There’s no app to replace your lap….so you have to ride. #chaingang #abuja #mtb

Sinners got me thinking about From Dusk Till Dawn but Blues-loving vampires who proselytise like JWs, begging for your soul. Other religious motifs are present. Symbolic baptism, prodigal pastor’s sons, blues as devil’s gospel. Really thoughtful film, full of black interiorities.

Anarchist anthropologist David Graeber follows up his magesterial Debt: The First 5000 Years with a slim, sprightly, acerbic attack on capitalism's love affair with bureaucracy, asking why the post-Soviet world has more paperwork, phone-trees and red-tape than ever, and why the

Just did a presentation on my work as a playwright here in Berlin at Berliner Festspiele: #Theatertreffen. I'm fortunate to have been approached by a publisher interested in publishing my work here in Germany. Meanwhile, Nigerian publishers still don't want to publish plays. 🤪

Discover the breathtaking beauty of Ekiti through the lens of heritage and progress! From the serene Ikogosi Warm Springs to the majestic Arinta Waterfall, the charm of Ilawe, Bashiri, and the bustling life of Bank Road, Doctor’s Quarters, and Obisesan. Every corner tells a

Through Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong'o words, he gave voice to the oppressed. Through his courage, he challenged systems. He taught us the power of language, memory and resistance. His stories live on in books, classrooms and in the hearts of generations. Rest in Power comrade!

The gang!!!!

I’m deeply skeptical of the AI hype because I’ve seen this all before. I’ve watched Silicon Valley chase the dream of easy money from data over and over again, and they always hit a wall. Story time.

Happy #WorldBicycleDay #chaingang #mtb

A subtle but increasingly pressing problem with AIs like ChatGPT is an overabundance of plausibly good answers. Ask the same question multiple times, and you get multiple, extremely persuasive takes: each well-reasoned, each compelling, with no real sense of which to trust.

Are you a true cyclist? #chaingang #mtb

*We Are Hiring at Ekiti International Cargo Airport* The Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport is expanding its team! Qualified professionals are invited to apply for key technical and administrative roles. Available Positions: Aviation Security Executive Aviation

On this day two years ago, Mohbad released his second EP, Blessed. He would suddenly die less than three months later. In the aftermath of his passing, the Yoruba proverb, death destroys wealth was brought to life, bringing out the beast in everyone involved, from family to

🇳🇬🕊️ Forever in our hearts, Dodo Mayana. We mourn the passing of legendary Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, a giant of Nigerian football and a 1994 AFCON champion. Your legacy lives on between the sticks and beyond. Rest well, Peter Rufai. 💚 #SuperEagles #AFCON

We had a splendid time engaging Ademola Adesola PhD, author of the book, Representation of Child Soldiers in Contemporary African Narratives last week Saturday at RovingHeights Bookstore, Landmark Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. #bookconversation #diaspora #childsoldiers

I have two poems from my long prose poem sequence The Good Immigrant in the Ownership Issue of Magma. I was honoured to read the poems yesterday at and to be in the company of such brilliant poets. Magma Poetry thank you to the editors, Danne Jobin & Paul Stephenson & Kathy Pimlott.

The most hardworking music writer & curator in Nigeria has written his review of Burna Boy’s eight studio album for my music newsletter, London Listening Sessions. I am grateful to t.m. for this propulsive piece. Please read & retweet. Share! open.substack.com/pub/damiajayi/…

Ó yá o! Ẹni bá ti sùn k'ó dìde o! Show us how well you understand yorùbá langauage, Name the item on the second slide and get #10,000. Kínni orúkọ tí àwọn baba wa n pé oun tí wọn fi n t'ukọ̀ yìí? Ìtó̩jú ède yorùbá, ojúṣe gbogbo wa ni o

You didn’t hear this from us, but the Old English word 'sibb' meant “related by blood.” This is where we get the 'sibling.' And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.” Over time, it came to mean "close friend." Now it is something we share w/ close friends... 'gossip.'

'Monosyllabic' is not. ‘Abbreviation’ is 12 letters. ‘Thesaurus’ doesn’t have a synonym. 'Non-hyphenated' is hyphenated. Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humor.