I am incredibly honored to receive the 2024 Margaret Mead Award for my book, “We are not starving: the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in Ghana.” Thank you to my interlocutors, the award committee, @SfAAnthro & @AmericanAnthro, and the many who have supported the book’s journey.

'Unprecedented': White House moves to control science funding worry researchers

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately

Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID’s 10,000 Employees via @NYTimes

RT @hofrench: Very excited to share this news. My next book, The Second Emancipation, comes out in August, but if you want to buy it now th…

@hofrench Looking forward to this. Congrats @hofrench!

@scott_a_ross @africasacountry Sent!

Really enjoyed this discussion on the Green Revolution, GMOs, and the politics of knowledge and development!

@devex CNN reporting on the domestic ramifications of shutting down USAID

It looks like Trump/Musk are on their way to dismantle USAID. This was put into motion during the last Trump administration, as @JakeMGrumbach and I wrote at the time:

"State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now"

@LesothoJohn Ah, thank you John! I'm clearly a few days behind. This is good news.

@wunpini_fm All that snow plus the hills of Ithaca?? Brrrr🥶

Fantastic essay on the anti-colonial and revolutionary origins of FESPACO

@MSaeedIslam Thank you Mohammad.

@AlastairIles Thanks so much Alastair!