Ten Radical AI Ideas Africa Needs Now
Africa needs AI built around the continent’s actual problems.
When Èṣù Watched The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan returns Homer to the cinema. Watched through Èṣù’s eyes, The Odyssey becomes a story about recognition, consequence and what the road demands from those who think they understand it.
Who Will Write the Great Lagos Book?
Teju Cole has written Lagos sideways. Atta wrote a fine novel that takes place there. Onuzo too. Abani gave us a darker Lagos. They all contain memorable impressions of Lagos, but would any of those contend for the title of the Lagos book, in the canonical sense?
The Federal Republic of Olodos
Nigeria broke the contract of education, then began insulting the people who stopped believing in it.
A Soyinkian Reading of Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas
Pope Leo XIV has given the age of artificial intelligence its first great theological image. In Magnifica Humanitas the encyclical establishes two opposing building sites. One is Babel, the real estate of human efficiency, built because men wanted to make a name for themselves. The other is Nehemiah's
Dami Ajayi Records the Inner Life of Nigeria
Dami Ajayi’s poems move through illness, love, Lagos, appetite and private speech, recording the inner life of Nigeria with rare tenderness and wit.
On What Ground Does Africa Think?
Africa’s intellectual future depends on deeper cultural memory, stronger institutions and thought rooted in African life.
Na AI Go Save Our Language?
Nigeria has over 500 languages. The machines could rescue the dying ones or harvest them. Who decides is a Nigerian question.