, post-conflict, Global South, cities everywhere
Book: "Master Plans and Minor Acts: Repairing the city in Post-genocide Rwanda"
Book: "Master Plans and Minor Acts: Repairing the city in Post-genocide Rwanda"
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Book Review Forum 2: Reviews “Master Plans and Minor Acts: Repairing the City in Post-Genocide Rwanda” by Shakirah E. Hudani, with reviews by David Mwambari, Claudia Gastrow, Brittany Meché, and Tom Goodfellow.
Good to see this book review forum up on @dialogueshg.bsky.social with reviews by @cgastrow.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social, David Mwambari and Brittany Meche, and my response. Thanks to all!
Thank you!
Brilliant to see all these pieces online together - and it was such a pleasure to engage with @shakirahh.bsky.social’s fantastic book on urban Rwanda, ‘Master Plans and Minor Acts’. Highly recommended!!
Good to see this book review forum up on @dialogueshg.bsky.social with reviews by @cgastrow.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social, David Mwambari and Brittany Meche, and my response. Thanks to all!
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Thank you!
Good to see this book review forum up on @dialogueshg.bsky.social with reviews by @cgastrow.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social, David Mwambari and Brittany Meche, and my response. Thanks to all!
Book Review Forum 2: Reviews “Master Plans and Minor Acts: Repairing the City in Post-Genocide Rwanda” by Shakirah E. Hudani, with reviews by David Mwambari, Claudia Gastrow, Brittany Meché, and Tom Goodfellow.
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Good to see this book review forum up on @dialogueshg.bsky.social with reviews by @cgastrow.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social, David Mwambari and Brittany Meche, and my response. Thanks to all!
Zohran Mamdani’s last name reflects centuries of intercontinental trade, migration and cultural exchange
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Zohran Mamdani’s last name reflects centuries of intercontinental trade, migration and cultural exchange
Mamdanis belong to the Khoja community, who were categorized by the British in the early 19th century as “Hindoo Mussalman” because their traditions spanned both religions.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s last name reflects centuries of intercontinental trade, migration and cultural exchange
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In a win for the arts and universal basic income, Ireland plans to make permanent a $1,500-a-month pilot program for artists, citing benefits to creativity, mental health, and financial stability.
Ireland plans to make a $1,500 a month basic income for artists permanent
Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts experiment has given creatives a weekly payment for three years. Now, a permanent program could be on the way.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In a win for the arts and universal basic income, Ireland plans to make permanent a $1,500-a-month pilot program for artists, citing benefits to creativity, mental health, and financial stability.
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Raila Amolo Odinga: kenopalo.substack.com/p/raila-amol...
Raila Amolo Odinga
The man whose political career defined Kenya’s multiparty politics
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October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Raila Amolo Odinga: kenopalo.substack.com/p/raila-amol...
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Breaking News: Raila Odinga, a former prime minister and a towering figure of Kenyan politics, died at 80. Read more: nyti.ms/42D5BT9
October 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Breaking News: Raila Odinga, a former prime minister and a towering figure of Kenyan politics, died at 80. Read more: nyti.ms/42D5BT9
Well done! An important book.
A huge thank you to the wonderful people at Metropolis for this award! I was so honoured & grateful opportunity in Seoul to focus attention on the global urban sanitation crisis. Thank you to @versobooks.bsky.social for nominating the book, & to Pattis.
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A heartfelt thank you to the wonderful people at Metropolis, World Association of the Major Metropolises for this award! I was so honoured that 'Waste and the City' won this prize.
I am huge...
A heartfelt thank you to the wonderful people at Metropolis, World Association of the Major Metropolises for this award! I was so honoured that 'Waste and the City' won this prize.
I am hugely grate...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Well done! An important book.
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New Online 1st Author Response “Parsing the Rwandan urban question: Toward ‘minor histories’ of urban space” by Shakirah Hudani
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Parsing the Rwandan urban question: Toward ‘minor histories’ of urban space - Shakirah Hudani, 2025
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September 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New Online 1st Author Response “Parsing the Rwandan urban question: Toward ‘minor histories’ of urban space” by Shakirah Hudani
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Honoring Zijie Yan
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Memorial, Lecture Honor Slain Professor - Carolina Alumni
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August 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Honoring Zijie Yan
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Delighted to see this essay about The Second Emancipation in the WSJ. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
‘The Second Emancipation’ Review: Imagining Africa United
The 20th-century Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah saw an opportunity to move Africa past the fragmentation left behind by colonial powers.
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August 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Delighted to see this essay about The Second Emancipation in the WSJ. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Very honored that 'Master Plans and Minor Acts' is one of three finalists for the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award (Metropolis).
Congratulations to @colinmcfarlane.bsky.social and Stephanie Wakefield and many thanks to the judging panel!
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Congratulations to @colinmcfarlane.bsky.social and Stephanie Wakefield and many thanks to the judging panel!
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Meet the Finalists of the 2025 Global Cities Book Award | Metropolis
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August 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Very honored that 'Master Plans and Minor Acts' is one of three finalists for the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award (Metropolis).
Congratulations to @colinmcfarlane.bsky.social and Stephanie Wakefield and many thanks to the judging panel!
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Congratulations to @colinmcfarlane.bsky.social and Stephanie Wakefield and many thanks to the judging panel!
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Excited that my book is long listed for the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award
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10 Books for Urban Thinkers This Summer | Metropolis
The 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award Long List
Books have the power to transform how cities are understood, governed, and experienced. The Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities...
