Ayo Sekai
@ayosekai-phd.bsky.social
Book Publisher | PhD Political Science | Fulbright Specialist | Author | Linguist Imperialism | 🇯🇲 -Whoever writes the story, writes history.
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Poetical Science Discourse & Linguistic Imperialism
~ We can move free in a language meant to chain us ~
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Poetical Science Discourse & Linguistic Imperialism
~ We can move free in a language meant to chain us ~
Download the FREE Curriculum Guide uwpbooks.com/resources/fa...
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
@ayosekai-phd.bsky.social
Poetical Science Discourse & Linguistic Imperialism
~ We can move free in a language meant to chain us ~
Download the FREE Curriculum Guide uwpbooks.com/resources/fa...
Poetical Science Discourse & Linguistic Imperialism
~ We can move free in a language meant to chain us ~
Download the FREE Curriculum Guide uwpbooks.com/resources/fa...
Merry Christmas and Happy Kwanzaa! As time evolve and seasons change, don't forget to SPREAD A LITTLE HAPPINESS 🎉
#wewilltellourownstory
#wewilltellourownstory
December 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy Kwanzaa! As time evolve and seasons change, don't forget to SPREAD A LITTLE HAPPINESS 🎉
#wewilltellourownstory
#wewilltellourownstory
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When we support Black bookstores and Black publishers, we invest in institutions that preserve scholarship, sustain classrooms, and carry Black intellectual traditions.
UWPBooks merch is an affirmation of what we stand for.
#wewilltellourownstory @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social @lukezh.bsky.social
UWPBooks merch is an affirmation of what we stand for.
#wewilltellourownstory @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social @lukezh.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
When we support Black bookstores and Black publishers, we invest in institutions that preserve scholarship, sustain classrooms, and carry Black intellectual traditions.
UWPBooks merch is an affirmation of what we stand for.
#wewilltellourownstory @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social @lukezh.bsky.social
UWPBooks merch is an affirmation of what we stand for.
#wewilltellourownstory @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social @lukezh.bsky.social
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The director Rob Reiner delivered an incredible number of widely acclaimed movies, from “When Harry Met Sally” to “Stand By Me” and “Misery.” On “Cannonball,” Wesley Morris reflects on the impact Reiner had on his life and why his films are so beloved. nyti.ms/3MJFrZR
December 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The director Rob Reiner delivered an incredible number of widely acclaimed movies, from “When Harry Met Sally” to “Stand By Me” and “Misery.” On “Cannonball,” Wesley Morris reflects on the impact Reiner had on his life and why his films are so beloved. nyti.ms/3MJFrZR
This is my life. We love writing, and we love bookstores, but doing them all at once = zero accomplishments. Gotta admit, though, people watching is fun.
Tried writing in a café to shake up my routine. Ended up people-watching for 2 hours and writing 2 paragraphs. Worth it? Maybe. Productivity is weird like that.
#authorlife #writinglife #writerproblems
#authorlife #writinglife #writerproblems
December 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is my life. We love writing, and we love bookstores, but doing them all at once = zero accomplishments. Gotta admit, though, people watching is fun.
When I started UWP 22 years ago, I could not have imagined this moment. Now UWP is a scholarly home where Black research is essential and globally relevant. Thanks to SAGE's CEO Blaise Simqu, Dr. Asante & Geane. UWPBooks.com @sagepublishing.bsky.social #wewilltellourownstory @scholarslab.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
When I started UWP 22 years ago, I could not have imagined this moment. Now UWP is a scholarly home where Black research is essential and globally relevant. Thanks to SAGE's CEO Blaise Simqu, Dr. Asante & Geane. UWPBooks.com @sagepublishing.bsky.social #wewilltellourownstory @scholarslab.bsky.social
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Cost has become the dominant factor in graduate school decisions. https://bit.ly/3MqqJXq
December 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Cost has become the dominant factor in graduate school decisions. https://bit.ly/3MqqJXq
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In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
December 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
I will be joining a brilliant group of scholars for an int'l edited volume, presenting my chapter:
🔹 Surviving the Existential Question:
The Scientific Method of Poetical Science Discourse in African Storytelling
African Studies Association #ASA2025 – Atlanta, GA @uwpbooks.bsky.social #ASA #method
🔹 Surviving the Existential Question:
The Scientific Method of Poetical Science Discourse in African Storytelling
African Studies Association #ASA2025 – Atlanta, GA @uwpbooks.bsky.social #ASA #method
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I will be joining a brilliant group of scholars for an int'l edited volume, presenting my chapter:
🔹 Surviving the Existential Question:
The Scientific Method of Poetical Science Discourse in African Storytelling
African Studies Association #ASA2025 – Atlanta, GA @uwpbooks.bsky.social #ASA #method
🔹 Surviving the Existential Question:
The Scientific Method of Poetical Science Discourse in African Storytelling
African Studies Association #ASA2025 – Atlanta, GA @uwpbooks.bsky.social #ASA #method
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Like many firms on Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's hedge fund used a limited partnership to avoid Medicare taxes. Unlike the others, he’s now overseeing the IRS.
