The Talking Drum Magazine

Documenting the experiences of the everyday Nigerian youth. 🥁
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@swtheartscomic For now, we do not.

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We are open for submission all year round!
And you get a response in two weeks.

Share your #NaijaYouthExperience or critical essays with us.

Submit using the Google form: https://t.co/BG8a4fhSGH or gmail: [email protected].

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We're always in the business of documenting the stories of everyday Nigerian youths. If you have an experience you'd love to share, pitch it to us or submit to [email protected]. 🥁🥁🥁

Previous essays we've published. ⤵️
You can read them and some more at the link in bio.

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And in the ways we can, we tell you all about governance in present day Nigeria and how you can make better decisions.

Read the essays here:
1. https://t.co/eVGdOMTMxq

2. https://t.co/Vnv3rvkAWZ

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An essay a day to build a more informed Nigeria.

From @talkingdrummag, read here:
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Invest in the education of young people, keep the essays coming in: https://t.co/kF514fuFQo

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No better day to read this essay than today.

How can you love yourself in a country that doesn't care about you?
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We depend on your donations to pay our incredible contributors.
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Beautiful day in October to do something revolutionary.
1. Read an essay on @talkingdrummag.
2. Donate to the @talkingdrummag: https://t.co/kF514fuFQo

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@talkingdrummag school students and made readily available across the country.
And a lot more important work which we'll be embarking on.

If you want a better Nigeria like we do, please invest in the young people and their dreams.

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@talkingdrummag By publishing these very diverse works from everyday Nigerians, we hope to:
• liberate the minds of the Nigerian youth,
• spur meaningful conversations and steer a majority of the population away from brain rot media,
• influence a new generation of dreamers and builders.

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We are open for submission all year round!
And you get a response in two weeks.

Share your #NaijaYouthExperience or critical essays with us.

Submit using the Google form: https://t.co/BG8a4fhSGH or gmail: [email protected].

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Can't wait for Issue 002 of The Talking Drum Magazine to be published to market it like a magazine has never been marketed before.

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I really wish more young people would read this essay on the @talkingdrummag.

You'll understand the reason you can't buy a land or own a house is systemic and not because you're not working hard enough.

Read it and let's work on solutions please 😪: https://t.co/EtbZRVJH7v

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If you're conflicted on what to send, this is a good start:

Read our guidelines at the link attached and send in your submission.
https://t.co/HmGEKZ8Mea

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Instead of asking ChatGPT or any gen AI tool, ask us and we'll point you to an essay you need to read. 🙂

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You should check out @talkingdrummag too.

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Some essays published in @talkingdrummag that I'm very confident have the ability to alter your brain chemistry. 1/2

1. ‘Loving Yourself in an Unloving Country’
https://t.co/2z283nH2Px

2. ‘Where Are You All Going To live?’
https://t.co/EtbZRVJH7v

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@talkingdrummag Some essays published in @talkingdrummag that I'm very confident have the ability to alter your brain chemistry. 2/2

3. ‘When Will You Get Involved?’
https://t.co/eVGdOMTMxq

4. ‘[Gen] AI Ke? E No Good Jor’ https://t.co/6WfTsPyfIo

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An essay a day and the Nigerian youth is a more informed individual.

Read ‘The Nigerian Dream or the Nigerian Trap?’:
https://t.co/DNQNnJ6HjC

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“... drawing that line means choosing integrity over excess... It means accepting that true success isn’t just about escaping poverty—but about refusing to become the thing that once oppressed us.”

@talkingdrummag stay committed to sharing 10/10 essays:

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Explore the many reasons why we seek escape in Ebri Kowaki's ‘The Escapist Nature of Privilege’ at the link: https://t.co/swgGGyBKYz

Inspired by conversations with Timilehin Oludare and thoughtfully dreaming about his exhibition ‘The Escapist Nature of Things’.

Excerpts. ⬇️

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To be young and Nigerian is to ask the right questions and in each of these piece, we do that.

Read these essays and more for free: https://t.co/uL4Gdhz5K8

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If you're conflicted on what to send, this is a good start:

Read our guidelines at the link attached and send in your submission.
https://t.co/HmGEKZ8Mea

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We are open for submission all year round!
And you get a response in two weeks.

Share your #NaijaYouthExperience or critical essays with us.

Submit using the Google form: https://t.co/BG8a4fhSGH or gmail: [email protected].

[The Talking Drum Magazine @talkingdrummag]

With majority of Nigerians equating respect to actions that are almost laughable, how are the youths changing this structure and maintaining respect through their actions and behaviors?

Read the full essay here:
https://t.co/Hpnv6F2Y1S