Nigeria's Soldiers of Fortune
Q1 is almost over, so I'm nearing the end of my defined term for my personal curriculum. More on that next time but today, I'm sharing a review of a book I read on Nigerian political history, "Ni...
Doing hard things
Did you hear about the guy that deleted his Instagram because he saw a picture from the top of Mount Everest?
Gabriel Basso, on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, spoke about why he did this, saying:...
Mid-term update on my personal curriculum
I’m about half-way through my personal curriculum! If you recall, for Q1 2026, I’m studying three subjects:
Nigerian political history
Non-Abrahamic religions
Yoruba language
Now just over half-way...
Why (and how) I write
I had two rules for myself when I decided to start this newsletter:
I had to write and publish every other week - I realised I needed a schedule or it just wouldn’t happen.
I could not use gen AI in...
Around the world in 80 faiths
In my last newsletter I wrote about how I built a personal curriculum for Q1 2026 to study Nigerian political history, Non-Abrahamic religions, and Yoruba language. Today, I want to share my takeaways...