Essays on Africa's future: ideas, culture, power, and the people building what comes next.
IDEAS
In Yoruba, some glory is given before it is deserved. An essay on grace, inheritance, and the discomfort of the unearned gift.
By Clinton Akporherhe · 9 min read
RECENT ESSAYS
memory
My first encounter with death, and the distance it opened.
Clinton Akporherhe · 6 min read
ideas
Your attention is territory, and everything wants an acre. On what occupies the mind - and who sold it the space.
Clinton Akporherhe · 8 min read
ideas
Thinking about thinking is a superpower. On watching your own mind, and what changes when you do.
Clinton Akporherhe · 7 min read
TECHNOLOGY
The machines are not going away, and neither is your unease. On making a working peace with artificial intelligence.
Clinton Akporherhe · 10 min read
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