Mahriana Rofheart
@mrofheart.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English, teaching comp and researching African lit and comics. Still have the same 3 favorite things I had at age 5: reading, swimming, and cats.
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Only 5 more days left to pledge! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D African animated thriller about a cursed musician who must confront a water goddess (Mami Wata) to reclaim her power.
#Kickstarter #animatedfilm #crocodiledance #afrofuturism #africanfuturism #africananimation
Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D African animated thriller about a cursed musician who must confront a water goddess (Mami Wata) to reclaim her power.
#Kickstarter #animatedfilm #crocodiledance #afrofuturism #africanfuturism #africananimation
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Only 5 more days left to pledge! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D African animated thriller about a cursed musician who must confront a water goddess (Mami Wata) to reclaim her power.
#Kickstarter #animatedfilm #crocodiledance #afrofuturism #africanfuturism #africananimation
Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D African animated thriller about a cursed musician who must confront a water goddess (Mami Wata) to reclaim her power.
#Kickstarter #animatedfilm #crocodiledance #afrofuturism #africanfuturism #africananimation
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Academic authors: are you thinking of joining a writing group or workshop this fall? @kyrafreestar.bsky.social and I have compiled an up-to-date list of options for you!
You'll find free coworking groups, self-paced courses, multi-week Zoom workshops, and more. Check it out!
You'll find free coworking groups, self-paced courses, multi-week Zoom workshops, and more. Check it out!
A call to academic writing practice — September 2025 edition | Bridge Creek Editing
bridgecreekediting.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Academic authors: are you thinking of joining a writing group or workshop this fall? @kyrafreestar.bsky.social and I have compiled an up-to-date list of options for you!
You'll find free coworking groups, self-paced courses, multi-week Zoom workshops, and more. Check it out!
You'll find free coworking groups, self-paced courses, multi-week Zoom workshops, and more. Check it out!
Just signed up for this! 📚
Academic writers: Check out our FREE course on writing partnerships!
@katelynknox.bsky.social wrote this course based on her experience, and it's full of useful information on:
• finding a writing partner
• asking for feedback
• giving feedback
• receiving feedback
...and more!
@katelynknox.bsky.social wrote this course based on her experience, and it's full of useful information on:
• finding a writing partner
• asking for feedback
• giving feedback
• receiving feedback
...and more!
Establishing a Long-Term Writing Workshopping Partnership
workshops.dissertationtobook.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Just signed up for this! 📚
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This needs to ring an alarm bell in all our associations.
The list of regime demands issued to Columbia includes placing an entire (very distinguished) department—Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS)—in receivership.
Friends, we are but a half step away from a demand not to teach Course X or even to fire Tenured Professor Y.
Friends, we are but a half step away from a demand not to teach Course X or even to fire Tenured Professor Y.
March 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This needs to ring an alarm bell in all our associations.
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Join us for this.
March 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Join us for this.
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We’re super excited to share with you the authors and poets in the first anthology, Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side by Flame Tree Publishing, distributed by Simon and Schuster.
sauuti.com/sauuti-terro...
@genni.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social
sauuti.com/sauuti-terro...
@genni.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We’re super excited to share with you the authors and poets in the first anthology, Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side by Flame Tree Publishing, distributed by Simon and Schuster.
sauuti.com/sauuti-terro...
@genni.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social
sauuti.com/sauuti-terro...
@genni.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social
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Rosarium Publishing is open to submissions for their PLANET BLACK JOY anthology. We’re looking for spec-fic stories between 3-7k words about joy and pleasure by women and nonbinary folk who identify as Black, African, or Afro-descendent. Deadline is July 1.
rosariumpublishing.com/planet-black...
rosariumpublishing.com/planet-black...
Planet Black Joy
rosariumpublishing.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Rosarium Publishing is open to submissions for their PLANET BLACK JOY anthology. We’re looking for spec-fic stories between 3-7k words about joy and pleasure by women and nonbinary folk who identify as Black, African, or Afro-descendent. Deadline is July 1.
rosariumpublishing.com/planet-black...
rosariumpublishing.com/planet-black...
