Boni Dulani
@tallmanfromzomba.bsky.social
Researcher, teacher and farmer. Zomba, Malawi
We are attending the #Forum2000 events in Prague this week. @afrobarometer.bsky.social are represented by yours truly, #CarolynLogan, #MandipaNdlovu, #AliouBarry and #MarkusOlapade. Our panel session is on Tuesday and will explore the state of democracy in #Africa
October 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We are attending the #Forum2000 events in Prague this week. @afrobarometer.bsky.social are represented by yours truly, #CarolynLogan, #MandipaNdlovu, #AliouBarry and #MarkusOlapade. Our panel session is on Tuesday and will explore the state of democracy in #Africa
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If the U.S. were a low-income country, right around now they'd have been hit with a range of economic sanctions designed to impoverish Americans into rising up to defend their democracy -- with predictable results.
October 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If the U.S. were a low-income country, right around now they'd have been hit with a range of economic sanctions designed to impoverish Americans into rising up to defend their democracy -- with predictable results.
#Malawians went to vote 2 days ago. Main presidential choices were incumbent Lazarus #Chakwera & Peter #Mutharika. Against a background of high inflation, shortages of forex, petrol & other essentials, #Mutharika appears to be way ahead & possibly on track to get an outright majority.
September 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
#Malawians went to vote 2 days ago. Main presidential choices were incumbent Lazarus #Chakwera & Peter #Mutharika. Against a background of high inflation, shortages of forex, petrol & other essentials, #Mutharika appears to be way ahead & possibly on track to get an outright majority.
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A lot of people and organizations have stayed on X because many members of their audience are still there. But for most of them, their engagement is steadily falling. Even for bigger accounts. This is by design. They’re wasting time when they could be rebuilding elsewhere. It’s sunk cost fallacy.
July 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A lot of people and organizations have stayed on X because many members of their audience are still there. But for most of them, their engagement is steadily falling. Even for bigger accounts. This is by design. They’re wasting time when they could be rebuilding elsewhere. It’s sunk cost fallacy.
Fresh off the press
Interactive voice response surveys as a method for increasing the representativeness of rural respondents in a mortality mobile phone survey: Findings from Malawi - Tlhajoane - Tropical Medicine & International Health - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Interactive voice response surveys as a method for increasing the representativeness of rural respondents in a mortality mobile phone survey: Findings from Malawi - Tlhajoane - Tropical Medicine & International Health - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Interactive voice response surveys as a method for increasing the representativeness of rural respondents in a mortality mobile phone survey: Findings from Malawi
Objectives Our study aims to (i) evaluate the yield and costs of a fully automated interactive voice response survey as a screening tool for identifying rural respondents for participation in a mort...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Fresh off the press
Interactive voice response surveys as a method for increasing the representativeness of rural respondents in a mortality mobile phone survey: Findings from Malawi - Tlhajoane - Tropical Medicine & International Health - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Interactive voice response surveys as a method for increasing the representativeness of rural respondents in a mortality mobile phone survey: Findings from Malawi - Tlhajoane - Tropical Medicine & International Health - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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It's incredibly delicate to post about Israel to US / CA / EU audiences, the indoctrination to be loyal and overlook its decades of criminal actions runs deep amongst the public. All we can say is, do your best to deprogram from "I stand with Israel" and move toward "I stand with international law."
June 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It's incredibly delicate to post about Israel to US / CA / EU audiences, the indoctrination to be loyal and overlook its decades of criminal actions runs deep amongst the public. All we can say is, do your best to deprogram from "I stand with Israel" and move toward "I stand with international law."
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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST STAND FIRM.
We must not be dragged into Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran.
We must not be dragged into Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran.
Trump: Don't Drag the US Into Netanyahu's War with Iran | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
June 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST STAND FIRM.
We must not be dragged into Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran.
We must not be dragged into Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran.
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It took Netanyahu 29 years, but he finally found an American president who was itching to go to war with him against Iran.
June 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It took Netanyahu 29 years, but he finally found an American president who was itching to go to war with him against Iran.
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Before parroting Israel’s talking points on Iran, know this:
🚨 Israel bombed Iran first
🚨 Iran hasn’t invaded another country in over 200 years
🚨 It signed the nuclear deal—Israel opposed it
🚨 U.S./Israel backed Saddam in the Iran-Iraq war
🚨 Israel has nukes, Iran doesn’t
🚨 Israel bombed Iran first
🚨 Iran hasn’t invaded another country in over 200 years
🚨 It signed the nuclear deal—Israel opposed it
🚨 U.S./Israel backed Saddam in the Iran-Iraq war
🚨 Israel has nukes, Iran doesn’t
June 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Before parroting Israel’s talking points on Iran, know this:
🚨 Israel bombed Iran first
🚨 Iran hasn’t invaded another country in over 200 years
🚨 It signed the nuclear deal—Israel opposed it
🚨 U.S./Israel backed Saddam in the Iran-Iraq war
🚨 Israel has nukes, Iran doesn’t
🚨 Israel bombed Iran first
🚨 Iran hasn’t invaded another country in over 200 years
🚨 It signed the nuclear deal—Israel opposed it
🚨 U.S./Israel backed Saddam in the Iran-Iraq war
🚨 Israel has nukes, Iran doesn’t
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any story on Israel saying Iran can never get the bomb should mention that Israel is itself a rogue nuclear state.
June 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
any story on Israel saying Iran can never get the bomb should mention that Israel is itself a rogue nuclear state.
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We find that any given woman has relatively more influence in group deliberations when women make up a larger share of the group. This change is driven by men's improved assessments of women's influence as deliberations shift to aspects of the problem within women's domains.
