Akotowaa

Systematically checking things off your to-do list, excellent dopamine hits. 🕸️

cabral Follow @doctor_cabral It's really too bad because we could have built a world where we work a little bit but mostly just hang out and have a good time but instead we got this shithole

Yep.
The billionaires & corporations who've taken over power structures don't want people happy, comfortable, creative, thinking, and worry-free. They want stressed-out, struggling, unhealthy, short-lived indentured servants because that's the only environment in which *they* know how to make money.

Die ghanaische Autorin @akotowaa.bsky.social stellte am Montag ihre Novelle "Das Jahr der Rückkehr" vor. Tina Adomako führte das Gespräch mit Akotowaa und Barbara Kemmler las aus der Novelle. Es war ein toller Abend! Herzlichen Dank an Akotowaa, Tina Adomako und Barbara Kemmler.

A Genealogy of Mythological Africans And some unsettling findings from studying African folklore

One of the most important essays ever written, I fear.
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The Slow, Meandering Beauty of We Live in Time Surely one of the most beautiful literary films I have ever watched.

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people don't see artists (musicians, writers, crafters, etc) as laborers and that's the entire problem right there

people are inclined to see creativity as a hobby or downtime activity, you can't make it actual real work, what rights do you possibly want when you're being a slacker with no ambition

I am so in love with this Shigidi cover.

This post pleases *me*. 😂

ICYMI: The African Book Festival this year is offering assistance to members of book clubs in Africa who wish to attend! The deadline is 31st March.
I’m still so deeply honored to be the festival curator this year. 🕸️ #ABF25

Have you ever tried to do gymnastics with a festival budget? Because…

Tightrope tippin’ between jaded and unquenchable hope. 🕸️

I cannot believe I am moving through my life as though I am not on the verge of collapse every 3 business days. Just sending texts and emails like everything is fine, you know.

Okay, I think I need this book like yesterday.

FIYAH Issue No. 34, cover art courtesy of Raki Sy. A mysterious figure in a pale garment levitates among a murky backdrop.

Presenting the cover and TOC for FIYAH Issue No. 34! Our second themed issue of the year 🔥 🔥🔥
Cover art courtesy of Raki Sy.
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Heroes (feat. KiKie & Tommy WÁ) by Akotowaa on Apple Music Song · 2023 · Duration 3:30

I actually love this song. I like making work that I like, years after making it. (I wrote this song in 2017.)
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I love the main character of my WIP like she’s a real person. 💜

I just wanted to grow old writing my little stories, y'all. I wish I did not feel called upon to be a menace instead.

Getting (trad) published is a function of hard work and luck, mixed in proportions that you do not control.

You can control how you work and how you learn craft, but please don't obsess over that which you can't change.

I'll leave you with my father's maxim: "May luck find you working."

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Amazing list! I would like to pitch a novella, The Year of Return, for consideration. 🙂‍↔️

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Thank you!!

How Folktales Are Formed 🕸️ Issue 14 Kwaku Ananse and the making of OTC 2: Green Green Grasses

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Incredibly excited to announce myself as the curator of the next African Book Festival in Berlin! Excited to shine a spotlight on Ghanaian authors & speculative fiction this year. Let’s go! 🇬🇭🚀🕷️ #ABF25

My first nomination for The Year of Return! 🎉🥳

Seeing children flourish in the arts makes me incredibly happy.

...and if the careers of all your enemies were nothing but upward trajectories, would you maintain your inner equilibrium or seethe?

Desire brought me home the necessary act of stewarding passion

Selah. 🕸️
And that poem at the end? Whew.
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I am very interested in what emotions feel like physically, especially the emotions that linger... they are like songs, not like one-off sounds, that send vibrations through the body. Complex, but the overall genre/mood is identifiable.

Hacking Consistency Without Getting Bored 🕸️ Issue 13 The Making of OTC 1: The Complete Kuukua Collection

This passion project was one of the main things that made my life feel worth living in 2017. 💜🕸️
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