<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are reaching out to invite you to the first session of </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Thraets Debrief,</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> an opportunity for us to update our community on what we are thinking about and what we’ve been up to.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This session grows directly out of our recent work in 2026. We’ve been unpacking the place of sport in monoculture and collective memory with our look at the </span><a href="https://thraets.org/lumumba-in-90-minutes-how-a-football-match-reawakened-colonial-memory/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lumumba moment</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, documenting the rise of </span><a href="https://nairobi-corridor.thraets.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">transnational repression in East Africa</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, exposing the extent of the reach of </span><a href="https://thraets.org/epstein-in-africa/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jeffery Epstein’s global network in Africa</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,  and documenting </span><a href="https://the-war-btw.thraets.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the nature of Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference in Global South conflicts</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, starting with Eastern Congo The Debrief brings this analysis into a room where it can be interrogated, stress-tested, and applied.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We’ll meet <span style="outline:none;border-bottom:2px rgb(146,84,234);border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-left-style:none;background:none">in</span> a curated visual session: a focused walkthrough of what’s shifting, why it matters, and what it suggests for our work</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The event will take place on Thursday, 10 September at 4 pm East African Time. Please confirm your attendance by registering using this <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/GW80aCoAQ9usEFJPT8GqPw" target="_blank">link</a>.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-a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