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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

2 years

My team and I investigated how political parties in Nigeria are secretly paying social media influencers to spread disinformation about their opponents ahead of general elections in February. This is what we found out!

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

In everything, protect children. They aren't old enough to understand fully the repercussions of their actions.

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@mazinwonwu

2 years

Appeal Court strikes out charges against Ipob leader Nnamdi Kanu, who is being tried for treasonable felony at an Abuja High Court.

Nnamdi Kanu discharged: Appeal court free Ipob leader of charges FG sama against am - BBC News...

Di Appeal Court for Abuja don discharge di charges wey Nigeria goment sama against di proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Ipob leader Nnamdi Kanu.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

5 years

"Ụtụtụ ọma" is not an Ìgbò greeting. We don't say that to each other when we wake up. What happened is that someone too smart for themself decided that "ịbọọla/ịsaala chi?" isn't woke enough and did a direct translation of "good morning". Tiresome stuff.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

I dug deep into @officialABAT 's cycling video and the disinformation it catalysed. This is what I discovered.

Bola Tinubu: Video wey Nigerian presidential candidate post for Twitter na old video? - BBC News...

Di Presidential candidate of di All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu video recently spark disinformation and BBC don chook eye for di mata and present investigation findings.

www.bbc.com

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

One thing that most people really don't know about me is that I've been publishing a magazine dedicated to science fiction, fantasy and other speculative genres since 2014. It has been a very tough and financially draining journey since we started.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

1 year

NTA is on fire sha. There seems to be new vitality there.

NTA News

@NTANewsNow

1 year

President Bola Tinubu Receives Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar on Visit to the State House.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

1 year

Yeah... Local man is getting published this year by the folks at @NarrativeLscape . Stories are basically African Futurism shorts and a novella. What do you think of this cover?

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

6 years

'I am part of the Americanah project because I really want to be sure they get things like the Nigerian accent right' - Chimamanda Adichie #aneveningwithchimamanda

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

Over 50 translations of Things Fall Apart. None in Igbo, the language that birthed it.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

@The042Network @Vyck__ @_eberechi_ @042_born @zubyIII @djgunz9ja @iykeville90 @OgbajiIfeanyi @aloysiusiyke BBC Igbo published a story on it today.

Igbo nwere 'Pyramid' mgbe gboo - BBC News Ìgbò

Ihe a bụ akụkọ maka Mkpuru uto bụ ebe ndị Igbo na-efe chi ha mgbe gboo.

www.bbc.com

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

The court awards Johnny Depp $15 million as it finds merit in his suit against Amber Heard. But, the court also finds that Amber Heard was defamed. The court awards her 2 million dollars.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

3 years

I wrote about the Igbo apprenticeship system and how for decades it has lifted millions out of poverty. This time I wrote in English 😂😂😂

How a Nigerian scheme forged in war creates billionaires

A Nigerian professor thinks this scheme should be taught across Africa to help tackle unemployment.

www.bbc.com

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

8 years

Captain Victor Ugochukwu Ulasi. Medical doctor. Graduate of UNN. Husband and father of 3. Killed by Boko Haram in Yobe on Sat. @Chxta

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

8 months

Just spent some good money at Narrative Landscape's Black Friday sales. They are taking 50% off everything!

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

I interviewed Simon Ekpa in 2021. It was a long interview that had him cleaving mostly to disinformation and hate speech, which I pushed back on and debunked as they were uttered. Nothing about what he is saying and doing now shocks me.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

10 months

For our upcoming edition, we are throwing back to the cover for our 5th Edition from October 2015.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

My story about an old Biafran soldier and the son of a man he encountered during the war was published in @JaladaAfrica 's Nostalgia. One leg after the other. Local man is returning to writing and publishing.

“Encountering Mister E” by Mazi Nwonwu

Standing before the nondescript one-storey building that loomed over other equally nondescript single storey buildings in a ghettoised section of Mafoluku, I saw the girl of about seven runnin…

jaladaafrica.org

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

6 years

'People use scripture to justify inequality. We need to flip that and use scripture to justify equality - Chimamanda Adichie #aneveningwithchimamanda

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

Igbo Warrior #midjourney

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

3 years

So we can talk about this now. 😀😀😀😊 @NarrativeLscape will be publishing my collection of speculative fiction short stories. Super excited.

