My novelette is out today and there are some poets I have to say thank you to for returning me back to words. First June Jordan, who asked the question, "What shall we do, we who did not die?"

Doesn’t matter, keep writing your little substacks that aren’t going to change the world. In the age of AI slop ruining the internet I will never take people writing about their silly little day for granted

May we all receive this in the spaces we are most excited about working in 🍄🌿🙌🏾

Does anyone know Mr. David Njagī tuombe ruhusa ya reprint? 🙏🏿

Qwani mentioned on The Rolling Stone magazine!! 🙈🙈

They shared an invaluable playlist that contains 5-minute historical summaries of each year since 1963. https://t.co/NtHnav3e4q #KenyanHistory #MakersOfANation

African writers shine at 2025 Ignyte Awards. Shingai Kagunda wins for "We Who Will Not Die," Wole Talabi nominated for Community Award, and Eugen Bacon's AFRO-CENTERED FUTURISMS wins Outstanding Creative Nonfiction✨ @Shingaibelike @WTalabi @EugenBacon https://t.co/IDzmcyks8s

Solange was onto something when she said “I can’t be a singular expression of myself. There are too many parts, too many spaces, too many manifestations, too many lines, too many curves, too many colors, too many flavors for me to be one thing.”

Oh Nairobi 💜. What an absolutely gorgeous morning! Glad i got my run in 🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️.

you can honor your parents AND break their patterns. you can love your culture AND question its traditions. you can respect your elders AND challenge their beliefs. gratitude and growth aren't mutually exclusive.

I'm moderating the Q&A at the screening of this beautiful narrative, ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU. Spanning 7 decades in a Palestinian family's life- starting before the Nakba, critics have called it “a modern masterpiece." Oct 21 in San Rafael at the Smith Rafael Film Center at 7pm.

This story has just won the 2025 #IgnyteAward for Outstanding Novelette! Huge congratulations to @Shingaibelike 🎉 An honour well deserved 👏🏾

Kenyans go to the polls on Tuesday. Here's a thread about one of the contenders for the presidency, @RailaOdinga. In the 1980s & 90s he played a key role in bringing down the dictatorship of Daniel arap Moi. Below: Raila speaks at a convention of opposition leaders, 1992. 1/

assata. miss major. d’angelo. 3 giants in monumentally different ways. incredibly sad losses.

indigenous characters in animation — the thread 🧵

My novelette We Who Will Not Die won the Ignyte Award this week. I am ecstatic! 🥰 Grateful that this world, characters, and ideas rooted in liberatory imagination are getting recognition. Many a thanks to the homies & beloveds who continue to root for my words on the page🪐🩵

🙏🏾 #ignyteawards Congratulations to all finalists! @fiyahlitmag @BloomsburyAcad, @AmyMartinOHNY, @aniyonsenga, @nerinedorman, @Shingaibelike, @spembleton @tobi_thedreamer @Xan_Writer

A moment of pure GOAT energy. Greatness recognizing greatness. Serena Williams 👑 Faith Kipyegon. You gotta LOVE this!

People will adopt American and UK accents but dare you be a fan of afrosinema lingo and suddenly it’s cliche? Wahalla for who no get colonialist braincells

On this day on 2004, the late Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

"They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died." "His grief was chasing him from room to room, begging him to spend some time alone with it." "He was so beautiful that he made the air around him dull" Day 5 of posting about #Nigerianliterature