Sam Severson
@sseverson.bsky.social
Dad. Historian. Managing editor of @thejah.bsky.social.
So proud of this episode with @michmo.bsky.social, Abou Bamba, Moses Ochonu, and Thula Simpson, who each brought such thoughtfulness and honesty to our JAH Vol. 66 retrospective. Grateful to work with these brilliant editors!
🎙️: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4ywb9...
🎙️: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4ywb9...
A Year in African Historical Scholarship
Journal of African History Podcast: Volume 66 Retrospective
What does a year of cutting-edge African history scholarship reveal about where the field is heading? In this special episode marking the cl...
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February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
So proud of this episode with @michmo.bsky.social, Abou Bamba, Moses Ochonu, and Thula Simpson, who each brought such thoughtfulness and honesty to our JAH Vol. 66 retrospective. Grateful to work with these brilliant editors!
🎙️: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4ywb9...
🎙️: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4ywb9...
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"'The Net That Catches the Most Fish': Fishing, Innovation, & Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923" now published @thejah.bsky.social.
This article was in the works for several years, very pleased to see it out. Thank you to the editors & reviewers.
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This article was in the works for several years, very pleased to see it out. Thank you to the editors & reviewers.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“The Net That Catches the Most Fish”: Fishing, Innovation, and Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923 | The Journal of African History | Cambridge Core
“The Net That Catches the Most Fish”: Fishing, Innovation, and Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923 - Volume 67
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January 30, 2026 at 8:34 AM
"'The Net That Catches the Most Fish': Fishing, Innovation, & Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923" now published @thejah.bsky.social.
This article was in the works for several years, very pleased to see it out. Thank you to the editors & reviewers.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This article was in the works for several years, very pleased to see it out. Thank you to the editors & reviewers.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social on #fishing and #law in #Ghana:
bit.ly/45CFld3
bit.ly/45CFld3
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Read the new #OpenAccess article by @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social on #fishing and #law in #Ghana:
bit.ly/45CFld3
bit.ly/45CFld3
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I'm pleased to announce that my article has been published in the flagship @thejah.bsky.social. #WestAfrica #Ghana #Senegal #UnitedStates #UnitedNations #Economics #Development #Decolonization #Imperialism #Brightgyamfi
Read the new #OpenAccess article by @gyamfiphd.bsky.social on #NeoColonialism, #Underdevelopment, #Economics, and IDEP:
bit.ly/3Ys21bK
bit.ly/3Ys21bK
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I'm pleased to announce that my article has been published in the flagship @thejah.bsky.social. #WestAfrica #Ghana #Senegal #UnitedStates #UnitedNations #Economics #Development #Decolonization #Imperialism #Brightgyamfi
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by @gyamfiphd.bsky.social on #NeoColonialism, #Underdevelopment, #Economics, and IDEP:
bit.ly/3Ys21bK
bit.ly/3Ys21bK
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Read the new #OpenAccess article by @gyamfiphd.bsky.social on #NeoColonialism, #Underdevelopment, #Economics, and IDEP:
bit.ly/3Ys21bK
bit.ly/3Ys21bK
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by @ccm541.bsky.social on #women nanga players and #history telling in Western #Uganda:
bit.ly/3K9jdPN
bit.ly/3K9jdPN
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Read the new #OpenAccess article by @ccm541.bsky.social on #women nanga players and #history telling in Western #Uganda:
bit.ly/3K9jdPN
bit.ly/3K9jdPN
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In our latest podcast episode, Mark Deets joins editor Abou Bamba to discuss his featured review of “L’idée de la #Casamance autonome” by @sevead.bsky.social, and #AcademicFreedom, #HistoricalContingency, and #politics in #Senegal:
Streaming: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-axcej...
Review: bit.ly/4n8zHFe
Streaming: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-axcej...
Review: bit.ly/4n8zHFe
Mark Deets on alternative futures of the Casamance
In this episode Mark Deets (AUC) joins editor Abou Bamba (Gettysburg) to discuss “Ambiguous Echoes of the Colonial Partition: Alternative Futures from the Casamançais Past in Senegal.” This featured r...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
In our latest podcast episode, Mark Deets joins editor Abou Bamba to discuss his featured review of “L’idée de la #Casamance autonome” by @sevead.bsky.social, and #AcademicFreedom, #HistoricalContingency, and #politics in #Senegal:
Streaming: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-axcej...