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July 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Excited that my book is long listed for the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award
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We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Lagos with Victor Adewale.
Lagos, unbound tempest beneath your feet
We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Lagos with Victor Adewale.
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June 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
We Built This City is a limited series of photo essays by The Continent on African cities. This week, we are in Lagos with Victor Adewale.
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Beautifully wrought, long radio feature seeing the devastation of Khartoum through the destruction of a legenday hotel. (Reminds me of lodging amid ruins in Port-aux-Princes, Brazzaville, Kisangani, Monrovia, Kampala, etc., etc. www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
Khartoum's Acropole Hotel, survivor of coups and attacks, succumbs to civil war
One of Khartoums oldest and most loved hotels has survived coups, wars, and even a bomb attack, but it couldn't weather Sudan's civil war.
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June 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Beautifully wrought, long radio feature seeing the devastation of Khartoum through the destruction of a legenday hotel. (Reminds me of lodging amid ruins in Port-aux-Princes, Brazzaville, Kisangani, Monrovia, Kampala, etc., etc. www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
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I’m one of 20 assistant professors in A&S at UNC who has had their tenure decision deferred.
I was planning to spend my summer editing my third book. Now? 🤷🏻♀️
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I was planning to spend my summer editing my third book. Now? 🤷🏻♀️
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UNC faculty concerned over lack of tenure for professors
WRAL has obtained a letter from the faculty chair to the dean and chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill expressing concern about a lack of tenure for certain professors.
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May 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I’m one of 20 assistant professors in A&S at UNC who has had their tenure decision deferred.
I was planning to spend my summer editing my third book. Now? 🤷🏻♀️
www.wral.com/video/unc-fa...
I was planning to spend my summer editing my third book. Now? 🤷🏻♀️
www.wral.com/video/unc-fa...
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New article in @societyandspace.bsky.social "Contentious Plots: Staking durable claims to ethnic belonging in Nairobi": journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Contentious plots: Staking durable claims to ethnic belonging in Nairobi - Shakirah E Hudani, 2025
How are ethnicity, citizenship, and social class articulated spatially in the postcolonial African metropolis over time? In this article, I examine the metamorp...
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April 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
New article in @societyandspace.bsky.social "Contentious Plots: Staking durable claims to ethnic belonging in Nairobi": journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Renowned Human Rights Lawyer Pheroze Nowrojee Dies
Renowned Human Rights Lawyer Pheroze Nowrojee Dies
NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 5 – Renowned human rights lawyer and Senior Counsel Pheroze Nowrojee has died, fellow lawyers have confirmed. MP and fellow lawyer Otiende Amolo expressed his sorrow in a post on X, saying:
“Quite saddened to learn that my senior, Senior Counsel Pheroze Nowrojee has passed on! A quintessential advocate who presented the best […]
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April 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Renowned Human Rights Lawyer Pheroze Nowrojee Dies
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Congratulations to Shakirah E. Hudani on her book Master Plans and Minor Acts winning the ISA Peace Studies Section, Best Global South Scholar Book Award and being shortlisted for the ISA Global Development Studies Book Award. Learn more here: bit.ly/UCPEXAAG. #AAG2025
March 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Congratulations to Shakirah E. Hudani on her book Master Plans and Minor Acts winning the ISA Peace Studies Section, Best Global South Scholar Book Award and being shortlisted for the ISA Global Development Studies Book Award. Learn more here: bit.ly/UCPEXAAG. #AAG2025
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Check out my new review essay "Building the City from Below: Toward a Citizen-Centered City-Making": www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Building the City from Below: Toward a Citizen-Centered City-Making | African Studies Review | Cambridge Core
Building the City from Below: Toward a Citizen-Centered City-Making
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March 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Check out my new review essay "Building the City from Below: Toward a Citizen-Centered City-Making": www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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It strikes me that the US is experiencing its own round of SAPs, and there lessons to be learnt from how SAPs devastated African countries.
March 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
It strikes me that the US is experiencing its own round of SAPs, and there lessons to be learnt from how SAPs devastated African countries.
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#Lesotho is one of 8 countries worldwide (6 in #Africa) that could soon run out of drugs used to treat those with #HIV because of #USAID destruction:
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US aid freeze: Nigeria and Kenya among nations running out of HIV drugs - WHO
The warning comes as Africa begins to feel the impact of a massive review into US aid by Trump.
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March 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#Lesotho is one of 8 countries worldwide (6 in #Africa) that could soon run out of drugs used to treat those with #HIV because of #USAID destruction:
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Looking forward to this book forum organized by the Duke Africa Initiative on 26 Mar with @cgastrow.bsky.social and @shakirahh.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Looking forward to this book forum organized by the Duke Africa Initiative on 26 Mar with @cgastrow.bsky.social and @shakirahh.bsky.social
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New Online 1st Book Review “Kavukire? What place do the living and the dead occupy in contemporary Rwanda” by David Mwambari
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February 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New Online 1st Book Review “Kavukire? What place do the living and the dead occupy in contemporary Rwanda” by David Mwambari
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With global health and development in a state of crisis, how do we reimagine global health?
Please join us online for this genuinely diverse & inclusive course!
June 9 - 13, 2025
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Please join us online for this genuinely diverse & inclusive course!
June 9 - 13, 2025
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March 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
With global health and development in a state of crisis, how do we reimagine global health?
Please join us online for this genuinely diverse & inclusive course!
June 9 - 13, 2025
www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...
Please join us online for this genuinely diverse & inclusive course!
June 9 - 13, 2025
www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...