Kojo Muharib

Occupation: Artist

Age: 31

Heritage: Ghanaian

How did Eid inspire your outfit? I was inspired by God. God said it was going to be cloudy today. So I had to come out looking like the sun. That’s why I have on gold — I had to come and shine

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Breaking News: “Patriot,” Aleksei Navalny’s memoir, will be published in October. It was written during the years leading up to his death in a Russian prison. nyti.ms/3PXv3MM

Oops I did it again 🤭

#TotalSolarEclipse

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. by Abdi Latif Dahir
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“He told me, ‘When they come for you, you have to be strong, you have to die strong,’” Ms. Mukantaganda, 53, recalled. “There was nothing we could do but wait for our time to die.”

Read Abdi Latif Dahir on the painful memories that endure in Rwanda, 30 years later nytimes.com/2024/04/07/wor…

Breaking News: Uganda’s Constitutional Court largely upheld a draconian anti-gay law that was signed last year. It includes the death penalty for some cases. nyti.ms/4aESDpn

'They called me a witch, but in truth, I was simply a woman who knew her worth.'
from 'I Tituba, the Black Witch of Salem'

The legendary MARYSE CONDÉ, writer of dozens of novels, plays and non-fiction has left us at the age of 87. Rest in peace and power 🖤🥀

We’re deeply saddened to hear that Maryse Conde has died. The Grande Dame of Caribbean literature, she was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize twice, in 2015 and 2023, and leaves behind an extraordinary body of work. We send our heartfelt condolences to her family.

How did Bassirou Diomaye Faye, age 44, go from obscurity to a resounding win in Senegal’s presidential election? At the family homestead, one relative explained, “This family is not new to ruling.”
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Here is an early look at the front page of a special section wrapping today's Wall Street Journal on.wsj.com/3vyw07m

The Egyptian author and poet Iman Mersal found a slim novel titled 'Love and Silence' in a market stall in Cairo one day in the fall of 1993. Aida Alami beautifully writes about Iman's 30-year quest to discover the life of its author, Enayat al-Zayyat. nytimes.com/2024/03/31/boo…

Breaking News: Louis Gossett Jr., who won an Academy Award for “An Officer and a Gentleman” — the first Black performer to win best supporting actor — and an Emmy for “Roots,” died at 87. nyti.ms/4azp5tu

I’m briefly crawling out of the trenches of maternity leave to announce my book Scattered is coming out on 6th June. It will be published by the brilliant Bloomsbury Books UK

I’ve been working on it for four years and I’m excited/terrified to put it out into the world!

A group of Gazan children and their caretakers took an Italian military flight from Cairo to Rome. All were struggling with the emotions of what they had gone through since Israel’s monthslong campaign against Hamas and bombardment of Gaza began. nyti.ms/3VQpuUj

Aya Nakamura is by far France’s most popular singer at home and abroad, with 25 top 10 singles in France and over 20 million social media followers. But reports that she might perform at the Paris Olympics have prompted debates over identity and language nytimes.com/2024/03/26/wor…

NEW: Jair Bolsonaro spent two nights at the Hungarian Embassy in Brazil, just after police confiscated his passport as part of a criminal investigation.

We obtained security-camera footage that shows the president's apparent bid for asylum. Full story: nyti.ms/3x3bE6o

Breaking News: Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a 44-year-old political outsider, won a surprise victory in Senegal’s presidential election days after his release from jail. He will be the country’s youngest ever president. nyti.ms/499QIb9

The West African nation of Senegal votes for a new president Sunday, in an election that many young people see as a chance to overhaul the political and economic order. And it has been a nail-biting run-up. Ruth Maclean and Mady Camara report. nytimes.com/2024/03/24/wor…

Uganda’s president, who has been in office for nearly four decades, has appointed his son as the head of the country’s military, fueling long-held suspicions that he is preparing his son to one day succeed him. nyti.ms/3TLTMFY

More than 1,000 children in Gaza have become amputees since October. What does the future hold for them? nyer.cm/3oJ9rej