Review: bit.ly/4n8zHFe
Streaming: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-axcej...
Review: bit.ly/4n8zHFe
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by Chepchirchir Tirop on #sports, #stadiums, and Moi’s transnational populist #politics in #Kenya:
bit.ly/3K1y6nj
bit.ly/3K1y6nj
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Read the new #OpenAccess article by Chepchirchir Tirop on #sports, #stadiums, and Moi’s transnational populist #politics in #Kenya:
bit.ly/3K1y6nj
bit.ly/3K1y6nj
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by John Thornton, “The Emergence of Social and Political Complexity in West #CentralAfrica” :
bit.ly/4hS1c59
bit.ly/4hS1c59
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Read the new #OpenAccess article by John Thornton, “The Emergence of Social and Political Complexity in West #CentralAfrica” :
bit.ly/4hS1c59
bit.ly/4hS1c59
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by Felicitas Becker and Salvatory Nyanto on women’s beer brewing and livelihood strategies in #Tabora #Tanzania after the end of #slavery:
bit.ly/3JwHI9q
bit.ly/3JwHI9q
October 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Read the new #OpenAccess article by Felicitas Becker and Salvatory Nyanto on women’s beer brewing and livelihood strategies in #Tabora #Tanzania after the end of #slavery:
bit.ly/3JwHI9q
bit.ly/3JwHI9q
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Read the new featured review by Mark W. Deets detailing both “L’idée de la #Casamance autonome: Possibles et dettes morales de la situation coloniale au #Senegal” (Editions Karthala) by @sevead.bsky.social and the political storm surrounding its publication:
bit.ly/4n8zHFe
bit.ly/4n8zHFe
October 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Read the new featured review by Mark W. Deets detailing both “L’idée de la #Casamance autonome: Possibles et dettes morales de la situation coloniale au #Senegal” (Editions Karthala) by @sevead.bsky.social and the political storm surrounding its publication:
bit.ly/4n8zHFe
bit.ly/4n8zHFe
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Read the new OA article by Abikal Borah on indentured labor in southeastern #SouthAfrica and relations between Indian and Zulu workers:
bit.ly/4nPKSns
bit.ly/4nPKSns
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Read the new OA article by Abikal Borah on indentured labor in southeastern #SouthAfrica and relations between Indian and Zulu workers:
bit.ly/4nPKSns
bit.ly/4nPKSns
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Read the new OA article by Agata Błoch, Guillem Martos Oms, and Clodomir Santana on #archives, #DigitalBias, #AI, and the production of historical narratives:
bit.ly/4q4UGvD
bit.ly/4q4UGvD
October 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Read the new OA article by Agata Błoch, Guillem Martos Oms, and Clodomir Santana on #archives, #DigitalBias, #AI, and the production of historical narratives:
bit.ly/4q4UGvD
bit.ly/4q4UGvD
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Read the new OA #HistoryMatters piece by Leslye Obiora on #BeninBronzes and the #Law:
bit.ly/4nnyF8R
#Nigeria #CulturalHeritage #antiquities #colonialism #restitution
bit.ly/4nnyF8R
#Nigeria #CulturalHeritage #antiquities #colonialism #restitution
October 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Read the new OA #HistoryMatters piece by Leslye Obiora on #BeninBronzes and the #Law:
bit.ly/4nnyF8R
#Nigeria #CulturalHeritage #antiquities #colonialism #restitution
bit.ly/4nnyF8R
#Nigeria #CulturalHeritage #antiquities #colonialism #restitution
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Read the new OA article by Oliver Coates on war correspondents from #Nigeria in #Burma in 1945:
bit.ly/4nO6BfN
bit.ly/4nO6BfN
October 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Read the new OA article by Oliver Coates on war correspondents from #Nigeria in #Burma in 1945:
bit.ly/4nO6BfN
bit.ly/4nO6BfN
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Read the new OA History Matters piece by Cresa Pugh on legacies of the #BeninBronzes and #Restitution within the #BlackAtlantic
bit.ly/48DRHnJ
bit.ly/48DRHnJ
October 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Read the new OA History Matters piece by Cresa Pugh on legacies of the #BeninBronzes and #Restitution within the #BlackAtlantic
bit.ly/48DRHnJ
bit.ly/48DRHnJ
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October 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Read the new review by Joshua Grace of Tasha Rijke-Epstein’s “Children of the Soil” (@dukepress.bsky.social). #Madagascar #Architecture #UrbanHistory
bit.ly/3JZVEc2
bit.ly/3JZVEc2
September 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Read the new review by Joshua Grace of Tasha Rijke-Epstein’s “Children of the Soil” (@dukepress.bsky.social). #Madagascar #Architecture #UrbanHistory
bit.ly/3JZVEc2
bit.ly/3JZVEc2
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In the latest OA #HistoryMatters piece, JAH #WestAfrica editor Moses Ochonu writes about the rise and implications of what he terms the new instrumental turn in historical scholarship in #Nigeria:
bit.ly/3JExPWV
bit.ly/3JExPWV
September 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In the latest OA #HistoryMatters piece, JAH #WestAfrica editor Moses Ochonu writes about the rise and implications of what he terms the new instrumental turn in historical scholarship in #Nigeria:
bit.ly/3JExPWV
bit.ly/3JExPWV
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Very happy to see my latest article published with
@thejah.bsky.social - the second in what will be a trilogy of articles on the legacy of Mau Mau and local politics in Central Kenya. In this article, I take a look at the African Independent Pentecostal Church, the religious arm...