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I’ve made a set of free worksheets for anyone who is working through the steps in THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK.
Get them here (scroll down the page a bit to get to the downloads):
manuscriptworks.com/book
Get them here (scroll down the page a bit to get to the downloads):
manuscriptworks.com/book
The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors by Laura Portwood-Stacer — Manuscript Works
A step-by-step guide to crafting a compelling scholarly book proposal—and seeing your book through to successful publication
manuscriptworks.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I’ve made a set of free worksheets for anyone who is working through the steps in THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK.
Get them here (scroll down the page a bit to get to the downloads):
manuscriptworks.com/book
Get them here (scroll down the page a bit to get to the downloads):
manuscriptworks.com/book
Listening to @jovanevery.bsky.social’s Spotlight On: Dystopia, Uncertainty & Disruption is what is getting me through these times
Spotlight On: Dystopia, Uncertainty & Disruption
As I write (in the first half of 2023), there are a lot of conversations about how awful everything is right now. This is not new but perhaps the weight of it seems particularly heavy. Or maybe this i
on.soundcloud.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Listening to @jovanevery.bsky.social’s Spotlight On: Dystopia, Uncertainty & Disruption is what is getting me through these times
I get asked to do things for my field relatively infrequently, which makes saying “no” that much harder. Still gotta do it though 😐
January 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I get asked to do things for my field relatively infrequently, which makes saying “no” that much harder. Still gotta do it though 😐
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
January 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
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@nickydrayden.bsky.social & I are gearing up for the Feb 1 (< 2 weeks!) launch of our crowdfund campaign for the card game PROSPER WITH DRAGONS.
Latest newsletter explains how we got here + why this little card game might just be the perfect antidote to our times: suyidavies.com/campaigns/vi...
Latest newsletter explains how we got here + why this little card game might just be the perfect antidote to our times: suyidavies.com/campaigns/vi...
January 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@nickydrayden.bsky.social & I are gearing up for the Feb 1 (< 2 weeks!) launch of our crowdfund campaign for the card game PROSPER WITH DRAGONS.
Latest newsletter explains how we got here + why this little card game might just be the perfect antidote to our times: suyidavies.com/campaigns/vi...
Latest newsletter explains how we got here + why this little card game might just be the perfect antidote to our times: suyidavies.com/campaigns/vi...
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New year, new faces in our staff starter pack. Keep up with our latest investigations ⤵️
January 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
New year, new faces in our staff starter pack. Keep up with our latest investigations ⤵️
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Friendly reminder if you're new to Bluesky and want to connect with fellow French/Francophone Studies, there's a starter pack for that:
French Studies Starter Pack:
bsky.app/starter-pack...
#academicsky #frenchstudies #starterpack
French Studies Starter Pack:
bsky.app/starter-pack...
#academicsky #frenchstudies #starterpack
French Studies Starter Pack
Join the conversation
bsky.app
December 31, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Friendly reminder if you're new to Bluesky and want to connect with fellow French/Francophone Studies, there's a starter pack for that:
French Studies Starter Pack:
bsky.app/starter-pack...
#academicsky #frenchstudies #starterpack
French Studies Starter Pack:
bsky.app/starter-pack...
#academicsky #frenchstudies #starterpack
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Academics finishing the semester: FINALLY I can start working on my work!
December 17, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Academics finishing the semester: FINALLY I can start working on my work!
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This feed is beginning to work, though it does seem somewhat erratic, posts come and go, some stay, some are not picked up, but perhaps its bsky scaling issues, we'll see...
December 4, 2024 at 3:13 PM
This feed is beginning to work, though it does seem somewhat erratic, posts come and go, some stay, some are not picked up, but perhaps its bsky scaling issues, we'll see...
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I have an advent challenge for exhausted academics.
Take time each day to rest.
If 5 minutes is a challenge for you, then start there. I challenge you to take 20 minutes. You can work up to it.