Narrative Landscape Press

@NarrativeLscape

3 years

We are pleased to announce a new addition to our list of fine writers. Chiagozie @mazinwonwu upcoming collection of short stories, #TheRainmakerAndOtherStories , promised to push Nigerian and Africa speculative fiction several steps forward. Welcome, Mazi

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

10 months

Same court. Same day. Same judgement. Two national newspapers.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

5 years

All set for BBC Ìgbò governorship debate in Ebonyi state. Cc @DrJoeAbah @nicholasibekwe @cchukudebelu

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

10 months

Wow! I don't know what to say. This is super exciting! Thank you!!!!

Solarpunk Magazine

@solarpunklitmag

10 months

5/9 The Utopian Anthology Award goes to @mazinwonwu and @Dianaspeak for OMENANA ISSUE #22 : POSITIVE VISIONS OF DEMOCRACY ( @OmenanaMag ) #UtopiaAwards #CliFi #SciFi #Fantasy #readingcommunity

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

11 months

Congratulations to my bro @JollyPaps1 . Wishing you and your missus a very happy married life. Erm... I stole the photo from @J_Chiemeke . , 😊

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

1 year

Went to buy one young adult book for my daughter at @OuidaBooks and left with five. My wallet is crying but my daughter will scream with glee today. 😥 😆

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

Omenana magazine has a new anthology. This anthology is part of the African speculative fiction bundle and includes some of the best stories we've published since the magazine berthed in 2014. You can grab it here and help us spread the word

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

8 years

Finally out! Omenana, Issue 7. Speculative fiction like you've never seen.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

5 years

@gimbakakanda I do not agree. The question was on youths and resilience, which I understand relates to climate change in this context. The event is a climate change event. Let's not be too quick to insinuate a slip up. Watch again.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

Omenana magazine is still accepting submissions from writers from Africa and the African diaspora for our + iterations of Democracy themed edition. Payment is $100 for stories and $50 for illustrations that will go with the shortlisted stories.

Call for submissions from artists and writers for special edition of Omenana Speculative Fiction...

Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine is looking for speculative short stories and accompanying art that explores the theme “Positive Visions of Democracy”.

omenana.com

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

1 year

@SonOfOlokun What????

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

I get the feeling that Nnamdi Kanu sits back and laughs his butts off when he sees how serious his followers take even his most outlandish claims and pronouncements.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

3 years

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

3 years

For the first time since 2014 when @chineloonwualu & I started @OmenanaMag in 2014, we completed our planned publications of the year. 2021 has 4 editions of OmenanaMag! Big thanks to @Dianaspeak and @mame_bougouma . They made it happen. Join us in 2022.

Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine Issue 20 - omenana.com

Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora.

omenana.com

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

I am rediscovering my artistic side. Angel Wings #midjourney #AIart

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

5 years

@chemelumadu As in! People forget that the language sings.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

6 years

BBC News Ìgbò - Tiwa Savage na Yemi Alade na-akọ ọnụ otele

Akụko dị mkpa: Tiwa Savage na Yemi Alade a na-azọ otele? - BBC News Ìgbò

Otiegwu Yemi Alade na ogbo ya bụ Tiwa Savega akpanyela ọkụ na soshal midia maka ndọrịta ụka onye otele ya ka nke ibe ya.

www.bbc.com

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

1 year

Another reminder that I have a book coming out soon via @NarrativeLscape ! We are starting from home and heading out.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

6 years

The BBC debate in Igbo language for some of the governorship candidates in Imo will start in about an hour. Please help us share this and invite your friends to watch this debate. We cannot help but shout o! Go here to follow what's happening

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

3 years

No shame being a spare parts seller. Na wetin we take dey train doctors, engineers, journalists, etc.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

However, the journey wasn't started for those who don't care about speculative fiction. The journey began to fulfil the need for a platform for any person that's interested in the genre. has been a stepping stone for many,

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

1 year

People are reporting late or none arrival of @inecnigeria officials to their polling units in different parts of Nigeria. BBC Journalists In Abuja, Lagos and Akwa Ibom also report late arrival of electoral officials in some polling units. #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

5 years

@SerenadeMe @gimbakakanda He absolutely did. He touched every area that he could have on the question. I think people are hung up on the mention of youths at the get go, when the question is more in line with what are you going to do about climate resilience especially as you have a very you g population.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