@thejah.bsky.social - the second in what will be a trilogy of articles on the legacy of Mau Mau and local politics in Central Kenya. In this article, I take a look at the African Independent Pentecostal Church, the religious arm...
Read the new OA article by @nielsboender.bsky.social on the African Independent Pentecostal Church, #decolonization, #land, and #reconciliation in #Kenya:
bit.ly/46hPEUo
bit.ly/46hPEUo
September 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Very happy to see my latest article published with
@thejah.bsky.social - the second in what will be a trilogy of articles on the legacy of Mau Mau and local politics in Central Kenya. In this article, I take a look at the African Independent Pentecostal Church, the religious arm...
@thejah.bsky.social - the second in what will be a trilogy of articles on the legacy of Mau Mau and local politics in Central Kenya. In this article, I take a look at the African Independent Pentecostal Church, the religious arm...
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Read the new OA article by @nielsboender.bsky.social on the African Independent Pentecostal Church, #decolonization, #land, and #reconciliation in #Kenya:
bit.ly/46hPEUo
bit.ly/46hPEUo
September 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read the new OA article by @nielsboender.bsky.social on the African Independent Pentecostal Church, #decolonization, #land, and #reconciliation in #Kenya:
bit.ly/46hPEUo
bit.ly/46hPEUo
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Read the new OA article by @caitlinbarker.bsky.social on the #diplomacy carried out by #women from #Cameroon in #China during the era of #decolonization:
bit.ly/4mGMdg6
bit.ly/4mGMdg6
August 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Read the new OA article by @caitlinbarker.bsky.social on the #diplomacy carried out by #women from #Cameroon in #China during the era of #decolonization:
bit.ly/4mGMdg6
bit.ly/4mGMdg6
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Just received the cover for my latest book! Coming in February 2026 to a bookstore near you in Southern Africa (available in North America and Europe, too), but published in RSA. Exciting stuff!
August 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Just received the cover for my latest book! Coming in February 2026 to a bookstore near you in Southern Africa (available in North America and Europe, too), but published in RSA. Exciting stuff!
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Paul Clarke is doing incredible work on the global history of policing and abolition. Here he makes several key interventions in the historiography of race and the frontier in South Africa.
A must read! 📚
A must read! 📚
Read Paul T. Clarke’s new OA article on #policing, #war, #mercantilism, and the #frontier in Dutch #SouthAfrica:
bit.ly/47D7tyj
bit.ly/47D7tyj
August 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Paul Clarke is doing incredible work on the global history of policing and abolition. Here he makes several key interventions in the historiography of race and the frontier in South Africa.
A must read! 📚
A must read! 📚
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Read Paul T. Clarke’s new OA article on #policing, #war, #mercantilism, and the #frontier in Dutch #SouthAfrica:
bit.ly/47D7tyj
bit.ly/47D7tyj
August 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Read Paul T. Clarke’s new OA article on #policing, #war, #mercantilism, and the #frontier in Dutch #SouthAfrica:
bit.ly/47D7tyj
bit.ly/47D7tyj