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“I want to understand how my continent is being imagined in intellectual discourses across the globe so I can turn received wisdoms about Africa upside down.”

Activist

“Invoking Martin Luther King, Jr, Cornel West once said that an activist is someone who is ‘maladjusted to injustice’. We should all be activists; I certainly am.”

Author

“I wrote Gbagba and Jaadeh! with the intention of starting a bloodless, ethical ‘revolution from below’, using children as my allies.”

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I’m looking forward to speaking at the #LSE’s 4 February Impact Meet-up featuring my award-winning Cambridge University Press #monograph: www.robtelneajaipailey.com/events/2026/...

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— Robtel Neajai Pailey (@robtelneajai.bsky.social) Jan 28, 2026 at 6:17