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Arts polymath.
https://muckrack.com/molara-wood-1/portfolio
"It is a measure of the artist's wide-ranging influence that one of those paying tributes was Wayne Barrow, manager of the American Hip-Hop legend, The Notorious B.I.G."
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Kasali Akangbe Ogun: Tributes paid to Nigeria's renowned Yoruba wood carver
Kasali Akangbe Ogun, who came from a long line of wood carvers and wanted to preserve local traditions, has been buried following his death after a brief illness.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgqelez1kwwo
24 days ago
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Your Impossible Voice
3 months ago
Congratulations to
@illepitaph.bsky.social
,
@geoliminal.bsky.social
, Elisabeth Sheffield, Peter Grandbois,
@kabusharekh.bsky.social
, and
@molarawood.bsky.social
âthis year's Pushcart nominees!
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Harare Review of Books
8 months ago
Here's a
@bookshop.org
link to NgƩgĩ's Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas (hardback), out now from
@thenewpress.bsky.social
:
bookshop.org/a/90290/9781...
And your pdf download link to this week's
@thecontinent.org
:
www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...
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Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas
Check out Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas - <p><b>A <em>Literary Hub</em> Most Anticipated Book<br></b><br><b>Brilliant thoughts on modern African literature and postcolonial liter...
https://bookshop.org/a/90290/9781620979327
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Harare Review of Books
8 months ago
With my review of his latest book, published in May by
@thenewpress.bsky.social
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Harare Review of Books
8 months ago
Continued in this week's
@thecontinent.org
: "What NgƩgĩ meant: Jacqueline Nyathi asked global writers how they will remember him." Words from Zukiswa Wanner, Bhakti Shringapure
@radicalbooks.bsky.social
, Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Aminatta Forna, and
@molarawood.bsky.social
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Harare Review of Books
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@thecontinent.org
remembers NgƩgĩ.
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ZamaShort
9 months ago
The ancestors have welcomed NgƩgĩ wa Thiong'o, a titan of literature, countless are the number of readers his work inspired to become writers, his legacy will speak on across the generations.
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Your Impossible Voice
9 months ago
Take a trip through the shadows of the Golden City courtesy of
@molarawood.bsky.social
in our latest issue!
bit.ly/44XKA7B
#shortstories
#literarycommunity
#fiction
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Alvin Lu
9 months ago
Thank you for thinking of sending it to us, Molara! Really honored. It was super-exciting to open up the story and begin making my way through the Golden City. What a world.
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Alvin Lu
9 months ago
A favorite genre of mine is fiction that does the work of documentary journalism, tipping the balance away from interiority to the world. Molara Wood gets that balance in this portrait of an impossible city, rendered in densely multifarious, textured language that reads like a Nigerian Neuromancer.
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My short story, "Requiem for the Golden City", in Issue 32 of
@yourimpossiblevoice.com
. Read story here:
yourimpossiblevoice.com/requiem-for-...
Your Impossible Voice publishes "brash and velvety" new work from around the globe. Proud to be certified brash and velvety.
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Requiem for the Golden City | Issue 32
By Molara Wood â "In the end, it was the mining belt that spat him out. But he hadnât the tiniest intimation of this when he set out that evening, thinking only that he hated short-time."
https://yourimpossiblevoice.com/requiem-for-the-golden-city/
9 months ago
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Alvin Lu
9 months ago
Lucky to guest-edit prose for this issue oF YIV. Thanks to everyone who sent in work and to those whose work I chose. There's prizewinners and first-time fictioneers and more than a little of the ondoorgrondelijk, from Africa to Oakland. Thank you to Keith, Karen, and Stephen for having me.
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Your Impossible Voice
9 months ago
It's here. Featuring new work from Vincenzo diella Malva,
@molarawood.bsky.social
,
@kabusharekh.bsky.social
,
@ianmacclayn.bsky.social
, Karen An-hwei Lee,
@adamsorardor.bsky.social
,
@ericracher.bsky.social
, Mary Burger, Jerry Thompson, Shawna Yang Ryan...
