Justin Pearce
@justinpearce.bsky.social
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin-Pearce-5
Historian of 20th century Southern Africa especially Angola
Senior lecturer, Stellenbosch Uni @stellhistory.bsky.social
Senior editor, Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social
Vegan
Historian of 20th century Southern Africa especially Angola
Senior lecturer, Stellenbosch Uni @stellhistory.bsky.social
Senior editor, Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social
Vegan
That's a killer of a headline.
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
That's a killer of a headline.
Can't even say 'crusade' these days.
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Can't even say 'crusade' these days.
🤣Just waiting for the Twitter posts waxing nostalgic about 1214.
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🤣Just waiting for the Twitter posts waxing nostalgic about 1214.
I've never experienced Thanksgiving, but I do remember on one visit to the US wondering why I was getting a sugar rush from the salad buffet.
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I've never experienced Thanksgiving, but I do remember on one visit to the US wondering why I was getting a sugar rush from the salad buffet.
So nice to find these hidden little corners of non-US Bluesky.
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
So nice to find these hidden little corners of non-US Bluesky.
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
40 years ago Camnet would have been Charlesmarkstead.
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
40 years ago Camnet would have been Charlesmarkstead.
Many of the elements are obvious cognates e.g. burg/bury, bad/bath, heim/ham. Never occurred to me that the thorp in English place names was a cognate of dorf, but makes perfect sense in terms of the other sound correspondences between the languages. I could be here all night / nacht...
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Many of the elements are obvious cognates e.g. burg/bury, bad/bath, heim/ham. Never occurred to me that the thorp in English place names was a cognate of dorf, but makes perfect sense in terms of the other sound correspondences between the languages. I could be here all night / nacht...
Also interesting how some are actually English place names - I spotted Bath, Horsham and Hove - and many others sound like they could be.
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Also interesting how some are actually English place names - I spotted Bath, Horsham and Hove - and many others sound like they could be.
Superb. Particularly Nethersex, though if Sachsen translates as Sex (presumably by analogy with Sussex, Essex etc) I don't know why they can't also have Sex-Onhold and plain Sex.
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Superb. Particularly Nethersex, though if Sachsen translates as Sex (presumably by analogy with Sussex, Essex etc) I don't know why they can't also have Sex-Onhold and plain Sex.
Great Mainz think alike.
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Great Mainz think alike.
Looks like you might be right... expect a frenzy of poster-hanging on the streets of Gauteng this weekend. I'm reminded of 1994 when Buthelezi came late to the party and they had to stick a new box onto the ballot papers.
mg.co.za/politics/202...
mg.co.za/politics/202...
Ramaphosa confirms Trump’s G20 u-turn
Ramaphosa’s confirmation now places the United States back in the room for the weekend negotiations at Nasrec
mg.co.za
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Looks like you might be right... expect a frenzy of poster-hanging on the streets of Gauteng this weekend. I'm reminded of 1994 when Buthelezi came late to the party and they had to stick a new box onto the ballot papers.
mg.co.za/politics/202...
mg.co.za/politics/202...
I'm not in Jozi so have only seen the photos. I hope Trump isn't in the pantheon - he's not in any of the photos I've seen. One advantage of him not coming, at least.
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I'm not in Jozi so have only seen the photos. I hope Trump isn't in the pantheon - he's not in any of the photos I've seen. One advantage of him not coming, at least.
Happy birthday for next week!
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Happy birthday for next week!
Always on my mined...
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Always on my mined...
I haven't seen Bloom. But I nominate Watchmen, Zack Snyder's 2009 film of the graphic novel: it assumes you will inhale 40 years of backstory from a montage during opening credits. Honorable mention for Jane Campion's Portrait of a Lady, which confirmed my suspicion that the book is unfilmable.
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I haven't seen Bloom. But I nominate Watchmen, Zack Snyder's 2009 film of the graphic novel: it assumes you will inhale 40 years of backstory from a montage during opening credits. Honorable mention for Jane Campion's Portrait of a Lady, which confirmed my suspicion that the book is unfilmable.
@srd.bsky.social This is a fascinating connection between the ideas of the two Mamdanis!
November 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
@srd.bsky.social This is a fascinating connection between the ideas of the two Mamdanis!
Similarly in Mozambique - this is a fascinating study of Frelimo's 'urban cleanup campaigns' that reveals a preoccupation with the city as a place of moral decay.
www.ohioswallow.com/978082142583...
www.ohioswallow.com/978082142583...
The Morality of Revolution
The Morality of Revolution offers the first historical examination of urban cleanup campaigns and reeducation camps in socialist Mozambique. The book present...
www.ohioswallow.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Similarly in Mozambique - this is a fascinating study of Frelimo's 'urban cleanup campaigns' that reveals a preoccupation with the city as a place of moral decay.
www.ohioswallow.com/978082142583...
www.ohioswallow.com/978082142583...
If the road accident in Paris hadn't happened, we'd be appalled today if Charles tried to bring a case of Rex versus Ex.
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If the road accident in Paris hadn't happened, we'd be appalled today if Charles tried to bring a case of Rex versus Ex.