I am thrilled to share with you what may be the singular most important essay I produce in my journey as an undergrad. In Tongues, I negotiate my postcolonial identity through naming and language in a very specific context. Do read:
https://t.co/k3oTiqMn41
About halfway through. I like it very much. I like the eloquent sadness of it, the quiet unravelling. I find the writing more mature than what I encountered in Little Rot.
This week I've read Jude Dibia's Walking With Shadows and Buki Papillon's An Ordinary Wonder, and I just cannot get over how do much of the world is so averse to difference...
It's hardly any fault of hers but I can't just get past the niggling feeling that these characters don't feel true. Also, why is a maid in early 90s Ibadan called Emily?
Something interesting is happening with Buki Papillon's characterisation in An Ordinary Wonder (asides the principal character). Her characterisation is what she imagines these people she's writing about will sound like and act like but it doesn't ring true...
This has made me believe all the more in the power and necessity of reading and consumption of any media whose duty is not only to inform but to challenge our small minds and blithe comfort.
This week I've read Jude Dibia's Walking With Shadows and Buki Papillon's An Ordinary Wonder, and I just cannot get over how do much of the world is so averse to difference...
Why is the response always a fierce resistance and attempt to stifle instead of a stepping back to understand, to see through another lens that is not yours?
I am thrilled to share with you what may be the singular most important essay I produce in my journey as an undergrad. In Tongues, I negotiate my postcolonial identity through naming and language in a very specific context. Do read:
https://t.co/k3oTiqMn41
A dream commission. I wrote a long feature for The Guardian on how to read classic novels, with a pic of my whippet Dizzy included for good measure.
https://t.co/7Z9a06p0Ti
“Calling anything Orwellian is now Orwellian, but Orwell is still worth reading.”
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this. Loved the cheeky turns of phrases, too.
A dream commission. I wrote a long feature for The Guardian on how to read classic novels, with a pic of my whippet Dizzy included for good measure.
https://t.co/7Z9a06p0Ti
@jegaevi I think the key is to start simple. Write the little sentences that come in response to the art you’re experiencing while still on it. At the end you’d have something small that encapsulates all of your thoughts which you can then reread and flesh out.
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On the 5th of June, the first half of the Umuofia Arts and Books Festival will
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Why do we let western influence affect our storytelling?
Set your reminder. You definitely do no want to miss this conversation! 🛖
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