The VP seems a lot more comfortable than the last time. Sartorial malaprop. Body language. Ability to make self-depricating humour.

Have you read my latest essay, “The Defeat of the Primary”? S/O to editor, Mister Terver, for suggesting that title. The original one was cool, but his was much better, I thought. And no, I’m not disclosing the first title. Read here: afapinen.com/2024/08/13/the…

Lol! And thus is established the field of AnachroColonialism.

New evidence that Tinubu is a 3.2million-year-old anthropos, perhaps the partner to Lucy of Awash Vally in East Africa!

"The Nigerian writer and Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Wole Soyinka, received, this morning at the Casa de las Américas, the Haydee Santamaría Medal, awarded by the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, at the recommendation of the Minister of Culture."

Hearing El Manisero caused a sensation "that moved me, that surprised me...I almost fell over"-Soyinka El Manisero, Cuba's most popular musical work, sans Guantanamera, was popularised by the Antonio Machin-led Orchestra, & in Africa by Flavour's Nwa Baby. presidencia.gob.cu/es/noticias/ho…

Sefi, the author, was named after her aunt, Okigbo's wife. She's also married to a Ransome-Kuti, Soyinka's nephew. She's, therefore, related to both Christopher Okigbo and Wole Soyinka.

I like that Kehinde Bankole continues to do theatre.

Rosetta Stone, anybody?

You'd expect the building desk reporter of a major newspaper to know how to read and draw criyical issues from an ESIA report. How do you make a headline of generic risks while not diving deep into mitigation measures outlined and their adequacy? punchng.com/lagos-calabar-…

Natasha from Nigeria Didn't have a chance She just had to dance With the freedom Of my rhythm We was right in FESTAC Village Only music on me mind Broda when I start to wine To the tempo of Calypso She said I love you Sparrow I can't let you go Might Sparrow (Duduyemi, 1978)

Unless this gentleman was nominated for the Nobel more than 50years ago--before which the nomination can not be made public--this definitive claim that he was so nominated would be a baseless rumour. Otherwise, his resumé appears solid.

A very historic church building in Nigeria. First iteration was completed in 1869/70. The primary African founder was Daniel Olubi (working with Rev. Hinderer). Olubi is great grandfather to Fela Kuti & the Lijadu Sis, and great great GF to Wole Soyinka. CC: Gbénró Adégbolá ن

Ẹ kú ojú ọjó [for a peculiar weather; also metaphorically for a general, usually adverse turn in the social environment]

In bang-per-buck basis, this makes that USD44B worth it now. A playground to do full-on alt-right jumpsies without a care in the world!

The writers of Peter Obi's tweets should be mindful of these malaprops. "Fifth columnists" is an accusation of members of his own team, which I doubt is the intention here.

This year marks the 200th anniv. of the end of Haitian Revolution🇭🇹, the world's most important, considering its twin anticolonial/abolitionist prongs. Defamation of Haitians was the tool used to undermine the exemplary nature of that revolution to the rest of the colonised world

Africans joining Haiti defamation in 2024 are idiots who can't use a 200yr old lesson.

This is the sort of social action required to remove the stubborn cultural barrier to education access in the region. Kudos to the community.