@Samdenno

Christian| Reader| African Intellectual| Future Lit Nobel Laureate @NobelPrize | PhD ⏳ | #NowFaith

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Joined October 2010
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When Kenyan influencers hit Tel Aviv’s Carmel Market, the whole place lit up. Swahili songs, spontaneous dancing, shopkeepers filming, tourists joining in — Nairobi energy in the heart of TLV. A beautiful reminder of how joyful cultural encounters can be. 🇰🇪🇮🇱
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"Praying for the peace of Jerusalem is not a request - it's a command! 'Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: may they prosper who love you' (Psalm 122:6)." - @pastorjohnhagee
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5 more days to submit your abstract for the 7th Mashariki Conference in Dar this August. I'm excited to convene this panel with Clarissa Vierke and we look forward to seeing you in Dar! ♥️ @EALCS_Mashariki @jmkwanya @GodwinSiundu @LSA_UoN @Samdenno @petersimatei @AdhiamboKE
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Dar es Salaam here we come. By Day, By Night, Here We Come! @EALCS_Mashariki we cannot wait to see that cfp. @Samdenno @jmkwanya @OdongoPOD @feminist_rogue @dinoleegz @VariousHats @RankaPrimorac @LSA_UoN @Wesleymax89 @rallyb @GodwinSiundu see you in Dar!
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It is official The 7th Mashariki Literary and Cultural Studies COnference is to be held at @UdsmOfficial between August 21-23, 2025. Details to follow shortly! @EALCS_Journal @MakLiterature @EdgarNabutanyi @dinoleegz @Yale_CAS @ASAUK_News @huma_africa @aflitatwits
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I'm very happy to announce the establishment of African Literary & Cultural Studies at University of Tübingen @uni_tue 🥳 This is a program for which I've been centrally involved in setting up & I'm so proud of myself and my team! This is the first African Studies BA programme in
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Congratulations Mashariki folks @FelixMutunga11 and @ITibasiima @nikitta_dede @Samdenno @Wesleymax89 @Edna30945529
Felix Mutunga@FelixMutunga1125 Jul 2024
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@ITibasiima and I will be co-editing a Special Issue on Eastern African Popular and Digital Cultures. The issue will be hosted by @EALCS_Journal Kindly circulate. @jmkwanya @Literature_UoN
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Here is a colloquium organised by Prof @GodwinSiundu on Literature, Culture and Politics of Eastern African Indian Ocean Worlds. @Samdenno, @YENJELA, @AdhiamboKE, @kaali_msa, @Zinduko, @paul_wambua1, @ChilledAcademic, @uonbi – at Nairobi, Kenya
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Today Kenyans provided a masterclass in how to protest: The sharing of information & advice online. Lawyers/medics being available to assist. The solidarity from some businesses&places of worship. The commitment to peaceful protest.
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The Annual Swahili Colloquium is here! @unibt this week! I'm humbled to give the opening speech, but my highlight really is the chance to moderate a conversation on Decolonising the Mind between Mwalimu Abdilatif Abdalla and @NgugiWaThiongo_ ⭐️
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African and Afrodiasporic Imaginaries and Planetary Relationality Panel Eco001 conference VAD2024 #VAD2024 nomadit.co.uk/conference/vad…

Eco001: African and Afrodiasporic Imaginaries and Planetary Relationality

Our panel responds to critical debates that connect African identities to ‘the planetary’ as a relational consciousness that is political, (un)geographic,

nomadit.co.uk
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Excited to share that my colleague @PatrickBao1 and I are organising a workshop on Indian Ocean Epistemologies to be held @uni_tue in Mar. 2024 & @nottingham Uni in June 2024. Please send us an abstract @GodwinSiundu @Samdenno @johnnjenga @iowcmcgill
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BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPeacePrize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. #NobelPrize
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BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Norwegian author Jon Fosse “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”
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POV: Telling your parents you just won the @NobelPrize... @WeissmanLab

Nobel Laureate Dr. Drew Weissman Tells His Parents the News

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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.”
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPrize in Physics to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter.”
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BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
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It is official! The 6th Mashariki Literary and Cultural Studies Conference is happening at @Makerere. We are excited to share this first photo of our writing workshop in collaboration with @AfricaJacs and English Studies in Africa. @EALCS_Mashariki #6thMashariki
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This is the season that we brag about and re-introduce our fabulous editors: Dr. Godwin Siundu @GodwinSiundu of @uonbi, Dr. Dina Ligaga @dinoleegz of @WitsUniversity, Dr. Lynda Spencer of @RhodesUEnglish and Prof. Tina Steiner of @StellenboschUni #6thMashariki @EALCS_Mashariki
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We are excited to have workshop participants from many universities across the continent and beyond. @MakLiterature and @uonbi @LSA_UoN highly represented 🥳🥳. We also have participants from as far as @penn_state @Samdenno #6thMashariki @EALCS_Mashariki
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