I started the journey for me and it remains one of the most fulfilling things I've done in my life. Omenana magazine doesn't get much recognition among the literary community in Nigeria. It's like it doesn't exist outside of the minds of lovers of speculative fiction.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

7 years

The Coming Revolution & the Curious Case of Mr Kwa Ropshun - by @DwinTheStoic - via @olisatv

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

I planned to spend about 5 minutes with @sugabelly but it stretched to over 1 hour 30 minutes. I listened much of that time. The lady knows what she is talking about as deeply as an expert knows his/her topic. I learnt, a lot. Now I am reading about Kanji & stuff & more stuff.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

In my other life, I run a speculative fiction magazine dedicated to African writers of science fiction, fantasy, magical realism and stories about cats walking through walls 😀. We just published our most ambitious edition. Do check it out!

Omenana speculative fiction magazine

@OmenanaMag

2 years

In Chibueze Ngeneagu's "Agu Uno" a robot masquerade breaks into a king’s palace to set free Agu Uno. This is freedom for all of earth’s creatures, and it is won with a good dose of environmental awareness and a special brand of ‘Odeshi’.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

Erm... The jury found that Ms Heard was "defamed by statements made by Depp's lawyer, Adam Waldman, to the Daily Mail, calling her abuse claims a "hoax"".

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

The abducted passengers of the train heading to Kaduna from Abuja have been in captivity for more than 100 days now. Mostly they are forgotten as people struggle to survive Nigeria. The views of them their captors allow are harrowing. 40 something of them remain in captivity.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

Prophets who didn't see covid-19 in 2019 has no business giving 2021 prophecies.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

And... we are @OmenanaMag . Support African writers, especially speculative fiction writers.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

1 year

A controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement has been arrested at his home in Finland, the BBC has confirmed. Simon Ekpa allegedly used social media to incite violence and called for a boycott of Saturday's Nigerian poll.

Simon Ekpa: Nigeria's Ipob faction leader arrested in Finland

Simon Ekpa has called for a boycott of Nigeria's election, and allegedly incited violence on social media.

www.bbc.com

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

5 years

@MobilePunch We've been eating that for 3 years in my house. It tastes way better than foreign rice, and looks more earthly too.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

3 years

Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine issue 19 is available on the website. It is still free!

Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine, Issue 19 - omenana.com

This edition features great writing from writers from across the African continent and beyond. We have a handful of established names and several new names that we want you to pay close attention to...

omenana.com

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

@asemota That point about the "unequivocal rejection of Biafra" by Anioma people is not true. Many of the major players in Biafra were from that region, even to the end of the war. That part of Biafra was captured early and people needed to survive, hence the 'rejection'. It came later.

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@mazinwonwu

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

3 years

My short story "Rainmaker" published in @brittlepaper 's "African Futurism Anthology" has been nominated for the Nommo awards. Also, several authors publish in Omenana Magazine made the shortlist. Nice feel to this. Congratulations to everyone.

ASFS

@africansfs

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2021 NOMMO AWARDS LONGLIST: Congratulations to all the nominated creators and publishers. Take the time to look at the featured works, read them and share them. #nommos #nommoawards #nommolonglist The Nommo Shortlist will be published at the end of May.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

@nicholasibekwe And he will give them Biafra.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

1 year

@AderonkeOkeleye @PROFSOCUMEH @GRVlagos That's Senegalese troops. They are not part of any so-called alliance with Niger.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

3 years

@Coal_City Why do you guys report stuff like this without verifying if it is true. This is a very sensitive news at a very sensitive time. When you see stuff like this, pause, verify, they report.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

Powerful point from Kenule Saro-Wiwa about nationhood Nigerian penchant for trying to solve complex problems with simplistic solutions. Continue to rest in peace sir!

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

11 years

With the way Nigerian writers are topping Africa's literary awards, is it not time Glo pick some ambassadors from this sector?

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

English version here >>

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

1 year

Congratulations to @Penprince_ and @WTalabi for being Hugo finalists. What a great time for Nigerian and African SFF. Rooting for you guys.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

3 years

That said, we've been here since 2014. Happy to do this, for the culture. Yep, we fund this from our pocket and are happy for the success of the many writers that used this platform as a stepping stone. We are still here. Show us what you are doing for the culture.

Omenana speculative fiction magazine

@OmenanaMag

3 years

We are happy to announce that the next edition of Omenana will go live this week. Anticipate this!

