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
Nice juxtaposition of skeets here. #halloween #puppies
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Nice juxtaposition of skeets here. #halloween #puppies
It's taken him this long to realise?
September 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's taken him this long to realise?
New development in the MAGA-Boere crossover?
August 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New development in the MAGA-Boere crossover?
Joburg friends... I'm back in my favourite city on Wednesday to stock up on good company and interesting conversations. And I'm speaking at Wits on Wednesday. Hope to see you either at the talk or elsewhere.
August 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Joburg friends... I'm back in my favourite city on Wednesday to stock up on good company and interesting conversations. And I'm speaking at Wits on Wednesday. Hope to see you either at the talk or elsewhere.
Similarly lower-case a.
August 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Similarly lower-case a.
Life in the global semi-periphery... can't deny I am closer to Perpignan than to Poitiers but not particularly close to either 🤣
August 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Life in the global semi-periphery... can't deny I am closer to Perpignan than to Poitiers but not particularly close to either 🤣
Been there too - and didn't get sunburnt.
July 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Been there too - and didn't get sunburnt.
I don't post much on Twitter any more - but number of likes and retweets on Twitter and Bluesky for the same post show that the other place is still the place to be for Africa-focussed academia.
June 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I don't post much on Twitter any more - but number of likes and retweets on Twitter and Bluesky for the same post show that the other place is still the place to be for Africa-focussed academia.
What price sovereignty? Feeling somewhat trolled by Temu as our president heads to Washington to appease a president who clearly hates us.
May 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
What price sovereignty? Feeling somewhat trolled by Temu as our president heads to Washington to appease a president who clearly hates us.
But of course no jacket required.
April 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
But of course no jacket required.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc? (cf Liz Truss and Queen Elizabeth).
April 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Post hoc ergo propter hoc? (cf Liz Truss and Queen Elizabeth).
Thanks for the acknowledgement 😊
April 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Thanks for the acknowledgement 😊
Logically, yes. Today, the worst atrocities become a photo opp.
April 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Logically, yes. Today, the worst atrocities become a photo opp.
Doge weather, one of the best things to emerge from the 2010s internet, is no more. Very loss, much regret. Is this the work of Elon Musk?
March 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Doge weather, one of the best things to emerge from the 2010s internet, is no more. Very loss, much regret. Is this the work of Elon Musk?
Interesting to see how Russian efforts against Françafrique have paid off: Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali...
February 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Interesting to see how Russian efforts against Françafrique have paid off: Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali...
This was during one of Andrew Young's quips about Plains, Georgia. Do the Trumps ever smile, still less laugh?
January 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This was during one of Andrew Young's quips about Plains, Georgia. Do the Trumps ever smile, still less laugh?
This juxtaposition of stories reminds me of when Trudeau was elected, and a Canadian friend in the UK dampened any excitement by remarking "he's just Blair".
January 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This juxtaposition of stories reminds me of when Trudeau was elected, and a Canadian friend in the UK dampened any excitement by remarking "he's just Blair".
My letter to Cambridge University Press in response to a further request that I consent to my book being used by providers of generative AI.
December 30, 2024 at 4:36 PM
My letter to Cambridge University Press in response to a further request that I consent to my book being used by providers of generative AI.
Got a citation alert. Author had referenced me in 3 paragraphs, on the broad topic of my article, but none of them referring to anything that I had written, & with one factual error obvious to anyone familiar with the subject. I informed the journal editor, who seems unconcerned.
#academicsky
#academicsky
December 20, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Got a citation alert. Author had referenced me in 3 paragraphs, on the broad topic of my article, but none of them referring to anything that I had written, & with one factual error obvious to anyone familiar with the subject. I informed the journal editor, who seems unconcerned.
#academicsky
#academicsky
Hope died with the announcement of exit poll results at 10pm.
December 12, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Hope died with the announcement of exit poll results at 10pm.
I can see that posting this cartoon is going to be an annual event. Marking done, scrambling to catch up with journal work, hoping maybe to start writing before Christmas.
December 9, 2024 at 8:24 AM
I can see that posting this cartoon is going to be an annual event. Marking done, scrambling to catch up with journal work, hoping maybe to start writing before Christmas.
Google translating photos of political demonstrations in South Korea and wishing we could all have slogans like this.
December 4, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Google translating photos of political demonstrations in South Korea and wishing we could all have slogans like this.