I am so thrilled to share with you the cover of my book Terminal Maladies, and also announce that it’s available for pre-order, if you’re interested, at the link below: autumnhouse.org/books/termin…

A little girl in Boston went home one day and asked her Nigerian mother if she could change her name to Zoe. Nobody at school could say Uzoamaka. Her mother was cooking. She didn't even turn around. "If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky, Michelangelo, and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka." That girl kept her name. Then she went to Hollywood and won three Emmy Awards. And now the whole world knows exactly how to say Uzoamaka Aduba. Your name is not a burden. It's a prophecy.

For my latest with the Common Reader Journal. I write about how Modern African Literature Confronts the Constraints of the Global Politics of Reading. commonreader.wustl.edu/moder…

Niyi Osundare 😭

I am sure this xenophobe is only talking about churches owned by African migrants. In his colonised mind, the Catholic Church, Mosques, Synagogues, Hindu Temples etc, are not foreign churches

don't use ai to write, use your childhood trauma like the rest of us

Una go leave politicians wey dey kill una daily dey attack queer people wey no do una anything I hate this country mehn

Nearly 60 years after the Nigerian Civil War, the BBC is set to release "Surviving Biafra," a documentary by Grammy-winning Nigerian director Meji Alabi. According to the BBC, the film features accounts from soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict. Out June 1. 🎬

He told us clearly that if he doesn't give us 24/7 electricity within 4 years, we shouldn't vote for him in 2027. Have you forgotten?

The dead are writing a diary of the living — just as we keep each day a diary called dying— every entry an exit. — Kevin Young

The sweltering Lagos summer interrupted my lunch of Jollof rice and bean cake

Interesting how Matt Damon and Lupita Nyong’o both have exactly the same amount of Greek heritage (none), but the Internet is only furious about one casting choice and not the other. Riddle me that.

I suspect AI will drive me off social media because you can't escape LLM-generated text on any platform and I don't want to read literally any of that (and my job requires me to read a lot of it already)

RT @henryleedasher: Take racism seriously. Take homophobia seriously. Take transphobia seriously.

Recently, I was initiated into the Divine Order of Ndị Dibịa who use Mgbọrọgwụ na mkpa akwụkwọ (roots and herbs) to heal and save lives. Carrying the Ukpa Mgbọrọgwụ/Ọgwụ and walking to the market and back, 🧵

He talked about Nigerian problems and you don't want the problems to talk back?

If you claim to be a critic, but refuse to apply critical thinking to the Bible and your religion, then your criticism is selective, not intellectual. Real criticism should examine everything, including sacred texts, with the same standards of logic, evidence, and scrutiny.

You understand how casual misogyny translates to femicide. You understand how racism leads to black deaths, in the streets, in medicine and in contact with law enforcement in places like the US. But suddenly you do not understand the connection between homophobia and gay people being killed. Difference of opinion and it is homophobia in a country that kills gay people. In a country where people will go to the funeral of a gay person who was murdered and celebrate. This is the difference of opinion you want to defend?

She co-founded a publishing house in Abuja in 2006 with no business training and no publishing background. Twenty years later Cassava Republic Press has offices in London, authors on international prize lists and a backlist that has shaped a generation of African readers. This interview is a masterclass in what conviction looks like over time. rpublc.com/story/2026/03/22/…

Progress report 😇 Immensely grateful to everyone who has shared and donated so far. Happy to announce that we have crossed the first milestone 🎊 The journey continues. Help me get there: gofundme.com/f/help-me-get-t…

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