Before heading back to Cotonou, I did a tour of Porto Novo and came across this summer youth group leading a procession across town so I started hyping them up and then they decided to hype me up in return 😆😍

Made it to Friday but at what cost? Monday is literally in 25 minutes.

Last week, I got an email from Microsoft telling me I’d be paying 46% more for my Office subscription. But when I tried to cancel, it offered me the same price I was already paying — without the generative AI features I never asked for in the first place. disconnect.blog/p/ive-had-it-w…

Just a reminder to everyone: Grok is polluting a Black community in Memphis, Tennessee at an exponential rate every time you use it.

Being in Cotonou has, once again, reminded me of the arbitrary nature of the colonial borders we still inhabit. I had no idea I could get around so easily speaking Guingbe/Ewe. Also, Cotonou is not celebrated enough for just how cool, lively, and cosmopolitan it is!

Last night, I went to a local resto in Cotonou to watch some live drumming and there was a group of women who arrived deck out, drinking, dancing and just enjoying the music. I was in awe of them. I absolutely love watching African women at leisure.

Cotonou is lovely. You can walk around, the food is delicious, the beaches are free and open (234, that’s your sub), and the coastline is protected by coconut trees. Cotonou has character, charm and is clean. If your French is poor, someone will understand English, pidgin or

Yep. When I was in Cotonou, I spoke Yoruba ( I no sabi French despite being taught the language in primary and secondary school)

Disabled people have the right to exist even if we can’t work. To believe we don’t have that right is eugenics and ableism.

“The numbers don't lie," Lamonier said. "Black and Brown people are more likely to drown than their white counterparts."  cbsnews.com/news/black-swi…

I'm thrilled to announce the publication of my first book, The Yoruba Are on A Rock (Sep 2025)! If you work at a library/school/heritage organisation in Grenada & would like a free copy along with other educational materials, please send me a message.

The Department of Africana Studies at Smith College invites applications for a tenure-track position in Black Women’s Studies/Gender Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin July 1, 2026.  Link: In Interfolio

African airports are the best places to see so many colonial logics at work.

Spent this past weekend in Hogbonu (Porto Nobo) @ the 2nd annual Festival des Masques. It was a stunning celebration of indigenous African cosmologies, music, culture, and food. I especially loved that the events were free & communities across Benin showed up in massive numbers

We have been conditioned to believe that “tech” exists outside of our material realities. This was intentionally done to prevent us from seeing the environmental harm this industry does to us and the planet at large.