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

9 years

Also, Omenana AfroSFF magazine now pays contributors. So, what are you waiting for? >>

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

How? Does the whole world revolve around the United States?

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

This not not farfetched though.

Mona Eltahawy

@monaeltahawy

4 years

My fellow Americans: Trump the bully is EXACTLY what the world thinks the USA is. That ugliness you just saw is how the rest of the world sees the United States of America. #Debate2020

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@mazinwonwu

4 years

@kolatubosun @asemota I think he is heating up the polity to ensure his base remains behind him. So even if he loses in the final stretch he will leave an impression in their mind that he was cheated. So when he comes again, they will follow him like before. "The return of the king" stuff.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

3 years

@UcheLister @TheGodfathee @asemota Goodluck Jonathan?

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@mazinwonwu

3 years

7 years! Whew!

Omenana speculative fiction magazine

@OmenanaMag

3 years

Omenana Issue 1 was released in. December 2014. That's 7 years ago. Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine was founded by @mazinwonwu and @chineloonwualu . We are still here!

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

I was asked about the state of speculative fiction in Nigeria and Africa, here is what I had to say.

But Africans Don’t Do Speculative Fiction!? | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Cape Town. South Africa |...

While stories about the “fantastic” have a long tradition in oral and written storytelling in Africa, the continent is rarely associated with speculative fiction.

za.boell.org

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@mazinwonwu

11 months

Got the opportunity to talk about speculative fiction in Africa and the place of @OmenanaMag in the scheme of things at @GI_Nigeria 's "Dreaming New Worlds" event. Was really surprised at how much influence this magazine has had on speculative literature in Africa. Whew!

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

6 years

Issue 12 of Omenana magazine loading. Wait for it! @OmenanaMag

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

Yes, WE HAVE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY!

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

3 years

"It is hypocrisy to commemorate the death of 3 million in the past when you are scornful of efforts to prevent the death of 3 million in the future!" This is what today is. And Chuma Nwokolo's voice captures the essence and the lessons that need learning.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

I am very thrilled about this one. I stopped writing years ago and tried coming back to it several times with no success. Thank you @WTalabi for helping me rediscover the joy of creating new worlds. I hope everyone enjoys this Afrofuturism anthology from @brittlepaper .

Wole Talabi (CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS out now)

@WTalabi

4 years

The anthology features excellent authors including the pioneer herself @Nnedi , @TendaiHuchu , @dilmandila , @rafeeeeta , @D_slays_dragons , @TlotloTsamaase , @mazinwonwu and @mame_bougouma Stories will be available to read on the @brittlepaper site next week & for download Oct 19

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@mazinwonwu

2 years

and we are content to be just that and nothing more. Shame no dey catch us! 20 editions under our belt!

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@mazinwonwu

6 years

Was interviewed by Geoff Ryman for his extensive feature on people involved in speculative fiction in Africa. Read here >>> via @strangehorizons

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@mazinwonwu

2 years

We are still here and we will do our best to make the publishing experience as good as it can get for the writer trying to get their fantastical story out there.

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@mazinwonwu

6 years

Omenana 11 will be released today!

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@mazinwonwu

4 years

This is for those of you spreading rumours that covid-19 palliatives and not teenage female students are currently in Queens School Enugu. Onye nwere ntị nuta ihe. Looting is a criminal offense too. Also, the girls may need to be evacuated or better secured.

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@mazinwonwu

3 years

The same people who have been complaining about African literature for decades are still at it. People dig deep into their time and pocket to create a space for others but instead of helping by even sharing a link to a story, what you get is blanket condemnation. Next!

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@mazinwonwu

3 years

@DrJoeAbah My younger brother told me and our younger brother he would die the year he died. He died a few days to the end of the year. He wasn't sick. Last day of school. Took his box to the gate. Collapsed and didn't make it home.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

Erm...I know we are not talking about art now, but... Just got a story published on @brittlepaper 's #AfricanFuturism anthology.

BRITTLE PAPER

@brittlepaper

4 years

In @mazinwonwu 's #AfricanfuturismAnthology story, the Yadum family brings the tale of how they are capable of speaking to the rain gods & summoning rain to a new planet. But what happens to that power in this new environment? Read on to find out.

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@mazinwonwu

3 years

Just had a great time talking about speculative fiction with some really great people at the Relampeio festival. Please check out the festival for some really great conversations about literature.

