folukeifejola
@folukeifejola.bsky.social
Lawyer, academic, writer, and occasional singer and poet.
Author of Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge.
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Website: FolukeAfrica.com
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Author of Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge.
Handle on all socials: folukeifejola
Website: FolukeAfrica.com
https://linktr.ee/folukeifejola
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Invitation to join a Critical Research Network on Pedagogies of Race and Empire
For some time, several colleagues and I have been thinking of how to consolidate and build on the work that we have been doing individually in translating our anti-colonial and anti-racist research…
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My latest blog post is a detailed invitation to join a research network devoted to critical pedagogies of race and imperialism in law. In it, I outline who its organisers are, the reasons why we have set up the network,and what we hope to achieve in it. All welcome!
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George Strait
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George Strait - The Cowboy Rides Away (Live From The Astrodome)
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December 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
George Strait
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Official Cock Crow At Dawn video by the iconic Bongos Ikwue
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December 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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First draft done, so fingers crossed, I will post later this week. I am also still working on my essay on African's enduring love for country music. I am working on putting through the same lens the work of artistes like Bongos Ikwue and George Strait. See links below for their different styles.
If I have time, my final blog post of the year will be about the outsides, overlaps and disjunctures between Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism. If not, first blog of 2026.
December 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
First draft done, so fingers crossed, I will post later this week. I am also still working on my essay on African's enduring love for country music. I am working on putting through the same lens the work of artistes like Bongos Ikwue and George Strait. See links below for their different styles.
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Here, I argue that the move to "decolonise African Studies" struggles to address not just the paucity of knowledge of Africa in every single context but also its own extractive, voyeuristic, and colonial nature.
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Africa is Missing from our Curricula and Even African Studies Has Failed To Locate Her
Why the future of African studies cannot be more important than the future of African people
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December 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Here, I argue that the move to "decolonise African Studies" struggles to address not just the paucity of knowledge of Africa in every single context but also its own extractive, voyeuristic, and colonial nature.
folukeafrica.com/africa-missi...
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"The African scholar has to jump over the barbed wire fence of the visa process...coming to grief on its metal spikes. Research questions that are only of interest to funders in the Global North... bear the African scholar out of the field. The ignorant reviewer-critique presents a massive gully..."
Here, I argue that the move to "decolonise African Studies" struggles to address not just the paucity of knowledge of Africa in every single context but also its own extractive, voyeuristic, and colonial nature.
folukeafrica.com/africa-missi...
folukeafrica.com/africa-missi...
Africa is Missing from our Curricula and Even African Studies Has Failed To Locate Her
Why the future of African studies cannot be more important than the future of African people
folukeafrica.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"The African scholar has to jump over the barbed wire fence of the visa process...coming to grief on its metal spikes. Research questions that are only of interest to funders in the Global North... bear the African scholar out of the field. The ignorant reviewer-critique presents a massive gully..."
First draft done, so fingers crossed, I will post later this week. I am also still working on my essay on African's enduring love for country music. I am working on putting through the same lens the work of artistes like Bongos Ikwue and George Strait. See links below for their different styles.
If I have time, my final blog post of the year will be about the outsides, overlaps and disjunctures between Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism. If not, first blog of 2026.
December 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
First draft done, so fingers crossed, I will post later this week. I am also still working on my essay on African's enduring love for country music. I am working on putting through the same lens the work of artistes like Bongos Ikwue and George Strait. See links below for their different styles.
"The African scholar has to jump over the barbed wire fence of the visa process...coming to grief on its metal spikes. Research questions that are only of interest to funders in the Global North... bear the African scholar out of the field. The ignorant reviewer-critique presents a massive gully..."
Here, I argue that the move to "decolonise African Studies" struggles to address not just the paucity of knowledge of Africa in every single context but also its own extractive, voyeuristic, and colonial nature.
folukeafrica.com/africa-missi...
folukeafrica.com/africa-missi...
Africa is Missing from our Curricula and Even African Studies Has Failed To Locate Her
Why the future of African studies cannot be more important than the future of African people
folukeafrica.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"The African scholar has to jump over the barbed wire fence of the visa process...coming to grief on its metal spikes. Research questions that are only of interest to funders in the Global North... bear the African scholar out of the field. The ignorant reviewer-critique presents a massive gully..."
