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Author | Dramaturge | Filmmaker | Ọmọlúwàbí.

Passionately researching African Cinema and its peculiarities.

Alumnus: @oou_agoiwoye & @pau_nigeria

[MOA 🖊 @MO_ADELEYE]

May whoever has the ear of the war monger kindly lullaby his temper🙏

Tell him that the knife has no gain in the meat it chops.
The silence that trails a war is not peace, but unvoiced cries of those who have lost too many to wail over.
The real war is the later quest of WHY?

[Black Journals @blackJournals01]

An entire county was ethnically cleansed in America. Forsyth County, Georgia, 1912.

Night riders burned homes and churches until eleven hundred Black residents fled, abandoning land their families had worked for generations. The county stayed almost entirely white for seventy-five years.

When marchers returned in 1987, they were attacked with rocks and bottles, on camera. It's one of 150 documented cases in our book, 150 Crimes Against Black America They Never Answered For. Link below
https://t.co/V6OJtayKnF

[Azlannnn @Shaibu_AO]

When Your Two Daughters Make You Proud

This is for those men who believe having only female children is a bad omen

These two pictures tell a wonderful story

The first picture is the newly elected first female President of NBA Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya SAN

The second is the Minister of Industry and Invesment Mrs Oduwole , the junior sister to Oyinkansola

They're both daughters of my Former Vice Chancellor at LASU, Late Prof Afolabi Olumide ( 1st LASU VC )

Prof Olumide was so loved during our time at LASU

He was a Professor of Medicine and a old boy of Igbobi College Yaba

Congratulations to worthy ladies

Ckn

[Agabus is HER |Ops VA @FineAgabus]

Happy birthday to the man who fought another lecturer who wanted sex over my hard work as a student. A lecturer boldly failed me because I refused a visit. He was known for it. I was in 200 level then. I saw the disappointment on my professor's face because this was someone he helped.

When the information got to my professor, he took immediate action.

On the agreed date for the hearing, I got into the room with my previous results on the table. All I heard was, "It cannot be Blessing. Dr, something is wrong. She wrote all of these in the past. She is diligent. It can't be my daughter. Dismiss this."

Although it was too late for the portal to change the verdict online, I am glad my innocence was proven. All my scripts magically reappeared. And the next generation after me has not had to deal with such an element. I saw my script. I did not fail, as written by the man who lacks self-discipline.

I have not forgotten how you stood up for me, Sir. You made sure whoever did this paid heavily for it. It is 5 years after graduation but everything is still new in my heart.

Professor Modo gave me access to his library. He encouraged me to be steadfast. He has not forgotten me. He spoke to me early this year and told me to further my studies since I am well now.

Throughout the time I was sick, he was always talking to me. He would say, "When you are ready, go to this institution and tell XYZ that you are from me."

Thank you, my amiable Professor Innocent Modo. You stood up for so many. You shielded many with school fees and feeding money. I witnessed it as a student then. May God keep shielding you, Sir.

[SRJ @Fum1en]

Muslims pray using Arabic, but simply because Ibrahim Traore rejected Sharia Law in French, Arabs have been throwing all kinds of insults, calling him a slave for still speaking the language of his colonial masters.

In the end, the world sees us as slaves and everyone is just trying to be the owner.

[Shola 👑 @itsSh0la]

During C0vid, streaming became a thing. Speed was just 15, started streaming under his mom’s roof, she didn’t want him to, so he got kicked out. Now he’s one of the biggest streamers in the world.

Just yesterday, he performed at the FIFA World Cup Final in front of an estimated 1.8 billion viewers.

If you take every lesson your parents give you, you might just become like them and not go farther than them. You have to disobey them sometimes, and do what feels right to you. They have their dreams, you have yours too. And most times, what they want for you will always be the safe route, safety doesn’t guarantee massive breakthrough. It just feels safe. And anyone who doesn’t want to live average, you have to take risks, you can’t always play it safe. You can’t always do everything your parents say.