The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway.
Like many on Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used a limited partnership to avoid Medicare taxes. Unlike the others, he’s now overseeing the I.R.S.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Like many firms on Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's hedge fund used a limited partnership to avoid Medicare taxes. Unlike the others, he’s now overseeing the IRS.
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BOYCOTT CENSORSHIP this holiday season
🖤 WEAR THE MOVEMENT. LIVE THE MESSAGE.
Stand with indie booksellers, cultural vendors, and UWP Books to uplift the next generation of thinkers who refuse to be erased.
Explore the collection: uwpbooks.com/merch
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🖤 WEAR THE MOVEMENT. LIVE THE MESSAGE.
Stand with indie booksellers, cultural vendors, and UWP Books to uplift the next generation of thinkers who refuse to be erased.
Explore the collection: uwpbooks.com/merch
uwpbooks.com/merch/ @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social
Shop UWP Books Merch - Wear It Loud. Wear It Proud.
Our Gear is designed to inspire you to keep going, keep learning, and keep pushing the boundaries. It is the perfect companion for the knowledge seeker.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
BOYCOTT CENSORSHIP this holiday season
🖤 WEAR THE MOVEMENT. LIVE THE MESSAGE.
Stand with indie booksellers, cultural vendors, and UWP Books to uplift the next generation of thinkers who refuse to be erased.
Explore the collection: uwpbooks.com/merch
uwpbooks.com/merch/ @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social
🖤 WEAR THE MOVEMENT. LIVE THE MESSAGE.
Stand with indie booksellers, cultural vendors, and UWP Books to uplift the next generation of thinkers who refuse to be erased.
Explore the collection: uwpbooks.com/merch
uwpbooks.com/merch/ @ayosekai-phd.bsky.social
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
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Thinking about Jamaica and the future of freedom. #afrofuturism
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thinking about Jamaica and the future of freedom. #afrofuturism
The Violence of Words~
Linguistic Imperialism is a tool that sustains systemic oppression.
This is the systemic nastiness embedded in English. A grotesque masquerade of civility that undergirds racial capitalism, educational inequity, and psychological warfare.
www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-ayo...
Linguistic Imperialism is a tool that sustains systemic oppression.
This is the systemic nastiness embedded in English. A grotesque masquerade of civility that undergirds racial capitalism, educational inequity, and psychological warfare.
www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-ayo...
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The Violence of Words~
Linguistic Imperialism is a tool that sustains systemic oppression.
This is the systemic nastiness embedded in English. A grotesque masquerade of civility that undergirds racial capitalism, educational inequity, and psychological warfare.
www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-ayo...
Linguistic Imperialism is a tool that sustains systemic oppression.
This is the systemic nastiness embedded in English. A grotesque masquerade of civility that undergirds racial capitalism, educational inequity, and psychological warfare.
www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-ayo...
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This new award—granting a $10,000 prize to a high-school senior whose creative work exemplifies courage, integrity, and the power of storytelling—honors Chinua Achebe.
social-impact.penguinrandomhouse.com/our-awards/u... @uwpbooks.bsky.social @centerblacked.bsky.social
This new award—granting a $10,000 prize to a high-school senior whose creative work exemplifies courage, integrity, and the power of storytelling—honors Chinua Achebe.
social-impact.penguinrandomhouse.com/our-awards/u... @uwpbooks.bsky.social @centerblacked.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Sharing -
This new award—granting a $10,000 prize to a high-school senior whose creative work exemplifies courage, integrity, and the power of storytelling—honors Chinua Achebe.
social-impact.penguinrandomhouse.com/our-awards/u... @uwpbooks.bsky.social @centerblacked.bsky.social
This new award—granting a $10,000 prize to a high-school senior whose creative work exemplifies courage, integrity, and the power of storytelling—honors Chinua Achebe.
social-impact.penguinrandomhouse.com/our-awards/u... @uwpbooks.bsky.social @centerblacked.bsky.social
Join me for the Caribbean Preservation Alliance Career Panel, sharing my expertise in storytelling as data and my methodology, PSD.
