A House for Mr. Soyinka by Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún
A visit with the Nobel Laureate deep in the bush
Loving Moi by Keguro Macharia
Propaganda works on the young
Who Are Nerdsby Rosa Lyster
A writer goes apeshit over a cat. Newsflash.
Bessie Head: A Life of Letters by Nanjala Nyabola
In her breakdown, she broke down what it means to write an “African” novel.
Konkoksie by Yemisi Aribisala
“Thank God for food and its comforting moisturizing quality in relationships.”
The Cafe Talkers of Somalia by Safia Aidid
“Language is the essence of Somali society”
Okra in Lagos by Siddhartha Mitter
An ode to the talisman vegetable of the global South
He Should Practice Homosexuality at Home by Rudo Mudiwa
Polite homophobia imagines that deviant sexuality should be enjoyed away from public view.
I really do not give a shit so long as that person makes a purchase by Mangunga Williams
Wacha sasa nikuambie.
African Hospitality Served with Spaghetti Bolognese by Yemisi Aribisala
The bluster of Nigerian madam-hood
My Hometown: Ilorin, Nigeria by Fareeda Abdulkareem
“A town that had represented all of the traps I had wanted to escape.”
My Dictator, Hastings Banda by Oliver Corlett
Naively, they thought with Banda and about 500 of his supporters in jail, everything would just go back to “normal.”
American Legs by Rosa Lyster
An unexpected consequence of climate change
Vic Jagger by Rosa Lyster
Notes on ultra-humans, by a mere human.
Each comment or response costs a tiny ETH fee of 3.0E-5 (about 5¢ in Ethereum cryptocurrency), payable from your Metamask.io wallet (the wallet is free, and takes just a moment to add to your browser). This system helps protect Popula conversations from trolls, fakers, Cambridges Analytica and other malign influences.
If you haven’t got any ETH yet and you’re a Popula subscriber, please write to hey@popula.com with your subscriber email address and MetaMask wallet address, and we’ll send you a little bit to get started! It’s pretty easy and a lot of fun to use, Yay.
If you’d like to learn more about cryptocurrency, Ethereum, and how Popula is using these new technologies to help protect speech rights and the free press, please visit our FAQ page.
We’re having trouble checking your subscriber status. Try refreshing the page.
Welcome! To leave a comment, you’ll need to log in, and also have your MetaMask wallet ready with some ETH cryptocurrency available.
It’s easy! Just visit metamask.io to install an in-browser MetaMask wallet. If you’re a new subscriber, write to hey@popula.com for $2 in free ETH crypto!
Thank you for being a Popula subscriber! As a subscriber, you may leave comments, but you have to be logged in as commenter here first. This is an additional login—the login for your commenting privileges—and you’ll stay logged in after you log in the first time.
We’ve sent an email to your registered address at … with your commenting details. Please follow the directions in the email to open your commenting privileges and then come back here to leave your first comment!
Thanks for registering! Please log in and you can get started commenting.
You need to connect to the Main Ethereum Network before you can leave a comment. Click on your MetaMask icon so the window pops up, then select ‘Main Ethereum Network’ from the network-chooser dropdown at the top.
You’re logged in and ready to leave comments! All you need is a MetaMask wallet and a little ETH cryptocurrency, just like with our microtipping system.
If you know what MetaMask is and have it installed, activate MetaMask and refresh:
Each comment costs 5¢ in Ethereum cryptocurrency to post! Just write your comment and click the green button. Thank you, Popula subscriber, for joining us in the new world of cryptoeconomics! Please don’t forget to set your wallet address in order to receive tips on your comments.
Alas! commenting is not yet available on your mobile device. Each comment costs a little ETH cryptocurrency to post, and for now that requires a regular computer.
So please go to your laptop, install the MetaMask browser plugin, and hold forth!