Relampeio Festival

@relampeio

3 years

Nossa, começamos lindamente o dia de hoje! E daqui a pouquinho entra no ar a mesa sobre flash fiction! O @mazinwonwu vai conversar com @VozesSarau e @Taina_Peacock !

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@mazinwonwu

2 years

I have no idea why people glamorise war. It is hell! Nothing beats peace and tranquillity. I stand with peace.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

2020 is the year it is. I got two stories published in two great anthologies. Read my African Futurism story on Brittle Paper's anthology edited by @WTalabi

Rainmaker by Mazi Nwonwu | Africanfuturism Anthology

Katma Dikun and Bama Yadum were on their way to school, gliding over the blue sand, when they saw the dust devils. It was Katma who saw them first and her scream of glee drew Bama’s attention to...

brittlepaper.com

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@mazinwonwu

5 years

Submission window for 14th edition of Omenana opens via @OmenanaMag

Omenana Submissions - omenana.com

We are very much interested in works that explore alternative futures for Africa and people of African descent. We would also like to see explorations of the past as well as new interpretations of...

omenana.com

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@mazinwonwu

4 years

Unpopular opinion, but I just have to air it. Please stay in your homes. Please, please, please....

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@mazinwonwu

10 months

Congratulations to @mame_bougouma and @woppa_diallo . This is the first co-written story to win a Caine Prize. Also first husband and wife win!!!!

The Caine Prize for African Writing

@CainePrize

10 months

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Caine Prize for African Writing @mame_bougouma & @woppa_diallo for 'A Soul of Small Places' 📚🎗️

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

7 months

Sometimes I don't know if Oris is trolling or engaging in his pasttime of dismissing any writing, writer or genre that doesn't personally appeal to him. However, this take on speculative fiction misses the mark by much more than a thousand miles. Should we even debate this?

Oris Aigbokhaevbolo

@Catchoris

7 months

This fascination many Nigerian writers have for speculative fiction: Is it truly what they want to write and read? Or is it semi-dictated from the West? Has the latter quietly informed the former? Nigeria is kicking our ass but you are writing about malformed aliens in Onitsha.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

7 months

That's how I am seeing people who contributed to making the society unsafe by being cheerleaders and defenders of the armed marauders that painted the zone red also celebrating the mansions and cars of those who braved the fear they created. What's irony sef? Na wa.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

The summary of the debate on what is and what is not Igbo culture is the fact that judeo-christian values subsumed Igbo culture ages ago and many people erroneously now confuse these adopted norms as representative of what held in the days of our grandsires.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

1 year

In a video from Rivers yesterday, a woman, crying as she watched the ballot papers from her polling unit burn, said: "I no go ever vote for my life again" That's someone's faith in democracy dying before our eyes, killed by people who benefit from a rape of the process.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

2 years

Thanks for this. Kind od reminds me Omenana to Infinity isn't online anymore. Need a new home for it.

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

@Penprince_

2 years

In this piece on @Shepherd_books , I write about The best books to introduce you to African speculative short fiction. Go check it out. @mazinwonwu @WTalabi @IvorWHartmann @nerinedorman

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

3 years

@DavidHundeyin @tomiwaoyetu But this looks very much like a tokunbo Merc that's probably like 7 years old. How is it worth $50m? Fine motor, but some of us wey no bi big man pikin dey drive merc too. 😳😳

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

5 years

@Dianaspeak @kolatubosun Not true for Ìgbò. Same tone marks exist and are the only way you can tell certain things with only tonal differences apart on paper. However, where Yoruba kept the tone marking in text, Ìgbò dropped it. The hope, now, is that context can tell you what is being referred to.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

4 years

@kolatubosun @NigeriaGov @NigeriaFMYS @PoliceNG @NhrcNigeria @DrJoeAbah @feminist_co I invited a lady here to be part of a panel to discuss this issue yesterday. She said: "No, I will recommend a younger person who is more involved in the protests." And she did just that. I be fan boy now.

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Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu

@mazinwonwu

1 year

This is scary. What happens to platforms like Omenana that doesn't have the resources or clout of Clarkesworld? How do we even begin to look for stuff like this as AI content get harder to detect?

clarkesworld

@clarkesworld

1 year

Just to be clear, this is NOT the number of submissions we receive by month. This is the number of people we've had to ban by month. Prior to late 2022, that was mostly plagiarism. Now it's machine-generated submissions.

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