Use a timer so you don't worry about how long it's been.
You can do this badly. Please try.
Take time each day to rest.
If 5 minutes is a challenge for you, then start there. I challenge you to take 20 minutes. You can work up to it.
Use a timer so you don't worry about how long it's been.
You can do this badly. Please try.
December 1, 2024 at 5:27 PM
I have an advent challenge for exhausted academics.
Take time each day to rest.
If 5 minutes is a challenge for you, then start there. I challenge you to take 20 minutes. You can work up to it.
Use a timer so you don't worry about how long it's been.
You can do this badly. Please try.
Take time each day to rest.
If 5 minutes is a challenge for you, then start there. I challenge you to take 20 minutes. You can work up to it.
Use a timer so you don't worry about how long it's been.
You can do this badly. Please try.
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Welcome to the African SFF Hype feed! To contribute, use #africansff
We promote reading African speculative fiction by African authors whom you can find in this starter pack: go.bsky.app/TVLxXew
Here's a @thestorygraph.com list of 200+ books: app.thestorygraph.com/tags/6577ca4...
Welcome to the African SFF Hype feed! To contribute, use #africansff
We promote reading African speculative fiction by African authors whom you can find in this starter pack: go.bsky.app/TVLxXew
Here's a @thestorygraph.com list of 200+ books: app.thestorygraph.com/tags/6577ca4...
African SFFH Authors/Writers
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
November 26, 2024 at 12:09 AM
🪘🧜🏾♀️🛸
Welcome to the African SFF Hype feed! To contribute, use #africansff
We promote reading African speculative fiction by African authors whom you can find in this starter pack: go.bsky.app/TVLxXew
Here's a @thestorygraph.com list of 200+ books: app.thestorygraph.com/tags/6577ca4...
Welcome to the African SFF Hype feed! To contribute, use #africansff
We promote reading African speculative fiction by African authors whom you can find in this starter pack: go.bsky.app/TVLxXew
Here's a @thestorygraph.com list of 200+ books: app.thestorygraph.com/tags/6577ca4...
back on here after a long break; excited for the increased activity. Can’t wait to chat about books and African studies. Also I might be writing a novel?
November 27, 2024 at 11:49 PM
back on here after a long break; excited for the increased activity. Can’t wait to chat about books and African studies. Also I might be writing a novel?
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When I teach African politics to my (mostly) American students, I often play music videos. I compiled a playlist of some of those for @goodauth.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/african...
Fellow scholars of African politics: What would you add? cc @texasinafrica.bsky.social @naunihal.bsky.social
Fellow scholars of African politics: What would you add? cc @texasinafrica.bsky.social @naunihal.bsky.social
Music to get in the mood for learning African politics ▶️
African music tells the story of African politics – listen to Fela Kuti, Buraka Som Sistema, Amaarae, Baloji, Gaël Faye, and more.
goodauthority.org
January 4, 2024 at 3:41 PM
When I teach African politics to my (mostly) American students, I often play music videos. I compiled a playlist of some of those for @goodauth.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/african...
Fellow scholars of African politics: What would you add? cc @texasinafrica.bsky.social @naunihal.bsky.social
Fellow scholars of African politics: What would you add? cc @texasinafrica.bsky.social @naunihal.bsky.social
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Excellent piece.
The next phase of AI is gonna suck.
The Trash-Text Tsunami
In 2024, The Internet Will Become An Ocean of (Null)formation
theamericanvandal.substack.com
December 16, 2023 at 12:24 AM
Excellent piece.
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Global Food Studies conference at the time of year when Columbia, SC is a *really* nice place to visit! Please help spread the word. sc.edu/study/colleg...
December 14, 2023 at 1:24 PM
Global Food Studies conference at the time of year when Columbia, SC is a *really* nice place to visit! Please help spread the word. sc.edu/study/colleg...
Using only a restaurant, tell us where you went to college.
November 29, 2023 at 4:32 PM
Using only a restaurant, tell us where you went to college.