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@horneddaughter.bsky.social
Nwa Ekwensu. Psych student. Editor at The Republic Nigeria. Writing: AFRICA RISEN; Omenana Mag; GigaNotoSaurus Mag; Anathema Mag. Opinions own.
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HELL FOLLOWED WITH US x ADDIE LARUE—a dark sapphic romantic fantasy incorporating Christian symbolism & mysticism and Nigerian (Igbo) ontology & culture—in which an Igbo God of Chaos and Destruction tasks a suicidal young woman with convincing her from ending the world in seven days.
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#DVpit is 1 week away!
We're excited to have over 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from dozens of literary agencies and publishing imprints!
For the next week we'll be having a #DVparty to get hyped up for the event!
more info: dvpit.carrd.co
#writersky
We're excited to have over 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from dozens of literary agencies and publishing imprints!
For the next week we'll be having a #DVparty to get hyped up for the event!
more info: dvpit.carrd.co
#writersky
October 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#DVpit is 1 week away!
We're excited to have over 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from dozens of literary agencies and publishing imprints!
For the next week we'll be having a #DVparty to get hyped up for the event!
more info: dvpit.carrd.co
#writersky
We're excited to have over 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from dozens of literary agencies and publishing imprints!
For the next week we'll be having a #DVparty to get hyped up for the event!
more info: dvpit.carrd.co
#writersky
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does anyone know what the fuck to do or how to navigate this
my uncle got picked up by ICE
February 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
does anyone know what the fuck to do or how to navigate this
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“Devoir de mémoire”
Today in Senegal we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre, where Senegalese “tirailleurs”, as in former soldiers who fought to liberate France in both World Wars, were murdered by the French army for asking for their salaries and for better life conditions.
Today in Senegal we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre, where Senegalese “tirailleurs”, as in former soldiers who fought to liberate France in both World Wars, were murdered by the French army for asking for their salaries and for better life conditions.
Freshly translated: our primer on the Thiaroye massacre 80 years ago and the fight of the victims' families for truth and reparations (all of which have been denied by France so far)
Thiaroye 1944. The Final Shadows of a Colonial Massacre
In December 1944, in Senegal, the French army opened fire on African soldiers who were simply demanding their pay. Eighty years later, the number of victims and their burial site remain unknown. (…)
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December 1, 2024 at 11:40 AM
“Devoir de mémoire”
Today in Senegal we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre, where Senegalese “tirailleurs”, as in former soldiers who fought to liberate France in both World Wars, were murdered by the French army for asking for their salaries and for better life conditions.
Today in Senegal we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre, where Senegalese “tirailleurs”, as in former soldiers who fought to liberate France in both World Wars, were murdered by the French army for asking for their salaries and for better life conditions.
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Convincing you to read my sapphic book based on the character art… Did it work?
Artist: Marina Charalambides/ @emcaysea.bsky.social
Artist: Marina Charalambides/ @emcaysea.bsky.social
December 1, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Convincing you to read my sapphic book based on the character art… Did it work?
Artist: Marina Charalambides/ @emcaysea.bsky.social
Artist: Marina Charalambides/ @emcaysea.bsky.social
HELL FOLLOWED WITH US x ADDIE LARUE—a dark sapphic romantic fantasy incorporating Christian symbolism & mysticism and Nigerian (Igbo) ontology & culture—in which an Igbo God of Chaos and Destruction tasks a suicidal young woman with convincing her from ending the world in seven days.
December 1, 2024 at 7:08 PM
HELL FOLLOWED WITH US x ADDIE LARUE—a dark sapphic romantic fantasy incorporating Christian symbolism & mysticism and Nigerian (Igbo) ontology & culture—in which an Igbo God of Chaos and Destruction tasks a suicidal young woman with convincing her from ending the world in seven days.
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been a season of Ls & rejections😭Thanks to the Miles Morland Foundation for the support to work on a new project in a genre I’m calling Postcolonial Ngano about dictator Mugabe rising from the dead to rule forever set in a fictional country called New Zimbabwe :) congrats all!
November 22, 2024 at 11:04 PM
been a season of Ls & rejections😭Thanks to the Miles Morland Foundation for the support to work on a new project in a genre I’m calling Postcolonial Ngano about dictator Mugabe rising from the dead to rule forever set in a fictional country called New Zimbabwe :) congrats all!
Wrote 500 words today and I'm so proud that I've written something for the first time in weeks, bringing my draft from 30k to 31.2k!
November 22, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Wrote 500 words today and I'm so proud that I've written something for the first time in weeks, bringing my draft from 30k to 31.2k!
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Honored to have co-edited this exciting anthology alongside @dontcallmeliv.bsky.social and the @_WTBAP team. Working with these brilliant writers from all over Africa was utterly inspiring, and I’m grateful they trusted us with their work. These stories will stay with me—and you—forever✨
November 5, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Honored to have co-edited this exciting anthology alongside @dontcallmeliv.bsky.social and the @_WTBAP team. Working with these brilliant writers from all over Africa was utterly inspiring, and I’m grateful they trusted us with their work. These stories will stay with me—and you—forever✨
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2. Modern SF has more people from the global South than it used to. Our passports place us at certain disadvantages, yes. BUT - and I can’t stress how important this is - with a very few exceptions, none of us inhabiting these spaces are *oppressed* in any meaningful way.
October 26, 2024 at 10:00 PM
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