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Stories of Atlantic Africa

Postcard - Government Hill from Duketown, Old Calabar, To J. B. Scott from Bob, Old Calabar, 2 Feb 1903

The Importance Of Ekpe Society

As one enters the website, you may see a sign fly across the front page of the cover picture. That sign is actually a word in Nsibidi(Nsibiri) script, which says Nsibidi(Nsibiri). Originally of southeastern Nigerian(specifically Ejagham) origin, certain characters of the script have gone on to become the expression of many in the region, especially …

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Benin Pikin

I don’t know how to welcome the reader properly so weitin dey sup, or should I say E ai? Or Como vai? Yes, I’m speaking Portuguese because both Portugal as well as the ancient Benin Kingdom will be topics of discussion today. I remember a time in college where I was sitting in the fishbowl …

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The Wrong Pro(fit)

Driving in D.C. always feels like a shitshow. All. The. Time. The parking in the city is terrible and you get horrible amounts of traffic. It’s like you have to hit a U-turn at every turn signal and hope that you don’t hit the next car that swerves into the lane. By the hope of …

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Dark Continent Revelations: A response to the Russo-Ukranian conflict

Until the philosophy that makes one man superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned. Then, everywhere is war. A mf’n word. Shout out to Bob Marley. The elites of the bunch would definitely need to hear this.  Do the people really want war? Questions that are never answered. It’s hard to grasp …

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