Ancestry.
2026 is the year we stop being spectators in our own heritage. Five cultural experiments. Each reclaiming what they tried to erase.
Language. Food. Film. Art. Literature.
1881. The Mahdi Revolution is coming.
She ran the Nubian desert in one night with a secret that would change Sudan’s fate — and was turned away because she was a woman. History remembers the Mahdi. It forgets her.This year, I’m reclaiming a piece of what we almost lost.
Language - Learning Yoruba using socials. Whatsapp@Yaptime, @Spotify Afrobeats playlist + @YouTube shorts.
Food - Glow up. Inside out. I eat mostly African superfoods.
Film - Weekend flex. African films, mini-series and documentaries.
Art - I am the inspo. You are the muse. Art + creative expression.
Literature - reads African literature.
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Socials
@blackhadithi
@the54africa
Olólùfẹ́
“Olólùfẹ́, báwo ni?"
He replied instantly.
You know what that means. Like a DM. Like a flirt. I’ve been learning Yorùbá for exactly 30 days. Monday to Friday. Ten minutes a day on YapTime. That's all.
The Minister of Enjoyment was appointed almost immediately.
I Became Colonialism’s Perfect Product.
Now I’m Reclaiming Yorùbá in 30 Days.
At 38, I realised I had become colonialism’s perfect product — an African who can’t speak her own language. So for the next 30 days, I’m learning Yorùbá through WhatsApp lessons and Afrobeats.
I’ll document every cringe, every win, and what happens when a millennial finally stops being a spectator in her own heritage.
See how my Aunty was the trigger to learn Yorùbá, Thanks Aunty!
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