"My sense of identity is that of an observer making sense of every scene that presents itself. More like a camera capturing what is presented as it interprets the images into photos," says Kayeon Onyeka Ajah. Read more: shamsrumi.org/poets-talk-5-q…

Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social Mr. Trump: you don’t regulate trade, you weaponize it. Raising tariffs to 125% isn’t a negotiation tactic — it’s a geoeconomic tantrum dressed as nationalism. And while you frame it as protecting the U.S. from being “ripped off,” what you’re really protecting is a narrative:

Journalist: How will you determine (tariff) exemptions? President Trump: Instinctively. Fareed Zakariya: Studies show that politicians' instincts usually favor politicians their contributors, which then encourages pervasive corruption. youtube.com/watch?v=3xz7BG…

outsiderinside.co.uk/the-launch-of-… Rhianna Dhillon Nze Ed Emeka Keazor Richard Ali. Renike

For you - whose wine is books, unread pile towers Burj Khalifa, current read lives in a bookstore; who forfeits meals for blurbs, dirges unbought books; who's rich by borrowing books, poor by lending; who dates characters of old books - Happy World Book Day.

BBC's Blood Parliament, on last year's Kenyan protests, is a heartbreaking report. Sadly quite familiar to Nigerians and far too many Africans. It's said crocodiles haven't evolved in millenia? Neither have our continent's security services in decades.😢 youtube.com/watch?v=qz0f1y…

Never too late to re-member and to restart. Here's a new poem, Awakening, by Ismael Bala , published in @KonyaShamsrumi. Enjoy. shamsrumi.org/awakening-by-i…

Congratulations to @AkumbuUche, African Poetry Book Fund's Evaristo Prize shortlist for 'A Dying Man's Wish and other poems'. Read her September 2024 poem, "Future Plans," published by @KonyaShamsrumi here. shamsrumi.org/cafe-24-winner…

You stoically avoid the Temu craze until an unfortunate Shoprite visit, and the sudden realization of how much your beloved Japanese pens now cost, induces the foolish (and fatal) decision to check for stationery on Temu. Good God. Take my money now!

Working for peace requires acting justly. Every effort should be made to overcome global inequalities, which allow opulence and destitution to carve deep divides between continents, countries, and even within individual societies.

This! I was introduced to Edward Said by Richard Ali. around 2007, and I find myself returning to his books, all of which I’ve read, again and again. He always offers a refreshing perspective on cultural decolonisation.

During the event, madman, murderer, and literary fugitive Garba Dakaskus was reportedly sighted lurking among the audience. . . [but] vanished without trace. The bookstore management remains tight-lipped on whether the mysterious visitor stole any books. shamsrumi.org/news-alert-gar…

Just reading about the passing of the renowned Kenyan writer, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. He was not only a formative presence in our upbringing but also a maverick who gave African literature the self-esteem it deserves, particularly in the decolonisation of the African mind. May his

I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o two days ago, particularly because of how closely Jalada Africa worked with him on the Translation 01 project. May he find rest. jaladaafrica.org/2025/05/29/jal…

There was Emeritus Professor Umaru Shehu of blessed memory before him, also from University of Ibadan.

LMAO! Is this for real???

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Ask Abuja’s manhole covers to know the reason this isn’t the best idea… yet.

The remaining issue is: how many units of 325 Ghanaian cedis AND 50,000 does the average Ghanaian and Nigerian, of the exact same social class or career trajectory point, have access to? PPP has not merely been a “basket of goods” for a while. My two kobo.

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