Kenyans go to the polls on Tuesday. Here's a thread about one of the contenders for the presidency, Raila Odinga. In the 1980s & 90s he played a key role in bringing down the dictatorship of Daniel arap Moi. Below: Raila speaks at a convention of opposition leaders, 1992. 1/

“People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.” - Assata Shakur

Long Live Assata Shakur! Long Live Sekou Odinga! Long Live Marilyn Buck! Long Live Mutulu Shakur! Long Live Silvia Baraldini! Baraldini and Odinga received the heaviest sentences of up to 43 years for being involved in Assata’s escape and refusing to testify in front of a jury.

BREAKING: Zimbabwean Writer NoViolet Bulawayo Wins the 2025 Best of Caine Award (The Caine Prize for African Writing) jaylit.com/zimbabwean-wri…

This episode of Fresh Prince this gif comes from was inspired by Assata's successful escape. Classic shows used to subtly hit you with cultural notes if you knew where to look.

"The first time I stole someone’s memory, it tasted like burnt coffee and vintage whiskey." ☕🥃 now that's the way to start our Fantasy Friday!! read on: The Memory Breach by Christian Emecheta psychopomp.com/fantasy/issue-…

my first exhibition in DC definitely won’t be my last 🧡

Lupita Nyong’o and Moses Sumney stun in newly shared photos 📸

Annette from Castlevania Nocturne 🦇 The Character 🆚 ME✨

"They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died." "His grief was chasing him from room to room, begging him to spend some time alone with it." "He was so beautiful that he made the air around him dull" Day 5 of posting about #Nigerianliterature

On this day on 2004, the late Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

People will adopt American and UK accents but dare you be a fan of afrosinema lingo and suddenly it’s cliche? Wahalla for who no get colonialist braincells

Happy Bookversary to me! Today marks one year of Who Will Bury You and Other Stories being out in the US and Canada. Have you read it yet? Let me know what your favourite story is.

A moment of pure GOAT energy. Greatness recognizing greatness. Serena Williams 👑 Faith Kipyegon. You gotta LOVE this!

🙏🏾 #ignyteawards Congratulations to all finalists! FIYAH Literary Magazine Bloomsbury Academic, Dr. Amy Martin, Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga, MALFUNCTIONING 🏳️‍🌈 I'm here for the dragons, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Stephen Embleton Tobi Ogundiran Xan van Rooyen 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

indigenous characters in animation — the thread 🧵

My novelette We Who Will Not Die won the Ignyte Award this week. I am ecstatic! 🥰 Grateful that this world, characters, and ideas rooted in liberatory imagination are getting recognition. Many a thanks to the homies & beloveds who continue to root for my words on the page🪐🩵

assata. miss major. d’angelo. 3 giants in monumentally different ways. incredibly sad losses.

This story has just won the 2025 #IgnyteAward for Outstanding Novelette! Huge congratulations to Shingai Njeri Kagunda 🎉 An honour well deserved 👏🏾

I'm moderating the Q&A at the screening of this beautiful narrative, ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU. Spanning 7 decades in a Palestinian family's life- starting before the Nakba, critics have called it “a modern masterpiece." Oct 21 in San Rafael at the Smith Rafael Film Center at 7pm.