johnny kwār
@collegedropout.bsky.social
A dilettante in every sense of the word.
which haitian historian will give us a biography on alexandre petion next?
September 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
which haitian historian will give us a biography on alexandre petion next?
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16th-century painting showing an African knight of the order of Saint James of the Sword. Chafariz d’el Rey (The King’s Fountain) painting in the Alfama District, ca. 1560-1580, Lisbon.
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September 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
16th-century painting showing an African knight of the order of Saint James of the Sword. Chafariz d’el Rey (The King’s Fountain) painting in the Alfama District, ca. 1560-1580, Lisbon.
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/investigat...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/investigat...
what did norma jean wright say? sometimes it seems like i'm never sleeping, ooh the hours im keepin
September 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
what did norma jean wright say? sometimes it seems like i'm never sleeping, ooh the hours im keepin
behind so many readings. to say august has been hectic would be an understatement.
August 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
behind so many readings. to say august has been hectic would be an understatement.
“in virginia, we smirked at the simpson trial
yeah i guess the chase was wild, but what’s the fuss about?”
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yeah i guess the chase was wild, but what’s the fuss about?”
music.apple.com/us/album/vir...
Virginia by Clipse on Apple Music
Song · 2002 · Duration 3:57
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July 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
“in virginia, we smirked at the simpson trial
yeah i guess the chase was wild, but what’s the fuss about?”
music.apple.com/us/album/vir...
yeah i guess the chase was wild, but what’s the fuss about?”
music.apple.com/us/album/vir...
quite literally what july and august will look for me.
Gonna try ping-ponging between these three books over the next week or so
July 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
quite literally what july and august will look for me.
Desperately need BlueSky to have a bookmarks feature
June 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Desperately need BlueSky to have a bookmarks feature
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PUBLICATION DAY!
_I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social
To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
_I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social
To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
I Have Avenged America
A moving and humane portrait of the abolitionist revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who led Haiti’s fight for independence from French colonial rule ...
yalebooks.yale.edu
June 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
PUBLICATION DAY!
_I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social
To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
_I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social
To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Rain stopped me from the Schomburg Centennial. If I only knew what I was missing out on..🙃
When you discover your book coming out in August is already out in the wild at the Schomburg Centennial.
June 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Rain stopped me from the Schomburg Centennial. If I only knew what I was missing out on..🙃
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Can’t wait to pick this up
The little decoration that appears throughout my book is a printer’s ornament from the pamphlet version of the Haitian Declaration of Independence! I thought it would be a nice touch for the design, and I’m so happy @yalepress.bsky.social made it work!
May 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Can’t wait to pick this up
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Author copies have arrived!!!! It's real!!!
@yalepress.bsky.social
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
@yalepress.bsky.social
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
May 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Author copies have arrived!!!! It's real!!!
@yalepress.bsky.social
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
@yalepress.bsky.social
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Sudan is enduring the world’s largest humanitarian and child displacement crises. Half of the more than 30 million people in need of humanitarian assistance this year are children. The conflict has displaced nearly 15 million people within Sudan and across borders
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April 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Sudan is enduring the world’s largest humanitarian and child displacement crises. Half of the more than 30 million people in need of humanitarian assistance this year are children. The conflict has displaced nearly 15 million people within Sudan and across borders
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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I am thrilled to share the cover of my forthcoming book, I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom (June 2025 @yalepress.bsky.social)
The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com)
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com)
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
November 19, 2024 at 6:05 PM
I am thrilled to share the cover of my forthcoming book, I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom (June 2025 @yalepress.bsky.social)
The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com)
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com)
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Interesting tidbit of history.
Americans in the Nineteenth Century Egyptian Army: A Selected Bibliography muse.jhu.edu/article/191933
Americans in the Nineteenth Century Egyptian Army: A Selected Bibliography muse.jhu.edu/article/191933
Project MUSE - Americans in the Nineteenth Century Egyptian Army: A Selected Bibliography
muse.jhu.edu
January 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Interesting tidbit of history.
Americans in the Nineteenth Century Egyptian Army: A Selected Bibliography muse.jhu.edu/article/191933
Americans in the Nineteenth Century Egyptian Army: A Selected Bibliography muse.jhu.edu/article/191933
December 3, 2024 at 1:48 PM
new york city in november.
December 1, 2024 at 3:07 PM
new york city in november.
the bronx they don’t want you to see
November 30, 2024 at 12:39 AM
the bronx they don’t want you to see
