Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún
@kolatubosun.bsky.social
Writer and linguist. Co-editor "Best Literary Translations." Watch "Ebrohimie Road" at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/ebrohimieroad
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Ten years before Nigeria’s civil war, an expat academic waved the flag for African writing by launching the Black Orpheus journal. From 1957 to 1967, Ulli Beier united a clamour of voices in different tongues, bound beneath strikingly graphic covers.
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/black-...
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How Black Orpheus magazine shaped modern African literature
The 1960s periodical Black Orpheus united authors behind strikingly graphic covers. Now, its entire archive is available to view online
www.worldofinteriors.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Ten years before Nigeria’s civil war, an expat academic waved the flag for African writing by launching the Black Orpheus journal. From 1957 to 1967, Ulli Beier united a clamour of voices in different tongues, bound beneath strikingly graphic covers.
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/black-...
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/black-...
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"A roundtable on translation, community, and the work that connects us, with the editors of the Best Literary Translations 2025."
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
BOMB Magazine | Noh Anothai, Wendy Call, Öykü Tekten, and Kọ́lá…
A roundtable on translation, community, and the work that connects us, with the editors of the Best Literary Translations 2025 .
bombmagazine.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"A roundtable on translation, community, and the work that connects us, with the editors of the Best Literary Translations 2025."
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
Ten years before Nigeria’s civil war, an expat academic waved the flag for African writing by launching the Black Orpheus journal. From 1957 to 1967, Ulli Beier united a clamour of voices in different tongues, bound beneath strikingly graphic covers.
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/black-...
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/black-...
How Black Orpheus magazine shaped modern African literature
The 1960s periodical Black Orpheus united authors behind strikingly graphic covers. Now, its entire archive is available to view online
www.worldofinteriors.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Ten years before Nigeria’s civil war, an expat academic waved the flag for African writing by launching the Black Orpheus journal. From 1957 to 1967, Ulli Beier united a clamour of voices in different tongues, bound beneath strikingly graphic covers.
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/black-...
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/black-...
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TODAY: @kolatubosun.bsky.social on the exquisite artistry of Benin and the opening of a new West African art museum, which was "scuttled by protesters connected to the Ọba of Benin, who stormed the museum, insulting attendees and demanding that they leave." flaminghydra.com/issue-443/#b...
Troubled troves
Kọla Túbọsún on the entwined beauty and tragedy of Benin’s looted treasures
flaminghydra.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
TODAY: @kolatubosun.bsky.social on the exquisite artistry of Benin and the opening of a new West African art museum, which was "scuttled by protesters connected to the Ọba of Benin, who stormed the museum, insulting attendees and demanding that they leave." flaminghydra.com/issue-443/#b...
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History reaches into the present day as the treasures of Benin fall into limbo, with warring museums, Nigerian royals, and state actors all pressing their own claims.
Riveting tale beautifully told from @kolatubosun.bsky.social
flaminghydra.com/issue-443/
Riveting tale beautifully told from @kolatubosun.bsky.social
flaminghydra.com/issue-443/
Troubled troves
Kọla Túbọsún on the entwined beauty and tragedy of Benin’s looted treasures
flaminghydra.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
History reaches into the present day as the treasures of Benin fall into limbo, with warring museums, Nigerian royals, and state actors all pressing their own claims.
Riveting tale beautifully told from @kolatubosun.bsky.social
flaminghydra.com/issue-443/
Riveting tale beautifully told from @kolatubosun.bsky.social
flaminghydra.com/issue-443/
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Religion, money, regional divisions, and volatile politics have produced a combustible situation in Nigeria—one that could turn into a roaring fire if the U.S. chooses to intervene, Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún writes.
Why Is Trump Suddenly Talking About Invading Nigeria?
A U.S. military intervention would be a disaster in an already divided country.
foreignpolicy.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Religion, money, regional divisions, and volatile politics have produced a combustible situation in Nigeria—one that could turn into a roaring fire if the U.S. chooses to intervene, Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún writes.
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Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
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Zohran has already gotten 250k more votes than Eric Adams did 4 years ago when he was hailed as the future of the Democratic Party.
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Zohran has already gotten 250k more votes than Eric Adams did 4 years ago when he was hailed as the future of the Democratic Party.
"A roundtable on translation, community, and the work that connects us, with the editors of the Best Literary Translations 2025."
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
BOMB Magazine | Noh Anothai, Wendy Call, Öykü Tekten, and Kọ́lá…
A roundtable on translation, community, and the work that connects us, with the editors of the Best Literary Translations 2025 .
bombmagazine.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"A roundtable on translation, community, and the work that connects us, with the editors of the Best Literary Translations 2025."
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
A U.S. military intervention would be a disaster in an already divided country. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/03/t...
Why Is Trump Suddenly Talking About Invading Nigeria?
A U.S. military intervention would be a disaster in an already divided country.
foreignpolicy.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A U.S. military intervention would be a disaster in an already divided country. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/03/t...
Crossing Borders: Spotlight on Literary Translation (talk at Boston's Center in Forced Displacement. April 2025)
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Crossing Borders: Spotlight on Literary Translation - ktravula - a travelogue!
Talk given at Boston University’s annual conference on Forced Displacement. April 7, 2025 Good afternoon everyone. Like you, I’ve been watching the news. And when I got the invitation to participate...
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November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Crossing Borders: Spotlight on Literary Translation (talk at Boston's Center in Forced Displacement. April 2025)
www.ktravula.com/2025/11/cros...
www.ktravula.com/2025/11/cros...
African Literature in Translation after Ngugi -- a conversation at the New York Black and African Literature Festival.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCF0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCF0...
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
African Literature in Translation after Ngugi -- a conversation at the New York Black and African Literature Festival.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCF0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCF0...