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I’m not making free content for a website owned by a guy who thinks my family existing is a form of genocide against white people, which is why I’m not going back to that place.
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I’m not making free content for a website owned by a guy who thinks my family existing is a form of genocide against white people, which is why I’m not going back to that place.
Here, I argue that the move to "decolonise African Studies" struggles to address not just the paucity of knowledge of Africa in every single context but also its own extractive, voyeuristic, and colonial nature.
folukeafrica.com/africa-missi...
folukeafrica.com/africa-missi...
Africa is Missing from our Curricula and Even African Studies Has Failed To Locate Her
Why the future of African studies cannot be more important than the future of African people
folukeafrica.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Here, I argue that the move to "decolonise African Studies" struggles to address not just the paucity of knowledge of Africa in every single context but also its own extractive, voyeuristic, and colonial nature.
folukeafrica.com/africa-missi...
folukeafrica.com/africa-missi...
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I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
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And what on earth is a 'neutral' accent??? Swiss?
This is your regular reminder that EVERYONE who speaks speaks with an accent.
December 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
And what on earth is a 'neutral' accent??? Swiss?
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This is your regular reminder that EVERYONE who speaks speaks with an accent.
December 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This is your regular reminder that EVERYONE who speaks speaks with an accent.
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"Theory is more than spouting long and complicated words in books and articles hidden behind paywalls, in stuffy conference rooms and staff seminars. Theory is also a way to make new worlds possible beyond this wretched one."
Such heart in this - and I have neglected theory too much this term.
Such heart in this - and I have neglected theory too much this term.
I wrote this at the passing of bell hooks [on 15/12/21], as a reflection on what her works and words tell us about education in a system that exhausts us and tries to take everything that is radical away from our pedagogy. Is there still hope in the classroom?
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To bell hooks and not being happy till we are all free
What bell hooks taught me… in her own words and a few of mine.
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December 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Theory is more than spouting long and complicated words in books and articles hidden behind paywalls, in stuffy conference rooms and staff seminars. Theory is also a way to make new worlds possible beyond this wretched one."
Such heart in this - and I have neglected theory too much this term.
Such heart in this - and I have neglected theory too much this term.
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I wrote this at the passing of bell hooks [on 15/12/21], as a reflection on what her works and words tell us about education in a system that exhausts us and tries to take everything that is radical away from our pedagogy. Is there still hope in the classroom?
folukeafrica.com/to-bell-hook...
folukeafrica.com/to-bell-hook...
To bell hooks and not being happy till we are all free
What bell hooks taught me… in her own words and a few of mine.
folukeafrica.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I wrote this at the passing of bell hooks [on 15/12/21], as a reflection on what her works and words tell us about education in a system that exhausts us and tries to take everything that is radical away from our pedagogy. Is there still hope in the classroom?
folukeafrica.com/to-bell-hook...
folukeafrica.com/to-bell-hook...
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"The immortalisation of Cabral’s work & name means that long after we have all gone from this dusty earth, the shores of Cape Verde and the forests of Guinea-Bissau will still echo the strains of his name, “Viva Cabral, Viva.” The light of a revolutionary never dies, as long as his name never dies."
I wrote this with so much love. Through his biography, his own words & the music of those who remember him, I invite us once again to think critically about what decolonisation means through the life of a man who lived and died for it. Long live Amílcar Cabral.
folukeafrica.com/amilcar-cabr...
folukeafrica.com/amilcar-cabr...
Amílcar Cabral: To Be Mountains, To Return to the Source of Power
Assassinated 20 January 1973. Yet still today we cry “Viva Cabral! Viva!”
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December 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"The immortalisation of Cabral’s work & name means that long after we have all gone from this dusty earth, the shores of Cape Verde and the forests of Guinea-Bissau will still echo the strains of his name, “Viva Cabral, Viva.” The light of a revolutionary never dies, as long as his name never dies."
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Essentially I am saying, enjoy it for what it is, and not what it may appear to be.
