Joshua Provan

How did horses respond to battlefield chaos? Stay tuned for our latest episode with @JoshProvan discussing cavalry in the Napoleonic era. Out on Sunday on YouTube, Spotify & Apple podcasts🎧

@DrKarimWafa Amen!

Eid Mubarak to all. May we live to see an ummah closer to freedom. May Allah bless us, our loved ones, our nations, and all those who are oppressed around the world.

your periodic reminder to read Binyavanga Wainana's "How to Write About Africa" lest you make a fool of yourself when you talk about Congo, Sudan & other parts of the continent. granta.com/how-to-write-a…

We’ve been reading the wrong books about Africa. This is one of the right ones adventuresinhistoryland.com/2026/03/06/mot…

@he_negash In French it’s pronounced with the middle L, in Spanish it’s pronounced Coronel with an R, and in English we say Koh-nel, or Kernel as if the middle but is a ghost.

I am having a Bernstein Bears moment. Amharic speakers, have you heard coronel or colonel pronounce (ko-lo-nél instead of kernel)?

A little while back my mind wandered to Adwa. @he_negash My mind wandered to a battlefield in Ethiopia. #history #ethiopia #adwa youtube.com/shorts/B9vF3Xm…

1 March 1896. Near Adwa in Tigray, Ethiopia, the last sovereign kingdom on the continent of Africa. The lords of Ethiopia led by Menelik II destroy a large Italian army estimated between 14-17,000 strong, driving the Europeans and their Auxiliaries back to the sea.

@Artemisapphire @em_nightreader Hah! Yes to Dino themed food

@em_nightreader Tagging @JoshProvan .

Am i eating dinosaur crumpets ? Yes Do I have children? Nope ! Will I elaborate further ? Yes.... They are great ! That's it 🙃

Sign up for the @GreatWarGroup Online conference! I’ll be talking about two legendary Gurkhas and the support Nepal itself gave to the war effort! @GurkhaMuseum @gwtorg @Gurkha_Brigade

@he_negash @duolingo That would be great!

@JoshProvan @duolingo Let us begin with Amharic and then pray for Ge'ez.

@duolingo what would it take to get you all to add Amharic (the official language of Ethiopia and the lingua franca of the Horn of Africa)?

The Abandoned Temples of Islamabad Dotted across Pakistan's capital are a number of temples abandoned by their communties during the violence of 1947.

Happy #WorldHippoDay! 🦛❤️ To celebrate here’s a lovely naturalistic painting of a hippo on a small flake of limestone. Painted by an Egyptian artist some 3,500 years ago! 📷 The Met metmuseum.org/art/collection… #Archaeology

“Peasants: Makers of the Modern World” – born from five years of field research across Asia, Africa and Latin America, out on 26 Sep 2026. A book that restores peasants to their place as agents of history & reveals the unfolding crisis of the global countryside. @BloomsburyBooks

'Painting of the Battle of Corunna' by H. Bellangé Heroic last stand or humiliating exit? Check out our episode with @JoshProvan on YouTube, Spotify and Apple podcasts.

@Hindu_Stan @NapWarsPod As they should (strategically)

@NapWarsPod @JoshProvan Withdrawing by sea in the face of the enemy is an extremely dangerous operation so giving the enemy pause for thought whilst you are doing it must count for something. It should be noted that some French commentators regard it as a French victory.

Melkam Gena!

For your New Year viewing. A new video with Professor Timothy May. Mongol Expert busts Myths of the Mongol Conquest youtu.be/oFtaUTfITTg

@AngloEthiopian To you all as well!

With very best Christmas wishes to everyone today.

@quizzicalguy Brilliant! Merry Christmas comrade!

Merry Christmas, tweeple! Enjoy this vintage greeting card from the Soviet Union.