Azubuike Obi

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[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

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

[Zram @ivanvenko13]

I hope more people will be awakened to the joys of reading essay collections.
The recent conflation of the whole non fiction genre with pop psychology and self help books is the culprit. Read some Annie dillard or Teju cole, or Aminatta Forna and watch your mind broaden.

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

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.

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

Everybody talks about the power of the first chapter, but the true diva is the chapter that follows. Boy, oh boy!

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

Everybody talks about the power of the first chapter, but the true diva is the chapter that follows. Boy, oh boy!

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

Currently Reading: The Death of Vivek Oji. Pray for me.

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

Currently Reading: The Death of Vivek Oji. Pray for me.

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

@NwanneAgwu Yes, yes. I found the narrative very compelling.

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

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...

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

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?

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

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...

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

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.

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

I'm afraid that resistance lurks in all of us, no matter how much we think we know of the world. It's all rather sad...

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

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...

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

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?

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

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

[Ioan Marc Jones @ioanmarcjones]

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

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

“Calling anything Orwellian is now Orwellian, but Orwell is still worth reading.”

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this. Loved the cheeky turns of phrases, too.

[Ioan Marc Jones @ioanmarcjones]

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

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

@wjneumire The Weganda Review

[Michael Chièdoziém Chúkwúderà @ChukwuderaEdozi]

The opening page of my debut novel, “Loss is an Aftertaste of Memories.”

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

@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.

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

@Steph2Cents Nai you no enter my WhatsApp gist me

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

One of the best things about having female friends is that there’s always some entertainment. These women have drama!

[Azubuike Obi @SamExistingg]

@CP_Ogamba Dr Chisom! Congratulations!!!

[Michael Chièdoziém Chúkwúderà @ChukwuderaEdozi]

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