It is okay to listen to them, but after all been said, you pick the one that’s useful to you, and discard the rest for your own good.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

For all you fancy boys and girls who say
'fracture' instead of 'break'
'larceny' instead of 'theft'
'interrogate' instead of 'ask'

You can thank the Battle of Hastings (1066).
🧵⬇️

[MOA 🖊 @MO_ADELEYE]

Post-2022, they said we are AI academic writers.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

For all you fancy boys and girls who say
'fracture' instead of 'break'
'larceny' instead of 'theft'
'interrogate' instead of 'ask'

You can thank the Battle of Hastings (1066).
🧵⬇️

[MOA 🖊 @MO_ADELEYE]

@akinalabi @Mr_reguard Ibadan traditional gunslinger

[Pelé @Pele]

@Cristiano, que bela jornada você está tendo! Eu te admiro muito e isso não é segredo para ninguém. Parabéns por quebrar o meu recorde de gols em partidas oficiais. Deixo essa foto em sua homenagem, com muito carinho, como símbolo de uma amizade que já existe há muitos anos.

[agsobaglobalofficial @agsobacec]

2026 118th Founder's Day was a wrap!

#agsoba

[ADEWUYI Roseline Adebimpe @AdewuyiRoseline]

If you spend as much time searching for opportunities as you spend scrolling social media, your future may look very different.

[Man of Letters. @Letter_to_Jack]

I forgot to update you guys on this situation:

Based on the feedback received on this post, the Ogun state govt has address the concerns.

Road warning signs have now been installed before the speed breakers on both sides.

The speed breakers have also been painted with yellow lines to improve visibility from distance.

The repair of the potholes in Oke-Ilewo has also begun. Opic roundabout and CBN road has been fixed. Other areas to be completed this week.

Mo wi re, Abi mi o wi re?

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

When a Cherokee woman wanted a divorce, she just put her husband's belongings outside—and that was legally binding. No lawyers. No judges. No permission from male relatives. If she decided the marriage was over, she gathered his things, placed them on the doorstep, and he left. Because in Cherokee society, women owned the houses. The land. The food. The tools. Everything in them.

When European colonizers arrived in what is now the southeastern United States, they were shocked. They expected a world where men ruled, and women obeyed. Instead, they found a society where women held real power. Cherokee women sat in councils alongside men, debating war, treaties, and tribal policies. Some earned the title of "Beloved Women" or "War Women," a position of authority so great their words could spare prisoners’ lives or decide whether the nation went to battle. Nancy Ward, one of the most famous Beloved Women, negotiated directly with colonists and influenced decisions during the Revolutionary War era.

But power wasn’t only political. Cherokee society was matrilineal: identity came from the mother’s clan, children belonged to their mother’s family, and property passed from mother to daughter. When a couple married, the husband moved into his wife’s home. If he failed as a father or husband, her brothers—not his male relatives—held authority over him.

Irish trader James Adair, living among the Cherokee in the 1700s, was scandalized. He called it a “petticoat government,” unable to imagine a world where women weren’t property. Yet women weren’t just making laws—they ran the economy. They cultivated corn, beans, and squash, the “Three Sisters” that fed the nation. They wove baskets that held water, tanned hides into soft leather, built houses, and raised children. They preserved stories, dances, and traditions that kept Cherokee identity alive. Men hunted, fished, and fought—but the women controlled the distribution of food. Men might provide, but women decided its fate.

This wasn’t utopia. There was hierarchy, conflict, rules. But it worked on a fundamentally different principle: women and men were different but equal partners, each with authority over vital aspects of life.

Then came forced removal, boarding schools, and federal policies meant to erase Cherokee culture. The U.S. recognized only male leaders, imposed patriarchal laws, and taught women to be submissive. Yet Cherokee women resisted, preserving language, stories, and traditions. Today, Cherokee Nation citizenship is still traced through maternal lines in many families, keeping alive the principles of centuries past.

The power Cherokee women held wasn’t a quirk. It was proof that patriarchy is a choice, not inevitability. In the 1700s, Cherokee women owned property, divorced freely, and shaped government—rights most American women wouldn’t see for centuries. The next time someone says gender inequality is “just how things have always been,” remember the women who placed their ex-husbands’ belongings on the doorstep, on land they inherited, in a nation where their voices mattered. Different worlds are possible. We know because they existed.

