Mandisi Nkomo
@darkcow.bsky.social
Drummer. Producer. Writer.
Find my work here: https://thedarkcow.com/
Shortlisted for the Toyin Falola Prize
Longlisted for the Nommo Awards
Stories in, The Best of World SciFi Vol 3, The Big Book of Cyberpunk, Omenana, AfroSF
Find my work here: https://thedarkcow.com/
Shortlisted for the Toyin Falola Prize
Longlisted for the Nommo Awards
Stories in, The Best of World SciFi Vol 3, The Big Book of Cyberpunk, Omenana, AfroSF
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What an Amazing Book Launch in London, UK! 🚀💫
Even with the cold and rain, London did not disappoint with all the love & support for Sauúti Terrors. Editors @genni.bsky.social Cheryl S. Ntumy,
& @stephenembleton.bsky.social were joined by fellow Sauúti Jude Umeh reading excerpts and great Q&A.
Even with the cold and rain, London did not disappoint with all the love & support for Sauúti Terrors. Editors @genni.bsky.social Cheryl S. Ntumy,
& @stephenembleton.bsky.social were joined by fellow Sauúti Jude Umeh reading excerpts and great Q&A.
February 6, 2026 at 7:07 AM
What an Amazing Book Launch in London, UK! 🚀💫
Even with the cold and rain, London did not disappoint with all the love & support for Sauúti Terrors. Editors @genni.bsky.social Cheryl S. Ntumy,
& @stephenembleton.bsky.social were joined by fellow Sauúti Jude Umeh reading excerpts and great Q&A.
Even with the cold and rain, London did not disappoint with all the love & support for Sauúti Terrors. Editors @genni.bsky.social Cheryl S. Ntumy,
& @stephenembleton.bsky.social were joined by fellow Sauúti Jude Umeh reading excerpts and great Q&A.
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🚀 An amazing night at the Flame Tree Press Sauúti Horrors anthology launch, where I caught @stephenembleton.bsky.social and @genni.bsky.social and met the wonderful Cheryl Ntumy and Jude Umeh.
This sci-fi universe is 100% African and bursting with detail. Get it today wherever you find your books!
This sci-fi universe is 100% African and bursting with detail. Get it today wherever you find your books!
February 6, 2026 at 9:47 AM
🚀 An amazing night at the Flame Tree Press Sauúti Horrors anthology launch, where I caught @stephenembleton.bsky.social and @genni.bsky.social and met the wonderful Cheryl Ntumy and Jude Umeh.
This sci-fi universe is 100% African and bursting with detail. Get it today wherever you find your books!
This sci-fi universe is 100% African and bursting with detail. Get it today wherever you find your books!
"Honestly I cant tell if it’s the phone, or just being older and better read, but all the propaganda has become increasingly cartoonish."
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
The Merry-Go-Round To Hell
“We’re all doing VR, every time we look at a screen. We have been for decades now. We just do it. We didn’t need the goggles, the gloves. It just happened. VR was an even more specific way we had o…
thedarkcow.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"Honestly I cant tell if it’s the phone, or just being older and better read, but all the propaganda has become increasingly cartoonish."
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thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
Yoh guys. We've been through a lot hey...
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Yoh guys. We've been through a lot hey...
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Happy Release Day! 🎉🍾🥂 Buy now. @sauutiverse.bsky.social, @flametree.bsky.social 💞
www.flametreepublishing.com/sauuti-terro...
www.flametreepublishing.com/sauuti-terro...
Sauúti Terrors Short Stories - Flame Tree Publishing
www.flametreepublishing.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Happy Release Day! 🎉🍾🥂 Buy now. @sauutiverse.bsky.social, @flametree.bsky.social 💞
www.flametreepublishing.com/sauuti-terro...
www.flametreepublishing.com/sauuti-terro...
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“Sauúti Terrors bursts at the seams with nightmares and endless possibilities. One who ventures into these tales does so at the risk of continuous delight in a unique assortment of Afrocentric worldbuilding, voices and storytelling craft.”
— @suyidavies.com
— @suyidavies.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“Sauúti Terrors bursts at the seams with nightmares and endless possibilities. One who ventures into these tales does so at the risk of continuous delight in a unique assortment of Afrocentric worldbuilding, voices and storytelling craft.”
— @suyidavies.com
— @suyidavies.com
Hey you! You should listen to this!
thedarkcow.bandcamp.com/album/19521-...
thedarkcow.bandcamp.com/album/19521-...
