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Posted March 1, 2026 • 00:42:18

The Omelas basement has a physical address in America: the prison-industrial complex.

This week, we use the lens of Toni Morrison’s literary...

Posted February 21, 2026 • 00:30:19

What happens to the story when the ‘object’ of our sympathy looks back and refuses the role we’ve written for them?

The allegory of the...

Posted February 13, 2026 • 00:51:41

Your Interpretation is Colonial.

When we turn Zen into a pop-culture vibe or a totem pole into a corporate metaphor, we aren’t learning;...

Posted January 30, 2026 • 00:37:49

Akwaeke Emezi demonstrates how Nigeria’s contemporary writers turn our conceptual realities around. They offer a YA novel that doesn’t condescend,...

Posted January 23, 2026 • 00:40:06

Why have so few read Soyinka? And can we find hope through his cynical dramas?

I admit I am a victim of the myth-making around me which has made...