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Your Impossible Voice #32 | Spring 2025
Featuring new work from Vincenzo diella Malva, Molara Wood, Khalil AbuSharekh, Ian MacClayn, Karen An-hwei Lee, Austin Adams, Eric T. Racher, Mary Burger, Jerry Thompson, Shawna Yang Ryan, Steve Barba...
https://yourimpossiblevoice.com/issue32/
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"To many scientists, Mars One was humanityâs next great adventure." Words: Serena Meloche Art: Yemisi Aribisala
www.guernicamag.com/all-that-blue/
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All That Blue
âWhen I look at space, more often than not, I am interested in what it tells us about being human.â
https://www.guernicamag.com/all-that-blue/
9 months ago
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Mona Eltahawy
9 months ago
Fed up of the racism & misogyny that couldnât imagine a Black woman as an attorney, Rebecca Hall began a PhD in history. She unearthed women-led slave revolts and wrote Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts.
www.feministgiant.com/p/books-wake...
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Books: Wake - The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts, Rebecca Hall, Illustrated by Hugo Martinez
https://www.feministgiant.com/p/books-wake-the-hidden-history-of?r=50le&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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Oliver Basciano
9 months ago
Absolutely awful news. Koyo was a powerhouse andl appointed to curate the next Venice Biennale, at the top of her game.
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Shocking exit for Koyo Kouoh, curator of the 2026 Venice Biennale, the first African woman to achieve the distinction. IkĂș dĂłrĂł.
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Koyo Kouoh, 2026 Venice Biennale Curator, Dies Suddenly | Artnet News
Koyo Kouoh, executive director and chief curator of Zeitz MOCAA and curator of the next Venice Biennale, died suddenly overnight.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/koyo-kouoh-curating-venice-biennale-died-2642963
9 months ago
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"Historically, my body was considered stronger, like a muleâs. Bodies like mine were once experimented on without the use of anesthesia, our skin too thick to feel the pain."
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Strong as a Mule, Thick as a Rope
âNo woman can call herself free who does not own and control her own body.â âDorothy Roberts, Killing the Black Body.
https://www.guernicamag.com/strong-as-a-mule-thick-as-a-rope/
10 months ago
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Bri Stokes
11 months ago
I am ecstatic to announce the OFFICIAL crowdfunding launch of our speculative BIPOC anthology, Amorphavilleâa collection of poetry & flash fiction from 20+ BIPOC writers examining the fluidity of time. Campaign is linked in my bio. We hope youâll join us in supporting BIPOC art! đ
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Celebrating International Mother Language Day at Goethe Institut Lagos Yoruba poetry from @AremoGemini.
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12 months ago
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Kate Armstrong
12 months ago
Ohhh mmmm geee this is your weekend MUST READ
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"I first came across him in a Pakistan newspaper column and the name struck meâas the kids have already abandoned sayingâright in the feels. âIggy Fernandes.â How could it not, with such a rockstarry formulation?"
www.guernicamag.com/iggy/
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Iggy
I was looking for a trace, a whiff, a rumorâanything that would bring alive the greatest guitarist youâd never heard about.
https://www.guernicamag.com/iggy/
12 months ago
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Nobody does the longstanding standard bookshop in Nigeria like the folks in Ibadan. Such an old and familiar joy browsing through The Booksellers outlet on the aptly named Magazine Road in Jericho, Ibadan, earlier today. Now 30 years in the business, they're not to be beat.
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"The war, that, when started on 11 October 1899 had been expected by the British public to end by Christmas of the same year, but ended with thousands of deaths for the British, the Boer and the Africans who were collateral damage."
