I spent part of my spring last year in Manchester in the quiet neighborhood of Burdith Avenue, an extension of Fallowfield, where my partner and I shared a small studio…
Google’s Algorithm Is a Dark Continent
...Football is, without question, a beloved sport across African countries, and one that bears the spirit of Pan-Africanism, but the racist undertone of the post was unmistakable. Within hours it…
The Colonial Anthem of Nigeria
May 29, 2024 marked one year of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s current term as the leader of Nigeria. The same week, a controversial bill was signed into law, switching Nigeria’s…
Breaking Ramadan
In the afternoon, I would head into the steamy sun, rolling my motorbike tyre down the dusty Mission Road to my grandmother’s house in Shao, my hometown, which is just…
Winter and the Unbearable Weight of Migration
In November 2023, a man was found cold dead in a tent in the Greater Toronto Area encampment. I was scrolling through Twitter when his story roused my attention. He was…