Ishmael
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Ishmael
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Nearly done with Chimamanda Ngozi's Half of a Yellow Sun. Will follow up probably with Dream Count next week
March 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Favourite book(s) of the year: The Three Body Problem trilogy.

Books I'm most looking forward to reading in 2025:
1. Dune
2. The Power Law
3. Homecoming, by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
4. African Legal Theory and Contemporary Problems
5. Revitalizing the World Trading System, by Alan Wolff
December 21, 2024 at 11:39 PM
"Must Black be king?"

Prescient. Required reading:
africasacountry.com/2020/09/beyo...
Beyond African royalty
Beyoncé, 'The Lion King,' 'Coming to America,' and the complicated politics of African representation in Black American cultural production.
africasacountry.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:30 PM
I’ve been interested in Africa’s future for a while now. And I thought our (pre-colonial) past would be instructive. A review of one of the best books I’ve read in the past 5 years. Much to come from this soon

ishmaelliwanda.medium.com/great-kingdo...
Great Kingdoms of Africa: A Book Review
My discovery of this book was serendipitous: Amid a short visit to Vienna, under the careful and enjoyable guidance of Marie, a dear friend and Viennese native, we entered a wonderful, antiquated…
ishmaelliwanda.medium.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Hello Bluesky? It’s good to be here. Grateful to my 4 followers, one of whom is probably a Cathie Wood bot but we don’t discriminate here
#firstskeet
November 17, 2024 at 9:53 PM