#Fiction
#ZukiswaWanner
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Broken Endings, Uncertain Geneses
Coupled with her Tannie Sallie being ill, her mama and Elsieâs death and everything that had happened in this camp, her little mind was so sure that more cruelty would kill her.
https://www.guernicamag.com/broken-endings-uncertain-geneses/
about 1 year ago
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"These pieces come to us from South Africa, Lebanon, Sudan, Italy, Palestine, and Mexico; they are at times mournful, at times contemplative, and at times optimistic."
www.guernicamag.com/the-january-...
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The January Issue
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https://www.guernicamag.com/the-january-issue/
about 1 year ago
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"The climate issues Lagos faces are due to bad planning, mismanagement, lack of efficient drainage systems and human refusal to respect the ocean."
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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A future in jeopardy for Nigerian coastal communities facing rising seas
In Akodo-Ise in Lagos, homes, livelihoods and even graves have been lost to ocean encroachment due to climate change.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/11/24/lost-homes-and-rising-seas-a-nigerian-coastal-community-fears-extinction
about 1 year ago
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"The activist in this story was also hounded by the manipulative legal powers of the civilian government to stifle the human rights of the voices of the people. There is no doubt that this story stretches its meanings beyond the year of publishing."
www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/a-re...
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A Review of Molara Woodâs Indigo
Indigo is the first collection of short stories offered by Molara Wood. It is a departure from her terrain of journalism and editorial practice in the culture space. This book of stories represents a ...
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/a-review-of-molara-woods-indigo/
about 1 year ago
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Prof Sunny Singh
about 1 year ago
Todayâs
#readingrecommendation
is
#LightinGaza
edited by Jehad Abusalim et al. It brings together a magnificent polyphony of Gazan voices & is an essential read and reference. PS I am teaching it today but I did warn this was a personal list
#readpalestineweek
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I have a story in the forthcoming anthology, 'Devotion in the Open Air', published by
@inkedingraypress.bsky.social
. âđŸ Pre-order link:
inkedingray.com/books/devoti...
about 1 year ago
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Nii Ayikwei Parkes
about 1 year ago
I was recently on BBC Radio 4, discussing - amongst other things - the Pauletta/Denzel Washington-family produced film, The Piano Lesson, which I loved! I will add on to this with reasons why when I have a bit of time... Click and listen. Have a fab weekend!! đ
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Review: The Piano Lesson, Florence 1504, Jonathan Coe's The Proof of My Innocence
We review The Piano Lesson, the latest film from Denzel Washington and his family.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024m01
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Seye Abimbola
about 1 year ago
I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out! You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here:
www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
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folukeifejola
about 1 year ago
The execution of Patrice Lumumba of Congo on 17 January 1961(?) is often described as the most significant assassination of the 20th century. Through his own words, I reflect on his life and death and the global participation in his horrific execution.
folukeafrica.com/patrice-lumu...
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Patrice Lumumba: May Africa breathe the air of freedom
Prime Minister of Congo June-Sept 1960 (Assasinated)
https://folukeafrica.com/patrice-lumumba-may-africa-breathe-the-air-of-freedom/
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folukeifejola
over 1 year ago
Visit my linktree to: order my book, write a Goodreads review, check out my website, listen to my podcast, visit my YouTube channel, and much more...
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folukeifejola | Twitter, Instagram, TikTok | Linktree
African woman, lawyer, teacher, poet. Singer of songs, writer of words
https://linktr.ee/folukeifejola
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My most recent published piece, a book review.
olongoafrica.com/the-palour-w...
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The Parlour Wife - A Review - Olongo Africa
Download as PDFFoluso Agbajeâs remarkable debut, The Parlour Wife, is likely the first novel many will read that focuses on the impact of the Second World War on an African population, with African ch...
https://olongoafrica.com/the-palour-wife-a-review/
over 1 year ago
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New here. Nice blue sky. Some of my writings are in profile link. My book's on Kindle. đ
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Indigo eBook : Wood, Molara: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Indigo eBook : Wood, Molara: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Indigo-Molara-Wood-ebook/dp/B00DVZ100A/
over 1 year ago
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