Luqman Muraina
@murainal.bsky.social
PhD researcher, student of decoloniality and Global Development issues and African-based Development advocate. Muslim, Father, Nigerian, and Black!
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October 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Katie Vernon @katievernon.bsky.social @yorkmedieval.bsky.social talks about motivations behind a forthcoming chapter on weaponry in Final Fantasy VII for diamond open access publisher Play Story Press ⚔️
"academic research should not be gatekept and should be open to all who have an interest"
"academic research should not be gatekept and should be open to all who have an interest"
An Open Access Book Chapter: Final Fantasy VII What’s in a Weapon for the Psychgeist of Pop Culture Series - Open Research at York - York Wiki Service
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September 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Katie Vernon @katievernon.bsky.social @yorkmedieval.bsky.social talks about motivations behind a forthcoming chapter on weaponry in Final Fantasy VII for diamond open access publisher Play Story Press ⚔️
"academic research should not be gatekept and should be open to all who have an interest"
"academic research should not be gatekept and should be open to all who have an interest"
‘moral litmus test for the world ... The old adage of who will speak out for the academic community and scholarship when all voices are silenced reminds us of Desmond Tutu’s statement: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor”.
@baice
@baice
August 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
‘moral litmus test for the world ... The old adage of who will speak out for the academic community and scholarship when all voices are silenced reminds us of Desmond Tutu’s statement: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor”.
@baice
@baice
August 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🤕 What future does sacred authority have in the age of governors and ballots?
🧐 Can other monarchs follow this just departure, but on what terms?
🧐 Can other monarchs follow this just departure, but on what terms?
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🤕 What future does sacred authority have in the age of governors and ballots?
🧐 Can other monarchs follow this just departure, but on what terms?
🧐 Can other monarchs follow this just departure, but on what terms?
💯I further argued that ‘the composition of the Yoruba society and every royal families is now multicultural, multi-religious, and pluralistic’.
I answered other questions in the full article - www.thecable.ng/oba-adetona-... published by @thecableng
I answered other questions in the full article - www.thecable.ng/oba-adetona-... published by @thecableng
Oba Adetona and the politics of royal funeral
BY LUQMAN MURAINA The transition of Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland, and his subsequent Islamic…
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August 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
💯I further argued that ‘the composition of the Yoruba society and every royal families is now multicultural, multi-religious, and pluralistic’.
I answered other questions in the full article - www.thecable.ng/oba-adetona-... published by @thecableng
I answered other questions in the full article - www.thecable.ng/oba-adetona-... published by @thecableng
he should not ascend the throne in the first place’. I decried that this is romanticising tradition and indigenous knowledge systems. We must recognise that the ‘the thrones belong to royal lineages, not Ogboni and traditionalist cults’.
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
he should not ascend the throne in the first place’. I decried that this is romanticising tradition and indigenous knowledge systems. We must recognise that the ‘the thrones belong to royal lineages, not Ogboni and traditionalist cults’.
The ‘tradition’ itself is not divine; it was made by humans under certain historical contexts, and we must revise them when the conditions that birthed them no longer exist.
I also responded to the weak argument 😰 that ‘if a king refuses traditional burial,
I also responded to the weak argument 😰 that ‘if a king refuses traditional burial,
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The ‘tradition’ itself is not divine; it was made by humans under certain historical contexts, and we must revise them when the conditions that birthed them no longer exist.
I also responded to the weak argument 😰 that ‘if a king refuses traditional burial,
I also responded to the weak argument 😰 that ‘if a king refuses traditional burial,
reform to kingship, as I differed with Dr Oyekolade Sodiq Oyesanya on modernism/traditionalism. 💯 I contended that what is sacred and ‘traditional’ (the alleged inhumane and violent procedures of burying Kings) should be awe-inspiring, not horrifying and inhumane.
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
reform to kingship, as I differed with Dr Oyekolade Sodiq Oyesanya on modernism/traditionalism. 💯 I contended that what is sacred and ‘traditional’ (the alleged inhumane and violent procedures of burying Kings) should be awe-inspiring, not horrifying and inhumane.
Thank you for doing the awards presentation for US.
July 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Thank you for doing the awards presentation for US.
You can check the schedule to register - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/africa-res... @uoyopenres.bsky.social @uoylibrary.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You can check the schedule to register - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/africa-res... @uoyopenres.bsky.social @uoylibrary.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@University of york @york.ac.uk. @uoypolitics.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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