Dami Ajayi
@JollyPaps1
semi-retired music journo, author, psychiatrist, poet, person
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. @magmapoetry thank you to the editors, @DrDanne & @stephenson_pj & Kathy Pimlott.
“A review is as capacious as the mind—and the audacity—of a critic” 👌🏿
“When media companies quiet or subordinate voices that meet art where it happens… a decline in enthusiasm for the arts, and for arts journalism, becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.” h/t @JollyPaps1 newyorker.com/culture/the-le…
“And what a review embodies, above all, is one viewer’s experience of it. The essence of the review is evaluation, which of course doesn’t imply the crude simplicity of a thumbs-up or thumbs-down. (There’s a special pleasure for critics in hearing from readers who are unsure…
Every editor and tastemaker, especially those who work in culture, particularly in Nigeria, needs to read that Brody New Yorker essay.
Every editor and tastemaker, especially those who work in culture, particularly in Nigeria, needs to read that Brody New Yorker essay.
culturecustodian.com/to-kill-a-monk… Awash with meandering dialogue, untethered scenes, and lengthy exposition, finishing the show feels like an act of creative endurance. @SeyiVortex wan kee Kemo Lala
The Times's reassignment of four critics is one thing, but its downgrading of the so-called traditional review is altogether another: newyorker.com/culture/the-le…
“The devil you know is better than the devil you about to know”
I've never hidden my love for @pamilerinjacob's poetry. He does magic with language. And he's a staunch promoter of the literary art. My first collaboration on a book was with him. PJ needs your support to make his Global Talent dream come alive. Thanks gofund.me/e016904b
“each time I take a look at the kenyan bracelet on my wrist, i am confronted with the possibility that kenya might never be the same again after ruto’s presidency.” my reflection on the protests in kenya for @TIME time.com/7305203/willia…
The compelling thing about A-Q is that he would always find the nodes of vulnerability to revisit over and over again.
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Anyone who's sung bass in a four-part harmony setup might appreciate P.Priime's: 1.Selection of the doowop-inflected sample 2.Reworking the sample to add a new bass line&foreground it 3.The composition of the bass line 4.Contrapuntal and unisonal aspects of the background vocals
“The African Literature Ecosystem Used to Be Unstoppable. What Went Wrong?” For @OkayAfrica I spent the past twoo months trying to answer that in my latest feature filled with incredible insight from @TroyOnyango @JollyPaps1 @jyte12 and @Judith_Atibi bit.ly/44WR9Wh
better to archive bad poems alongside the good than to have no treasury from the past at all. always delighted to find a poet I've never heard writing beautiful poetry. something that would be impossible in a culture nonchalant about archiving.
My Top 10 Summer Songs of 2025 - African Music Edition 1 @davido - With you ft. @Omah_Lay 2 @moliymusic - Shake it to the Max(fly) 3 @MasterKGsa Goon flavour @Eemoh_ - Ngishutheni 4 @ciza_sa @Jazzworx1 Thukuthela - Isaka(6am) 5 @chellaboi1 - My Darling
Nora Awolowo on Breaking Nollywood’s Box-Office Record at 26 & Being A Voice for Young Filmmakers | BellaNaija bellanaija.com/2025/07/nora-a…
In the speerit of Nigerian solidarity 😂
All music over pitchfork from time. allmusic.com/blog/post/open… as you were
Naija Street Hop Classics •@TheAfricanChina -Mr President 05 • Marvelous Benjy - Swo rmx 05 • @IamTerryg - Free Madness 08 • Daddy Showkey - Diana 99 • Konga - Kabakaba 2010 •@IamReminisce - Kaako Bi Chicken 2011 • @jahbless - Jor o 2010 • @iam_smalldoctor -Penalty 2016
I have followed the work of @pamilerinjacob, and his resilience in doing this life thing is astounding. For the art blog of BJPsych International, Muses, he once wrote that resilience, for him, is ‘the shape of a lyric’. Pamilerin has been awarded the prestigious UK Global…
The Anatomy of Silence & Other Poems – Dami Ajayi lolwe.org/the-anatomy-of…