Madibas Child

I see this lot on the TL. "My idea got stolen." "How do I protect myself/register my idea." I am not a IP expert or lawyer but I've worked in broadcasting for over 20yrs. So a short thread: (Urgh not a threader so I hope this goes ok)

Why is African spirituality always called demonic, but Greek gods get Disney movies?

I'm in love with this sentence: “Forgive yourself for not knowing earlier what only time could teach.”

Listen to the voice of Sol Plaatje in this first recording of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", made on October 16, 1923, in London, England, by Sol T Plaatje himself, accompanied by Sylvia Colenso on the piano.

Guys it’s Diana Ross birthday. And tomorrow is Mariah’s. Yesterday was Aretha’s and two days before was Chaka Khan. Diva week!

Film and Television is rapidly becoming an industry wherein original works are ignored in favor or rehashing the same handful of older works, which is a strategy that killed opera and the symphony orchestra. If only a charismatic young star would say something about this

funny how people assume everyone wants money at the end of the day when there’s me that wants it at the beginning of the day.

. @feziledhlamini_ The IDC and Black founders is trending. So I did what nobody else is doing, I pulled the actual funding data.854 companies. R65.9 Billion. 7 fiscal years. Every deal. Every shareholder name. Public record.The data is now live. Go look for yourself 👇 📊 bit.ly/IDCFUNDED SHORT PRESENTATION canva.com/design/DAHEMN0… (E&OE)

I can’t be the only business/entrepreneur suffering at the hands of the @IDCSouthAfrica. I implore more South Africans to come forward with their stories. The guys in tech who can help me with this platform I finish off this platform to the likes of the IDC to shame. Please come forward. Ayohlome ihlasele. Here’s the link, let’s work: nafcoc-website.vercel.app

airtime advance two pot system buy now, pay later payday loans store credit cards gambling addictions large balloon payments early wage access/ paymenow borrowing from the future to survive today this isn't financial innovation, it's a broken system 💔💔

Nothing exposes human selfishness like money that must be returned. The moment someone is in distress, they approach you with humility, urgency, sometimes even desperation. They appeal to your empathy. But the moment the money lands in their account, the power dynamic shifts. Your urgency is no longer their urgency. Your sacrifice is no longer visible to them. Their life continues unencumbered , while you are left holding the expectation of repayment. And from that point forward, the debt is serviced ( if at all) on their own terms, according to their own comfort, their own timing and their convenience. I repeat, nothing exposes human selfishness like money that must be returned.

Humans were meant to walk, hunt, build, and create. Instead we sit, scroll, order take out, and look for our next escape. Modern life is uncivilized for human beings.

No one really talks about how, a significant amount of the exhaustion we feel as we grow older as women, is often as a result of how much grief we have to carry and navigate. The grief of the loss of friendships you once thought would be in your life forever. The grief of watching your parents gray with age and knowing you'd soon have to live life without them. The grief of derailed dreams, missed milestones and altered aspirations. But most of all...

The Myth That Nobody Watches the SABC There’s a persistent narrative that the SABC doesn’t have audiences and that “nobody watches it anymore.” The data tells a very different story. Here’s a thread on how television audiences in South Africa actually work.

There’s no “teen mom crisis” without asking why grown men are impregnating girls. There’s no “gold digger epidemic” without acknowledging wealthy older men deliberately pursuing women decades younger and then acting shocked when money is part of the dynamic. There’s no panic about “women in prostitution” without confronting the male demand and the financial vulnerability that makes exploitation profitable. There’s no outrage about “promiscuous Gen Z girls” without acknowledging that the same internet and media landscape is sexualizing and grooming them early. There’s no “masculinity crisis because of feminism.” There is a crisis of entitlement when men are no longer centered. There’s no widespread “false allegation epidemic.” There is a long, documented history of sexual violence being minimized, excused, and defined by men in power. There’s no hysteria about “mean exclusionary lesbians.” There is discomfort when women set firm sexual boundaries. Over and over again, the spotlight is turned onto women a their behavior, sexuality, choices instead of interrogating the structures that advantage men. It’s misogyny. It’s deflection. It’s a system that seeks to individualize women’s behavior while protecting male power.

Who would have guessed that seed saving would become a radical act. Farmers once saved seeds as inheritance. Now corporations patent them as property. Each seed kept alive is now a small act of rebellion. Save indigenous seeds. Support local farmers. Banish the Sapent.

you pity the moth confusing a lamp for the moon, yet here you are confusing a screen for the world

I can’t think of a better analogy for America than the Epstein files. Mountains of evidence about powerful men raping children. And the only person in prison is a woman.

at some point in life you reach an age where you start hearing celebrities names and have no idea who they are and it just continues to happen for the rest of your life

“Single mothers” “Fatherless” and “Daddy issues” all come from a man’s failure. Yet they’re still used to insult women. Make it make sense..

If you have just followed me, I say welcome to the party and doxology. ;) It would be sexy to be a distant, unapproachable writer, but life is no fun that way. Here we work in the trenches of ideas, and engage with real stories. Here is some of the writing and research I have been doing recently, which you might also enjoy: I write here about The Fulani, Faith, and the Failure of the Nigerian State following its designation as a country of particular concern by brother Donald: elnathanjohn.substack.com/p/a-country-of… I write here about Bori, the Hausa religion of spirit possession, a long essay that looks at the philosophy, cosmology and practice of Bori in northern Nigeria. Just writing o, no juju. Read it: elnathanjohn.substack.com/p/an-iska-son-… Oh and I was so excited to write this one, because who doesn't like kissing? I write here about kissing in Hausa culture and the general grammar of desire in northern Nigeria. Come for the kiss, stay for the history and philosophy: elnathanjohn.substack.com/p/the-hidden-l… In this one I use autoethnography to explore accents, shame, and the geography of belonging. Basically, why do I speak spree-spree. Read: Posh Wanker, Kaduna Boy elnathanjohn.substack.com/p/posh-wanker-… And you cannot research Northern Nigeria and not somehow talk about how Bollywood affects cinema and culture. You want to know why @iamsrk is such a familiar legend to millions of northern Nigerians? Read Indian Nights Hausa Mornings: elnathanjohn.substack.com/p/indian-night… I also take a deep dive into masculinity, sexuality, culture and 'yan daudu in northern Nigeria. Who are 'yan daudu, what space do they occupy in Hausa culture and what can we learn from this? Read: Masculinity, Secrecy, and Survival among ’Yan Daudu in Northern Nigeria: elnathanjohn.substack.com/p/masculinity-… There is so much more I have done recently, from fiction to satire to long lectures on craft in writing. Some fiction: How to raise your parents: hopkinsreview.com/features/elnat… A History of Berlin in Ice Skates: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/… enjoy the ride.