June 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We find that any given woman has relatively more influence in group deliberations when women make up a larger share of the group. This change is driven by men's improved assessments of women's influence as deliberations shift to aspects of the problem within women's domains.
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I'm happy to share a new publication on women's representation in deliberative fora w/ Amanda Clayton, Boniface Dulani, and Katrina Kosec. We randomize the gender composition of groups tasked with discussing deforestation in Malawi. Published open access: doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Women's inclusion is now the norm in global and local initiatives to combat climate change. We examine how women's representation affects climate deliberations using the case of community-managed for...
doi.org
June 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I'm happy to share a new publication on women's representation in deliberative fora w/ Amanda Clayton, Boniface Dulani, and Katrina Kosec. We randomize the gender composition of groups tasked with discussing deforestation in Malawi. Published open access: doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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There is no “novel legal theory” about a third term, as some reporters are parroting. It’s not legal, and the idea of seizing permanent power isn’t a “theory,” it’s just what dictators do.
March 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
There is no “novel legal theory” about a third term, as some reporters are parroting. It’s not legal, and the idea of seizing permanent power isn’t a “theory,” it’s just what dictators do.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸
(From @BillBramhall )
(From @BillBramhall )
April 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸
(From @BillBramhall )
(From @BillBramhall )
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If African countries raised their tax-to-GDP ratios to the levels of Asia or LatAm, they could entirely replace foreign aid. But the economic predominance of natural resource exports led by tax-dodging multinational companies makes this difficult gchelwa.substack.com/p/ending-aid...
Ending Aid Dependency: The Tax Edition
African governments should, and can, collect more in taxes
gchelwa.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
If African countries raised their tax-to-GDP ratios to the levels of Asia or LatAm, they could entirely replace foreign aid. But the economic predominance of natural resource exports led by tax-dodging multinational companies makes this difficult gchelwa.substack.com/p/ending-aid...
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This guy has destroyed America for all the world to see. We used to be a great nation. No one booed our national anthem. Now we're regarded as a shithole nation all around the world.
March 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This guy has destroyed America for all the world to see. We used to be a great nation. No one booed our national anthem. Now we're regarded as a shithole nation all around the world.
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American credibility is dead—and the economic cost will be massive.
U.S. economic partners are thinking:
- "We can’t trust America."
- "The U.S. is a predatory state."
In business, trust is everything—and America just shattered it.
This betrayal won’t be forgotten.
U.S. economic partners are thinking:
- "We can’t trust America."
- "The U.S. is a predatory state."
In business, trust is everything—and America just shattered it.
This betrayal won’t be forgotten.
March 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
American credibility is dead—and the economic cost will be massive.
U.S. economic partners are thinking:
- "We can’t trust America."
- "The U.S. is a predatory state."
In business, trust is everything—and America just shattered it.
This betrayal won’t be forgotten.
U.S. economic partners are thinking:
- "We can’t trust America."
- "The U.S. is a predatory state."
In business, trust is everything—and America just shattered it.
This betrayal won’t be forgotten.
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The issue includes case studies of democratic backsliding (& resistance), including:
🇮🇳 #India by @milanv.bsky.social
🇻🇪 #Venezuela by @lgamboa.bsky.social
🇹🇷 #Turkey by
@muratsomer-eng.bsky.social
& 🇲🇼 #Malawi by @tallmanfromzomba.bsky.social and yours truly.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/712/1
🇮🇳 #India by @milanv.bsky.social
🇻🇪 #Venezuela by @lgamboa.bsky.social
🇹🇷 #Turkey by
@muratsomer-eng.bsky.social
& 🇲🇼 #Malawi by @tallmanfromzomba.bsky.social and yours truly.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/712/1
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science - Volume 712, Number 1
Table of contents for The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 712, 1
journals.sagepub.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The issue includes case studies of democratic backsliding (& resistance), including:
🇮🇳 #India by @milanv.bsky.social
🇻🇪 #Venezuela by @lgamboa.bsky.social
🇹🇷 #Turkey by
@muratsomer-eng.bsky.social
& 🇲🇼 #Malawi by @tallmanfromzomba.bsky.social and yours truly.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/712/1
🇮🇳 #India by @milanv.bsky.social
🇻🇪 #Venezuela by @lgamboa.bsky.social
🇹🇷 #Turkey by
@muratsomer-eng.bsky.social
& 🇲🇼 #Malawi by @tallmanfromzomba.bsky.social and yours truly.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/712/1
Africa's top survey network, @afrobarometer.bsky.social has joined Bluesky:) 🌟🌟🌟Help spread the word.
@dadakim.bsky.social @joeasunka.bsky.social @malawi24.bsky.social
@dadakim.bsky.social @joeasunka.bsky.social @malawi24.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Africa's top survey network, @afrobarometer.bsky.social has joined Bluesky:) 🌟🌟🌟Help spread the word.
@dadakim.bsky.social @joeasunka.bsky.social @malawi24.bsky.social
@dadakim.bsky.social @joeasunka.bsky.social @malawi24.bsky.social
Our paper with Joao Conduto and Calum Fisher titled 'Elite Party Formation amid Fragmentation: The Case of Joyce Banda’s People’s Party in Malawi' is out in Journal of Southern African Studies: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Elite Party Formation amid Fragmentation: The Case of Joyce Banda’s People’s Party in Malawi
Post-‘third wave’ Africanist literature has focused on the highly elitist characteristics of political parties that compete for power in electoral contexts, and the tendency of party systems toward...
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March 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Our paper with Joao Conduto and Calum Fisher titled 'Elite Party Formation amid Fragmentation: The Case of Joyce Banda’s People’s Party in Malawi' is out in Journal of Southern African Studies: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent.
February 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent.