Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu

Flame Tree Writer | Essayist | Economist

[Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu @Mubarak_AMT]

Just one word for @FatimaAbbakaka: relentless!

[Masobe Books @masobebooks]

GUESS WHO’S BACK: FATIMA BALA!

COVER REVEAL

Some lies protect us. Some lies destroy us. Most lies do both.

The Lies We Tell is a fierce, dazzling, heartbreaking collection of stories set across the motor parks, matrimonial bedrooms, and candlelit hostels of Northern Nigeria.

[Journal of African Youth Literature @JAY_Literature]

[REVIEW] Layers of Avarice: A Review of Hussani Abdulrahim (@Hussaniabdul4)’s Zama Short (@zama1short) Story, “Gold-Plated Boy”—by Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu (@Mubarak_AMT)

https://t.co/GT4vg3yHVq

[D'LitReview @dlitreview]

"My fellowship at the Freedom Vibes Academy provided a mentorship opportunity with Dr Kafayat Shafau-Ameh, best known by her stage name, Kaffy. From the very first minute, I was awestruck, not by her celebrity status as a choreographer..."

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[D'LitReview @dlitreview]

"28 short personal essays, 36 photos, and five blank pages made up Carl Terver’s photo book, Glory to the Sky. It is sleek and seductive. It rouses the Default Mode Network to stand erect..."

https://t.co/vI7aAE8RoU

[Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu @Mubarak_AMT]

In a reaction to this my review of @NikkiOMay's This Motherless Land, my friend @izangalex said the National Orientation Agency should take the book in operation rebrand Nigeria's image. It's such massive PR for our country.

[D'LitReview @dlitreview]

"This coming-of-age story grapples with themes of racism, culture, belonging, and the meaning of home. A family saga that culminates with the analogy of the meek shall inherit the earth..."

https://t.co/nuEf5fHkix

[Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu @Mubarak_AMT]

I started reading @carlterver's Glory to the Sky last night and I can't believe that all my mind is capable of doing today is contemplating upon the cosmos.

[Unchained Vibes Africa @UvAfrica]

Excellence unlocked.

One Winner. Two Outstanding Runner-ups.
Freedom Vibes Academy 2025. Impact starts here.

#unchainedvibesafrica #fva2025 #kano #views #winners #explorepage #art #impact

[Unchained Vibes Africa @UvAfrica]

10 DAYS TO THE FREEDOM VIBES SUMMIT!

Get ready for powerful conversations, creative energy, and transformative connections. Stay ready.

#fyp #unchainedvibesafrica #summit #creativeimpact #youthvoices #freedom #countdown #nigeria

[Sarah Adeyemo @SarahInkspires]

The incredible Ake Arts and Book Festival 2025, and I'm still on a high! Met some truly inspiring writers who left me in awe.🥺🥺🥺🥺❤🤍❤

@lolashoneyin
@ZainabBobi
@sodiqoyekan
@Mubarak_AMT
@akefestival
@JAY_Literature

[Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu @Mubarak_AMT]

The moment when @akefestival curator @lolashoneyin recognises me in the crowd and offers hug and smile. Pricesless 😍

[D'LitReview @dlitreview]

"Dedicated to her brother, LKC, with whom she said “together we made it to the shore” and her mother, Mary Roy, “who never let it be,” Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me is one of the most anticipated memoirs of the year..."

https://t.co/OHvKC0Blgk

[Journal of African Youth Literature @JAY_Literature]

A Case for Necessary Evil in Ikenna Okeh (@IkennaOkeh)’s They Killed Ahmet—by Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu (@Mubarak_AMT)

https://t.co/i4Rv8qzlhw

[Journal of African Youth Literature @JAY_Literature]

KAPFEST (@Kanopoetryfest) 2.0: The Three Days of Cultural Immersion in Kano—by Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu (@Mubarak_AMT)

https://t.co/DhC8nrKVo2

[Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu @Mubarak_AMT]

See ehm, @akefestival is global, but the way @Kanopoetryfest "shook its small nyash," the mighty Aké would have to play a catch-up to trump it as the most exciting literary event in Nigeria this year. Those who were there will understand me.

[D'LitReview @dlitreview]

"I’ve read When We Were Fireflies, a book of 409 pages, three times, and it’s not yet three years old. “No book is worth reading once,” said García Márquez, “if it is not worth reading many times.”..." https://t.co/nYYEjEBJWv

[Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu @Mubarak_AMT]

@dthirdspace Nooo. She is reading the metamorphosis of Ozovehe into a rabbit!

[Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu @Mubarak_AMT]

@dthirdspace Nana, the Nashitaat took Amal from us, should we expect a sequel where the Nazi'aat would mercilessly kill Alhaji?

[D'LitReview @dlitreview]

"“Run, Àjàyí, Run” is the apprehensive and lyrical title of the opening part of the posthumously published Biyi Bándélé’s Yorùbá Boy Running. When readers reach the passage that reveals the context of the phrase, one hardly escapes the nostalgia..."

https://t.co/uf06S17IRm

[Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu @Mubarak_AMT]

“Literature is anguish,” Coates argues, but its ultimate gift is enlightenment.

I reviewed @TaNehisiCoats's The Message. Enjoy.

[D'LitReview @dlitreview]

"The last time I read a polemical book with the same intensity and audacity as The Message was in January 2021, when I read Between the World and Me. And guess what? Ta-Nehisi Coates authored both books!..."

https://t.co/zrSfUlfrhP

[Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu @Mubarak_AMT]

@akazahrab @TJBenson_ He blurbed "utter mesmerism" for Sidi's Dakaskus. And that's the best phrase that captures his own The Madhouse!

[Ahmad Mubarak Tanimu @Mubarak_AMT]

I have never read @TJBenson_ until two days ago. What a writer!

In Nigeria, the North doesn't have a lot of elite writers, but all our writers in the limelight, I dare say, are world-class.