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Hear ye, @flaminghydra.com subscribers! Just a few hours left in HYDRANYM game No. 22 on the theme:
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October 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hear ye, @flaminghydra.com subscribers! Just a few hours left in HYDRANYM game No. 22 on the theme:
INVITATION
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INVITATION
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ALSO TODAY: @kolatubosun.bsky.social in conversation with Afrobeat pioneer Sandra Izsadore. “Remember I was the one who told him to sing about change through music.” flaminghydra.com/godmothering...
Godmothering Afrobeat
Recently I started listening to Fear No Man, a new podcast series by Barack Obama’s Higher Ground. Hosted by Jad Abumrad, the creator of Radiolab, it tells the story of the invention of Afrobeat, whic...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
ALSO TODAY: @kolatubosun.bsky.social in conversation with Afrobeat pioneer Sandra Izsadore. “Remember I was the one who told him to sing about change through music.” flaminghydra.com/godmothering...
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Howard French and Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún | The Second Emancipation | NYBALF 2025 Keynotes & Conversations.
“French joins writer, linguist, and cultural historian Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún for a compelling conversation on the historical and contemporary contexts of pan-diasporic solidarity…”
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“French joins writer, linguist, and cultural historian Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún for a compelling conversation on the historical and contemporary contexts of pan-diasporic solidarity…”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZarM...
Howard French and Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún | The Second Emancipation | NYBALF 2025 Keynotes & Conversations
YouTube video by New York Black and African Literature Festival
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October 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Howard French and Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún | The Second Emancipation | NYBALF 2025 Keynotes & Conversations.
“French joins writer, linguist, and cultural historian Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún for a compelling conversation on the historical and contemporary contexts of pan-diasporic solidarity…”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZarM...
“French joins writer, linguist, and cultural historian Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún for a compelling conversation on the historical and contemporary contexts of pan-diasporic solidarity…”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZarM...
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#nowreading Best Literary Translations 2025 published by Deep Vellum Publishing in Dallas, TX
So far, my favorite story is “Of Wood and Hallucinatiton" by Mansoura Ez-Eldin, first published by The Markaz Review @markaz-review.bsky.social
So far, my favorite story is “Of Wood and Hallucinatiton" by Mansoura Ez-Eldin, first published by The Markaz Review @markaz-review.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
#nowreading Best Literary Translations 2025 published by Deep Vellum Publishing in Dallas, TX
So far, my favorite story is “Of Wood and Hallucinatiton" by Mansoura Ez-Eldin, first published by The Markaz Review @markaz-review.bsky.social
So far, my favorite story is “Of Wood and Hallucinatiton" by Mansoura Ez-Eldin, first published by The Markaz Review @markaz-review.bsky.social
This was quite fun to do.
I did a conversation about my book, The Second Emancipation, with Kola Tubosun, at Africa House, in Harlem. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZarM...
October 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This was quite fun to do.
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I did a conversation about my book, The Second Emancipation, with Kola Tubosun, at Africa House, in Harlem. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZarM...
October 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I did a conversation about my book, The Second Emancipation, with Kola Tubosun, at Africa House, in Harlem. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZarM...
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Author and activist Zukiswa Wanner talks with @kolatubosun.bsky.social about being captured with the Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza
and @emilyflake.bsky.social observes 'Charlie Kirk Day'
today at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-422/
and @emilyflake.bsky.social observes 'Charlie Kirk Day'
today at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-422/
Abduction afloat / Day of remembrance
Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún talks with released Sumud Flotilla captive Zukiswa Wanner; Emily Flake’s notes on a new holiday
flaminghydra.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Author and activist Zukiswa Wanner talks with @kolatubosun.bsky.social about being captured with the Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza
and @emilyflake.bsky.social observes 'Charlie Kirk Day'
today at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-422/
and @emilyflake.bsky.social observes 'Charlie Kirk Day'
today at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-422/
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Zukiswa Wanner: “What most people don’t know is 33,000 people applied to be in that flotilla. That’s how outraged the people of the world are.”
October 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Zukiswa Wanner: “What most people don’t know is 33,000 people applied to be in that flotilla. That’s how outraged the people of the world are.”
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Fine essay on hysterical language fetishes: "I Say Owambe and You Say Owa N’be" by Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, from Flaming Hydra
flaminghydra.com/issue-411/#i...
flaminghydra.com/issue-411/#i...
Angry letters
The politics of spelling, with Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún
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September 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Fine essay on hysterical language fetishes: "I Say Owambe and You Say Owa N’be" by Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, from Flaming Hydra
flaminghydra.com/issue-411/#i...
flaminghydra.com/issue-411/#i...
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TODAY: @kolatubosun.bsky.social in conversation with newly released flotilla captive Zukiswa Wanner. “The sooner we realize that what happens there affects the rest of us, the better.” flaminghydra.com/a-flotilla-c...
A Flotilla Captive, Released
Zukiswa Wanner is a South African writer who lives in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2020, she became the first African woman to receive the Goethe-Medaille, a prize given to “non-Germans who have performed outst...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
TODAY: @kolatubosun.bsky.social in conversation with newly released flotilla captive Zukiswa Wanner. “The sooner we realize that what happens there affects the rest of us, the better.” flaminghydra.com/a-flotilla-c...
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TODAY: @kolatubosun.bsky.social on the surprisingly harsh politics word choice. “After a while I saw the tone of the conversation growing increasingly militant” flaminghydra.com/i-say-owambe...
I Say Owambe and You Say Owa N’be
a fiery writer-owned cooperative
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September 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
TODAY: @kolatubosun.bsky.social on the surprisingly harsh politics word choice. “After a while I saw the tone of the conversation growing increasingly militant” flaminghydra.com/i-say-owambe...
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