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Opinion • March 9, 2023 04:16

The elections and the rhetoric of bigotry

My father-in-law, Rene, was born in Brussels. He lost his parents as a toddler in the early years of WW2, and was fostered by a family in a small Flem

Pretty Much Everything • March 2, 2023 05:20

Nigeria is still deciding

So… Naija elections done come, but as I’m writing this, it isn’t over yet. Apparently, votes are still being counted in lots of places, and resu

Pretty Much Everything • February 23, 2023 04:12

On narcissism

I’ve been thinking a lot about social media and narcissism. In the popular Greek myth, Narcissus was rather full of himself. So much so that when he s

Pretty Much Everything • February 16, 2023 00:38

Presidential Election: Hope is not a strategy

I met up with some Naija friends for dinner over the weekend, and of course the elections dominated a huge part of the conversation. Over goat meat pe

Pretty Much Everything • February 9, 2023 00:28

We are what we consume

I have written elsewhere about how irritating I find these lyrics that celebrate wealth (and do it without context) so that money is what is being lau