"The non-racial and un-colonial world of Bridgerton, which does not account for the colonial origins of Regency opulence, rather than inviting us to work towards the possible, presents to us a complete fantasy world, so near to our own but completely out of reach."
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Romance is not our way out of hell: Of #Bridgerton, representation & imagining a world beyond
The limits of temporary emotional escapes
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December 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Essentially I am saying, enjoy it for what it is, and not what it may appear to be.
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"The non-racial and un-colonial world of Bridgerton, which does not account for the colonial origins of Regency opulence, rather than inviting us to work towards the possible, presents to us a complete fantasy world, so near to our own but completely out of reach."
folukeafrica.com/romance-is-n...
folukeafrica.com/romance-is-n...
Romance is not our way out of hell: Of #Bridgerton, representation & imagining a world beyond
The limits of temporary emotional escapes
folukeafrica.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"The non-racial and un-colonial world of Bridgerton, which does not account for the colonial origins of Regency opulence, rather than inviting us to work towards the possible, presents to us a complete fantasy world, so near to our own but completely out of reach."
folukeafrica.com/romance-is-n...
folukeafrica.com/romance-is-n...
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This post is an indirect answer to a question I get asked a lot: 'how do we become better allies?' First I note that an ally is not something we become but something we do. And more importantly, the question results from misunderstanding structures of oppression.
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Are we Allies in the Struggle or Just Struggling with the Idea of Allyship?
What does it mean to be an ‘ally’?
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December 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This post is an indirect answer to a question I get asked a lot: 'how do we become better allies?' First I note that an ally is not something we become but something we do. And more importantly, the question results from misunderstanding structures of oppression.
folukeafrica.com/are-we-allie...
folukeafrica.com/are-we-allie...
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For the longest time my mother and I would say "There was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus?" instead of saying the much shorter "duh."
December 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For the longest time my mother and I would say "There was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus?" instead of saying the much shorter "duh."
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All my streaming services have this 'world' music category. I am looking at it like 'What type of music am I to expect? fast? slow? percussion? strings?' I confuse o
December 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
All my streaming services have this 'world' music category. I am looking at it like 'What type of music am I to expect? fast? slow? percussion? strings?' I confuse o
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I really don't understand the categorisation 'world music'. What is 'world music' anyway? As opposed to what? Alien music??? Martian tunes? Venus vibes? Intergalactic operas?
December 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I really don't understand the categorisation 'world music'. What is 'world music' anyway? As opposed to what? Alien music??? Martian tunes? Venus vibes? Intergalactic operas?
For the longest time my mother and I would say "There was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus?" instead of saying the much shorter "duh."
December 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For the longest time my mother and I would say "There was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus?" instead of saying the much shorter "duh."
Reposted by folukeifejola
If I have time, my final blog post of the year will be about the outsides, overlaps and disjunctures between Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism. If not, first blog of 2026.
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
If I have time, my final blog post of the year will be about the outsides, overlaps and disjunctures between Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism. If not, first blog of 2026.
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I am currently listening to this multi part podcast which is a useful way to learn more about Fela Kuti, if you want to.
open.spotify.com/show/320MJFB...
open.spotify.com/show/320MJFB...
December 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I am currently listening to this multi part podcast which is a useful way to learn more about Fela Kuti, if you want to.
open.spotify.com/show/320MJFB...
open.spotify.com/show/320MJFB...
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I wrote this with so much love. Through his biography, his own words & the music of those who remember him, I invite us once again to think critically about what decolonisation means through the life of a man who lived and died for it. Long live Amílcar Cabral.
folukeafrica.com/amilcar-cabr...
folukeafrica.com/amilcar-cabr...
Amílcar Cabral: To Be Mountains, To Return to the Source of Power
Assassinated 20 January 1973. Yet still today we cry “Viva Cabral! Viva!”
folukeafrica.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I wrote this with so much love. Through his biography, his own words & the music of those who remember him, I invite us once again to think critically about what decolonisation means through the life of a man who lived and died for it. Long live Amílcar Cabral.
folukeafrica.com/amilcar-cabr...
folukeafrica.com/amilcar-cabr...