James Yeku
@jyeku.bsky.social
Poet, Professor: African DH, University of Kansas. Acts 17:28.
The Intimate Moments of Football Solidarity
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The Intimate Moments of Football Solidarity
Beyond politics and nationalism, the African Cup of Nations' most powerful moments show the bonds between those on the field.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Intimate Moments of Football Solidarity
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✨ James Yékú @jyeku.bsky.social (Université du Kansas) présentera en anglais sur Zoom la conférence «Memes, Gamification and Other Uses of Nollywood Nostalgia» le 11 novembre, de 18h à 19h30! Afin de recevoir le lien Zoom, merci de vous inscrire par courriel (celat@uqam.ca).
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November 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
✨ James Yékú @jyeku.bsky.social (Université du Kansas) présentera en anglais sur Zoom la conférence «Memes, Gamification and Other Uses of Nollywood Nostalgia» le 11 novembre, de 18h à 19h30! Afin de recevoir le lien Zoom, merci de vous inscrire par courriel (celat@uqam.ca).
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Thankful to @505omatic.bsky.social for the interview with executive director Dr. Estevan Rael-Galvez!
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What's Up with the Obelisk? Part III/VII #santafe #obelisk #history #indigenoushistory
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September 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Thankful to @505omatic.bsky.social for the interview with executive director Dr. Estevan Rael-Galvez!
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Traoré has become an almost “messianic figure” on the internet, said James Yékú, associate professor of African digital humanities at the University of Kansas. “For many young Africans, the democratic experiment is practically dead.
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How a little-known coup leader became a Pan-African hero
The Post traveled to Burkina Faso to shed light on President Ibrahim Traoré’s remarkable reinvention — from obscure junta leader to political icon.
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August 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Traoré has become an almost “messianic figure” on the internet, said James Yékú, associate professor of African digital humanities at the University of Kansas. “For many young Africans, the democratic experiment is practically dead.
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Read an excerpt from the stunning new poetry collection, A PHIAL OF PASSING MEMORIES (@mawenzihouse.bsky.social), by James Yékú.
#AmReading #Poetry #Literature #Excerpt
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#AmReading #Poetry #Literature #Excerpt
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Read an Excerpt From A Phial of Passing Memories by James Yékú
Poet and scholar James Yékú’ has written in a variety of forms, but he returns this month with a second poetry collection that is deep and evocative, ...
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July 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Read an excerpt from the stunning new poetry collection, A PHIAL OF PASSING MEMORIES (@mawenzihouse.bsky.social), by James Yékú.
#AmReading #Poetry #Literature #Excerpt
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#AmReading #Poetry #Literature #Excerpt
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Second poetry collection published by @mawenzihouse.bsky.social
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A Phial of Passing Memories
James Yékú's second collection lingers on a poetics of elsewhere, as seen through poems that evoke various memories. In A Phial of Passing Memories, the poems offer shifting sceneries that record the ...
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July 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Second poetry collection published by @mawenzihouse.bsky.social
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In the room and around the 🌍
Today's "Dialogue Across Borders: Ghana Library Collaboration Workshop," is one way KU's Institute for Globally Engaged Librarianship (IGEL) promotes knowledge exchange, professional development, innovation, and collaborative research.
Today's "Dialogue Across Borders: Ghana Library Collaboration Workshop," is one way KU's Institute for Globally Engaged Librarianship (IGEL) promotes knowledge exchange, professional development, innovation, and collaborative research.
June 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In the room and around the 🌍
Today's "Dialogue Across Borders: Ghana Library Collaboration Workshop," is one way KU's Institute for Globally Engaged Librarianship (IGEL) promotes knowledge exchange, professional development, innovation, and collaborative research.
Today's "Dialogue Across Borders: Ghana Library Collaboration Workshop," is one way KU's Institute for Globally Engaged Librarianship (IGEL) promotes knowledge exchange, professional development, innovation, and collaborative research.
Eliot: "...the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history."
May 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Eliot: "...the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history."
