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Rafeeat Aliyu

@rafeeeeta

writes speculative fiction. history nerd. media consultant. documentary producer! have feet itching to travel. total randomer. clarion west 2018 πŸ™

 Nigeria
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Joined August 2015
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Omenana issue 30 - 10th anniversary edition, featuring: @WTalabi, @nerinedorman, @chineloonwualu, @mazinwonwu, @spembleton, @rafeeeeta,@tariro_writes & @asarirl is live now! omenana.com/2024/12/24/omena…
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Insightful piece by Martha Sambe, @OOlakpe, and @rafeeeeta. πŸ‘πