The Black Hemingway

A generous profile of me by Olumide Afolase at @nigeriantribune. It's the first Nigerian publication to take a full-length shot at this, so the flowers are well-received. I appreciate it. In other news, I NEED a new headshot. This photo is 4 years old. tribuneonlineng.com/the-understate…

Sanchez.

The idea of Deyemi Okanlawon's character (in any film) being a writer is too ridiculous for me to pay any mind to, abeg 🤣

Congratulations to Hussain Ahmed, whose collection BLUE EXODUS has been shortlisted for The Derek Walcott Prize, awarded by @arrowsmithpress! The winner will be selected by Ishion Hutchinson & announced in October. Read the announcement at arrowsmithpress.com/walcott.

On Thursday, July 17, 2025, my friend Hussain Ahmed sent me a Daily Mail article written by Sonya Gugliara headlined, “Straight white author’s career finally takes off after he tells woke publishers he’s gender queer Nigerian.” flaminghydra.com/the-poetry-swi…

Lmao

Add Vini and Bellingham too, then you'd have your answer.

As someone who has studied domestic slavery in Africa for years, nothing irks me like people who try to suggest that somehow some people were better because they didn't ship off slaves to the Europeans or that they didn't do human sacrifice. You know how many died during raids???

Thanks for all the (public and private) recommendations. I'm diving in, and there are particular records that pique my interest. Btw, if I send Ogranya's "Swing" or "In My Dreams Last Night" to you, then that's me saying my intentions aren't exactly pure.

Do Ogranya and Tay Iwar have a song together? Sacrilegious, if they don't.

All in my lifetime. We went from Naira higher in value than the dollar because of our oil exports to countries like America, to the 1,600 Naira to the dollar and being an importer of crude oil from America. All from stupid policies and boundless greed.

First of all, that child is far too young to be working for anyone. Secondly, madam, mocking a kid for being poor is low, nasty, shite behavior. Thirdly, that unappetizing spaghetti you’re serving her isn’t luxury. Heaven ko, paradise ni. We know your type

You murdered a crow??? Good luck, man. You go need am.

European what now?

Are we platforming wife-beaters now?

No amount is too small to donate!

All this obsession with a "fraud" who "came a distant third"? Puzzling.

Funke Akindele knows the game.

"Mama I'm Coming Home" hits so different now. The idea of Ozzy Osbourne doing something as cliché as dying is just something that doesn't sound...cool. He was one of those guys who had an inexplicable aura that just made obituaries seem incongruous.