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Soila Kenya
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🇰🇪 🇳🇬, africanist, womanist, 🏆 data journo at theawjp.org & pop-culturist @coldtakegeeks.bsky.social

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April 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Ummm... what the heck are the Mormons doing on Kenyan TV at prime time? They must have paid bazillions for a news time slot. But also...huh?!

On top of everything else, do we now have to deal with them making their move into the country 😫 if they've already not been here?! 😳
KTN LIVE STREAM: General conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
April 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Always look forward to the witty headlines and captions 😅
pH deed: A helicopter team pours lime into the Kafue river. Photo: Zambia Air Force
March 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Living in this country is like having the most unpleasant case of chronic deja vu 😩
R&R: Ruto and Raila, the two faces of Kenyan democracy. Photo: Simon Maina KENYA Another year, another handshake The threat of losing power and influence can make friendships flower where there were none. Kenya's political class are masters of spitting fire and fury one day then signing a partnership to "ease the prevailing tensions the next - or last Friday, to be specific. When Gen Z-led protests demanded change at the top, William Ruto looked like hed struggle to keep the presidency. But in his hour of need, former foe Raila Odinga, fresh off of his failure to run the African Union, started to get friendly. The two will now work hand-in-hand to run a country they were instrumental in screwing up.
March 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Pretty much this but for like...all the days of the week.
A comic strip with one character, looking worn out and tired, saying "What a week, huh?" and the other replying, "Captain, it's Wednesday."
March 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Apparently, today is International Writers' Day. Much love to all #africanlit writers 🧡 Especially #africansff 💙📚🪐 writers

Find them in this list and starterpack:

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African SFF authors starter pack
March 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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So many pop singers were meant to be rockstars 🥲
A YouTube Music screenshot of the rock remix of the song "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran and Bring Me the Horizon.
February 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Happy launch day to @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social Anthology Issue V! It's full of #africansff stories that really capture the zeitgeist. I highly recommend you pick up a copy 👌🏾

Thank you so much @dontcallmeliv.bsky.social for the review copy.

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Cover image of the Anthology. It features a man in an orange suit and dark hat standing in front of a blue sky with clouds. An afterimage of his face can be seen in the clouds.
January 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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"Davos dissed as rich list ditch Swiss tryst" say that 5 times fast. Damn, I love @thecontinent.org
A snipet of the latest issue of The Continent newspaper that reads: Davos dissed as rich list ditch Swiss tryst Fewer of the world's rich and powerful attended their annual retreat in Davos, Switzerland this year. New US President Donald Trump called in via Zoom, while China's President Xi Jinping and the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, were no-shows. Germany's chancellor, Olaf Scholz, was the only G7 head honcho present. On one hand, this meant fewer private jets revving carbon emissions into the atmosphere. On the other, it may be an early sign of nations withdrawing from international co-operation to look inward.
January 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Ushered in the New Year reading this thriller/horror Webtoon. It's so good I had to start it all over again 😩
Screenshot of the webtoon The Gwichon Village Mystery
January 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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How to extract every drop of dopamine from the gamified cesspit that we live in:
My Goodreads 2024 reading challenge with a set goal of 10 books and a completion rate of 880% aka I read 88 books.
December 31, 2024 at 4:17 AM
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Today on crazy AO3 author notes 😭
Notes: Sorry it took me SO long to update, I was getting disowned. (Yeah no, I wish I was joking)
December 26, 2024 at 4:15 AM
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So many scenarios lead me to this thought multiple times a year. And seeing as today is Jamhuri day (independence day) in Kenya 🇰🇪, it seems even more relevant...Anyway, keep hope alive and all that
A tweet that reads "that manifesto is so sloppy this can't be the same CIA that destabilised Africa."
December 12, 2024 at 9:54 AM
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I literally have 2 listening moods. When I'm depressed and I want to feel more depressed and when I'm depressed and I want to stop feeling depressed.
My YouTube Music recap of the year with sad rock and afrobeats as my most listened to genre; Evanescence, Linkin Park, Asake, Tina Savage etc...
December 8, 2024 at 11:27 AM
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Congratulations to @yvettel.bsky.social and Frances Ogamba for winning the Miles Morland writing scholarship to work on their #africansff stories! 🎉👏🏾
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The Miles Morland writing scholarship winners 2024 announcement The Miles Morland writing scholarship winners 2024 announcement
November 22, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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Linkin Park is back baybeeee 🤟🏾🗣 #fromzero
Screenshot of Linkin Park's new album From Zero
November 14, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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An offering of useful images from Udju Azul di Yonta [1992] directed by. Flora Gomes 😌
An image of a man and a woman with the words "I don't want to marry. Not you or anyone" An image of the same man and woman with the words "Go away! I want to be alone" An image of a man in a car talking to a woman and child outside the car saying, "What time is it, angel?" And she replies,"Time to behave yourself"
November 14, 2024 at 11:48 AM