Ikenna Churchill

some people talk to you in their free time and some people free their time to talk to you

I just wrote a story dear to me, my first feature of the year for 93 Free Curators: ‘The Stories in Afrobeats Lyrics.’

“Afrobeats transcends borders—whether in Yoruba, Igbo, or Pidgin, global audiences connect to the emotion and energy behind the words.”

www.ninetyfree.com/post/the-sto...

Happy new year everyone 🫶🏾

For a project, I'm seeking to collaborate with poets & prose writers who have work—published or unpublished—on themes of migration, borders, or language. If interested, please DM me. Also looking to work with writers/translators who write in languages other than English. Thanks!

Congratulations nna

ARTS FOR ALL ART + TECHNOLOGY + SOCIAL JUSTICE November 26, 2024 Dear Somtochukwu hezue, Congratulations! It is my pleasure to inform you that you have been selected to receive an Arts for All Fall 2024 ArtsAMP Graduate Student Research Grant for the 2024-2025 academic year. This grant in the amount of $2,000.00 will be posted via your selection - either directly into your student account or transferred via your department's Business Manager/KFS# in January 2025. Grant recipients are expected to continue on full-time status during the 2024-2025 academic year and to remain in good academic standing. The committee was truly impressed with the depth of commitment you have shown and the visionary quality of your work on behalf of the arts, technology, and social justice. Arts for All is very pleased to be able to support your excellent work.

Somto lhezue, a graduate student in creative writing, will develop "Borders," a multilingual digital story-form merging poetry, prose and interactive art to explore themes of migration, identity and language. It will use various languages-particularly endangered languages-to engage with both cultural diversity and language preservation.

Got awarded a research grant✨

Funny how people fear adult conversations but not the confusion and resentment that comes with silence. Communication clears so much, yet it's the last thing many choose.

I can drink 3 cups of coffee and go straight to sleep, and this is just one example of what is fundamentally wrong with me as a person.

Read my brothers story ❤️

If your name is going to be on it, make sure you give it everything you've got.

I am a culture writer and researcher

RAVING, DRIPPING, AND LIVING: VOGUEBOYS’ TAKE ON NIGERIAN NIGHTLIFE - Ekpo Ekpo.com.ng is an online magazine covering trends and news in men’s fashion, art, lifestyle and culture both locally and internationally all under one platform. Founded by fashion enthusiast, Emmanuel...

For Ekpo Africa, I interviewed King Ebuka about everything Vogue Boys

He said, “We’ve taught a new generation of event planners to think deeper than just booking a DJ and setting up a bar.”

Click the link below to read full story

ekpo.com.ng/raving-dripp...

Exploring Promised Lands at ART X Lagos 2024 West Africa Weekly was live at ART X Lagos 2024. ART X Lagos 2024 was the ninth edition of West Africa’s premier international art fair, reaffirming Lagos’ pivotal role in living and creating culture ...

During the ART x Lagos 2024, I got to report on what West Africa Weekly saw through its lenses and more.

Read full story by clicking the link below.

westafricaweekly.com/exploring-pr...

A November to remember

Sun and harmattan is a bad combination

The Drake-Kendrick lawsuit is pretty funny but honestly the courtroom sketches would go insane

Suspect ran away from x for the meantime

😭😭

The joy of the harmattan season

In my own opinion, Rihanna is a greater pop star than Beyonce.

I always look forward to this particular family’s thanksgiving

an orange cat looking innocent but also a little concerned

Umm hey. First of all, it was an accident

Honored to have co-edited this exciting anthology alongside @dontcallmeliv.bsky.social and the @_WTBAP team. Working with these brilliant writers from all over Africa was utterly inspiring, and I’m grateful they trusted us with their work. These stories will stay with me—and you—forever✨

Sometimes, I wake up and remind myself there is nothing wrong with me. I'm just unlearning patterns, healing old wounds, and learning new ways to be. I'm becoming more of who I truly am in a way I don’t yet understand.