19521 Chaos, by The Dark Cow and Rap Man Gavin
7 track album
thedarkcow.bandcamp.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Hey you! You should listen to this!
thedarkcow.bandcamp.com/album/19521-...
thedarkcow.bandcamp.com/album/19521-...
Amazing.
youtu.be/P5eEA6JvoaE?...
youtu.be/P5eEA6JvoaE?...
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023) |Full Documentary | American Masters
YouTube video by PBS America
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Amazing.
youtu.be/P5eEA6JvoaE?...
youtu.be/P5eEA6JvoaE?...
I was there Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago when American propaganda became a clown show.
January 2, 2026 at 11:45 AM
I was there Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago when American propaganda became a clown show.
The War on Terror 2: War on Terror Harder.
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
The Merry-Go-Round To Hell
“We’re all doing VR, every time we look at a screen. We have been for decades now. We just do it. We didn’t need the goggles, the gloves. It just happened. VR was an even more specific way we had o…
thedarkcow.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
The War on Terror 2: War on Terror Harder.
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
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okay let’s try this again
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 AM
okay let’s try this again
This was a tough listen. Even more sinister when you consider the timing of the "ceasefire". It can be interpreted as Israel saying, we successfully destroyed and made Gaza inhospitable. Now there can be "peace".
youtu.be/RO-Lor_yndM?...
youtu.be/RO-Lor_yndM?...
‘Gaza Is Over, It’s Gone. There’s Nothing Left' | Aaron Bastani meets Norman Finkelstein
YouTube video by Novara Media
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This was a tough listen. Even more sinister when you consider the timing of the "ceasefire". It can be interpreted as Israel saying, we successfully destroyed and made Gaza inhospitable. Now there can be "peace".
youtu.be/RO-Lor_yndM?...
youtu.be/RO-Lor_yndM?...
Wrote about how William Gibson's Spook Country gave me memories of the early 2000s and The War on Terror, and how not much seems to have changed since.
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
The Merry-Go-Round To Hell
“We’re all doing VR, every time we look at a screen. We have been for decades now. We just do it. We didn’t need the goggles, the gloves. It just happened. VR was an even more specific way we had o…
thedarkcow.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Wrote about how William Gibson's Spook Country gave me memories of the early 2000s and The War on Terror, and how not much seems to have changed since.
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
I ranted. Merry Christmas.
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
The Merry-Go-Round To Hell
“We’re all doing VR, every time we look at a screen. We have been for decades now. We just do it. We didn’t need the goggles, the gloves. It just happened. VR was an even more specific way we had o…
thedarkcow.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I ranted. Merry Christmas.
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
thedarkcow.com/2025/12/23/t...
Did some drums for my brother @snotnozesaleem.bsky.social for his new EP with Hester Valentine. Heat rocks from them. 🫠
snotnozesaleem.bandcamp.com/track/tartar...
snotnozesaleem.bandcamp.com/track/tartar...
Tartar Steppe (ft. The Dark Cow), by Snotnoze Saleem and Hester Valentine
from the album Nipple Clamps
snotnozesaleem.bandcamp.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Did some drums for my brother @snotnozesaleem.bsky.social for his new EP with Hester Valentine. Heat rocks from them. 🫠
snotnozesaleem.bandcamp.com/track/tartar...
snotnozesaleem.bandcamp.com/track/tartar...
This dude talking about how there could simply be a bot that transfers your feed and community to another social media platform seemlessly is such a great reminder that it doesn't have to be this way. We have the technology for the internet to be an awesome place.
youtu.be/7wE8G-d7SnY?...
youtu.be/7wE8G-d7SnY?...
The Plan is to Make the Internet Worse. Forever. | Aaron Bastani Meets Cory Doctorow
YouTube video by Novara Media
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This dude talking about how there could simply be a bot that transfers your feed and community to another social media platform seemlessly is such a great reminder that it doesn't have to be this way. We have the technology for the internet to be an awesome place.
youtu.be/7wE8G-d7SnY?...
youtu.be/7wE8G-d7SnY?...
I guess it's Jack deJohnette all day today.
October 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I guess it's Jack deJohnette all day today.
We the rats, must have our feast.
October 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
We the rats, must have our feast.
Oof forgot how fucking awesome this album is.
October 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Oof forgot how fucking awesome this album is.
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Consider buying my new album, also available here on cassette and CD!
October 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Consider buying my new album, also available here on cassette and CD!
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Black Dahlia morning.
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Verminous by The Black Dahlia Murder on Apple Music
Album · 2020 · 10 Songs
music.apple.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Black Dahlia morning.
music.apple.com/za/album/ver...
music.apple.com/za/album/ver...