#archaeohistories

[LERRY @_AsiwajuLerry]

When it was Portugal vs When it was Messi

This is the Media bias Ronaldo has had to fight all his entire career.

[Black Journals @blackJournals01]

On this day in 1919, white mobs — many of them U.S. servicemen in uniform — began hunting Black residents through the streets of the nation's capital.

Washington, D.C. July 19, 1919. Sparked by a false rumor about a white woman, white sailors and soldiers poured into Black neighborhoods, dragging people off streetcars, beating men in front of the White House itself.

For days, the police largely stood aside. The President stayed silent.

But D.C. became famous for what happened next: Black veterans — men freshly home from the World War — armed themselves, organized, and defended their neighborhoods block by block. At least 15 people died before troops and rain ended it; estimates run higher.

The capital of the free world, six blocks from the White House. Nineteen nineteen.

[Man of Letters. @Letter_to_Jack]

He would do anything to win. Yet pretends on the surface like winning doesn’t bother him.

[-valar morghulis- @eldivine]

If you’ve ever played a high stakes football game you know that all a referee needs to do to give the other side your game is to just be just a little stricter with you and less strict with them, make silly calls that will break your flow and apply the rules just a bit inconsistently.

This was 100% happening for Argentina right until England game.

Unless it’s not the same World Cup I watched.

[ADEWUYI Roseline Adebimpe @AdewuyiRoseline]

I used to pay far more attention to university rankings than I do now. Like many people, I assumed a higher-ranked university automatically meant a better education. Then I studied in two different countries, and my perspective changed.

Rankings tell us many useful things. They can show research output, faculty reputation, citations, funding, international collaborations, and academic resources. Those metrics matter, especially for research but after experiencing two very different educational systems, I realized they don't tell the whole story.

They don't measure the resilience developed by students who succeed despite unstable academic calendars, limited resources, or administrative hurdles. They don't capture the ingenuity of students who learn to solve problems with whatever is available. They don't rank the friendships that become lifelong support systems or the mentors who completely alter the course of a student's life with one conversation. Nor do they measure personal growth.

Some of the most brilliant people I have met studied at universities that rarely appear on global rankings. Their confidence, work ethic, leadership, and ability to thrive under pressure were not products of rankings. They were shaped by their experiences.

Likewise, studying in a highly ranked institution exposed me to incredible opportunities, world-class facilities, structured academic systems, accessible professors, extensive research support, and an environment intentionally designed to help students succeed. Those experiences also transformed me in ways that no ranking could adequately describe.

I have come to believe that a university's value is only partly found in what it provides. The other part lies in what it helps you become.

The best university for one person may not be the best for another. Sometimes the institution that changes your life isn't the one with the highest global ranking, but the one that gives you the environment, people, opportunities, and challenges you need at that particular season.

Rankings matter. They provide valuable information but they are only one measure of a university's quality, not a measure of a student's potential or of the life-changing impact an institution can have.

We may have spent too much time asking, "How highly is this university ranked?" and not enough time asking, "What kind of person does this university help people become?"

[Ayo Shonaiya @AyoShonaiya]

Never has there been a World Cup, that every major and credible sports news media in the world are discussing whether FIFA were favouring Argentina. That FIFA president wanted Messi to win back to back World Cups.

And the disgraceful events by the Argentine players (and staff) after the final whistle is being played over and over on social media.

I said it before that FIFA were going to put a stain on Messi’s legacy after all this. What is in this GOAT debate or storyline that is so important that even FIFA got themselves wrapped up in?

[John Zacheus✨⚽️✨️ @Johnzacheus77]

@Nsukka_okpa Did you know that: Lionel Messi played 7 finals for Argentina, while Cristiano Ronaldo played 4 finals for Portugal. Messi won 3/7, Cristiano Ronaldo won 3/4.

POV: Argentina has won more trophies way before Messi, while Portugal has won none before Cristiano Ronaldo.