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Knowledge is power…
February 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Knowledge is power…
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Have you nominated your student for the Mahmoud Mohamed Taha Student Travel Award? Students can apply funds to research, study abroad, or ASA travel which many need now more than ever. Faculty nominations receive first priority so nominate your student today. africanstudies.org/taha-travel-...
February 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Have you nominated your student for the Mahmoud Mohamed Taha Student Travel Award? Students can apply funds to research, study abroad, or ASA travel which many need now more than ever. Faculty nominations receive first priority so nominate your student today. africanstudies.org/taha-travel-...
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Today!
Tomorrow, online for our first African Digital Indaba of the year, a conversation with Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi, author of Imagine Lagos: Mapping History, Place, and Politics in a Nineteenth-Century African City.
11am Central/6pm WAT
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11am Central/6pm WAT
Details and registration here: calendar.ku.edu/event/africa...
November 12, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Today!
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Sharing for all the new people on Bluesky!
*Black DH Projects & Resources* an open community list of 600+ links and counting! bit.ly/Black-DH-List
Add yours, and then help us learn about someone else's work too? #BlackSky
*Black DH Projects & Resources* an open community list of 600+ links and counting! bit.ly/Black-DH-List
Add yours, and then help us learn about someone else's work too? #BlackSky
Black Digital Humanities Projects & Resources
Black Digital Humanities Projects & Resources A list of projects, resources, events, and anything else. Started & maintained by @CCP_org. | Short link: bit.ly/Black-DH-List A AADHUM Synergies at the U...
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November 9, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Sharing for all the new people on Bluesky!
*Black DH Projects & Resources* an open community list of 600+ links and counting! bit.ly/Black-DH-List
Add yours, and then help us learn about someone else's work too? #BlackSky
*Black DH Projects & Resources* an open community list of 600+ links and counting! bit.ly/Black-DH-List
Add yours, and then help us learn about someone else's work too? #BlackSky
Easter as a season of hope:
butterflies fluttering into flowers,
the voice of a son cackling
into an eternity of love,
grace renewed like a smile
on the face of spring. #HappyEaster
butterflies fluttering into flowers,
the voice of a son cackling
into an eternity of love,
grace renewed like a smile
on the face of spring. #HappyEaster
April 1, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Easter as a season of hope:
butterflies fluttering into flowers,
the voice of a son cackling
into an eternity of love,
grace renewed like a smile
on the face of spring. #HappyEaster
butterflies fluttering into flowers,
the voice of a son cackling
into an eternity of love,
grace renewed like a smile
on the face of spring. #HappyEaster
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"I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core."
#WilliamButlerYeats (1892) #poetry #poem
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core."
#WilliamButlerYeats (1892) #poetry #poem
January 8, 2024 at 5:33 PM
"I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core."
#WilliamButlerYeats (1892) #poetry #poem
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core."
#WilliamButlerYeats (1892) #poetry #poem
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CfP: Matatu - Journal of African Culture and Society invites articles for 3 special issues:
1 "Africa in Europe, Europe in Africa" (15 Jan)
2 "Against Decolonisation? Critical Approaches to Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò" (1 Feb)
3 "Blue Stories: Indian Ocean Narratives and Cultures of Trauma and Healing" (15 Feb)
1 "Africa in Europe, Europe in Africa" (15 Jan)
2 "Against Decolonisation? Critical Approaches to Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò" (1 Feb)
3 "Blue Stories: Indian Ocean Narratives and Cultures of Trauma and Healing" (15 Feb)
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January 6, 2024 at 6:45 PM
CfP: Matatu - Journal of African Culture and Society invites articles for 3 special issues:
1 "Africa in Europe, Europe in Africa" (15 Jan)
2 "Against Decolonisation? Critical Approaches to Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò" (1 Feb)
3 "Blue Stories: Indian Ocean Narratives and Cultures of Trauma and Healing" (15 Feb)
1 "Africa in Europe, Europe in Africa" (15 Jan)
2 "Against Decolonisation? Critical Approaches to Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò" (1 Feb)
3 "Blue Stories: Indian Ocean Narratives and Cultures of Trauma and Healing" (15 Feb)