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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#wewilltellourownstory @blackdiasporanews.bsky.social @centerblacked.bsky.social
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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#wewilltellourownstory @blackdiasporanews.bsky.social @centerblacked.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Join me for the Caribbean Preservation Alliance Career Panel, sharing my expertise in storytelling as data and my methodology, PSD.
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@uwpbooks.bsky.social
#wewilltellourownstory @blackdiasporanews.bsky.social @centerblacked.bsky.social
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@uwpbooks.bsky.social
#wewilltellourownstory @blackdiasporanews.bsky.social @centerblacked.bsky.social
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I'm joining other speakers from around the world tomorrow to talk about the impacts of the climate crisis and how the solutions lie in international solidarity. Info below:
Climate change is an International Working Class Issue
The climate crisis is already affecting workers and communities here in the UK. It is also a clear issue of international solidarity. As we move permanently away from the stable climate within which h...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I'm joining other speakers from around the world tomorrow to talk about the impacts of the climate crisis and how the solutions lie in international solidarity. Info below:
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Today’s college leaders are political figures as much as executives. This year’s Leadership Issue profiles three such presidents — Mun Choi, Bill Johnson, and Christopher Eisgruber — and explores how higher education might reclaim public trust through collective action. https://chroni.cl/3J4uC33
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Today’s college leaders are political figures as much as executives. This year’s Leadership Issue profiles three such presidents — Mun Choi, Bill Johnson, and Christopher Eisgruber — and explores how higher education might reclaim public trust through collective action. https://chroni.cl/3J4uC33
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Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that agreed to certain requirements.
nyti.ms
October 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
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"D’Angelo also chafed at the description of his music as simply neo-soul. “I never claimed I do neo-soul,” he said in a Red Bull Music Academy interview in 2014. “When I first came out, I used to always say: ‘I do Black music. I make Black music.’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"D’Angelo also chafed at the description of his music as simply neo-soul. “I never claimed I do neo-soul,” he said in a Red Bull Music Academy interview in 2014. “When I first came out, I used to always say: ‘I do Black music. I make Black music.’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
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The Trump White House is treating spending laws more like suggestions as it tries to mute the effects of the government shutdown and attack programs it considers to be Democratic priorities as it digs in for a long shutdown | Analysis https://cnn.it/42FtlGd
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Trump White House is treating spending laws more like suggestions as it tries to mute the effects of the government shutdown and attack programs it considers to be Democratic priorities as it digs in for a long shutdown | Analysis https://cnn.it/42FtlGd
To preserve what history forgets.
Join us in reading the work that refuses disappearance.
#wewilltellourownstory
Universal Write Publications is restoring the narrative, one liberated voice at a time.
@uwpbooks.bsky.social #blackstudies #research #read UWPBooks.com
Join us in reading the work that refuses disappearance.
#wewilltellourownstory
Universal Write Publications is restoring the narrative, one liberated voice at a time.
@uwpbooks.bsky.social #blackstudies #research #read UWPBooks.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
To preserve what history forgets.
Join us in reading the work that refuses disappearance.
#wewilltellourownstory
Universal Write Publications is restoring the narrative, one liberated voice at a time.
@uwpbooks.bsky.social #blackstudies #research #read UWPBooks.com
Join us in reading the work that refuses disappearance.
#wewilltellourownstory
Universal Write Publications is restoring the narrative, one liberated voice at a time.
@uwpbooks.bsky.social #blackstudies #research #read UWPBooks.com
Thank you to High School teacher Brie, a young, beautiful, and dynamic K-12 teacher who fills the gaps that traditional materials leave behind and helps us build the bridge to what’s missing in education. @uwpbooks.bsky.social
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Thank you, Teachers & Professors, for your work in the Classroom ~
YouTube video by Universal Write Publications
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September 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thank you to High School teacher Brie, a young, beautiful, and dynamic K-12 teacher who fills the gaps that traditional materials leave behind and helps us build the bridge to what’s missing in education. @uwpbooks.bsky.social
youtu.be/rIiPA41yddI?...
youtu.be/rIiPA41yddI?...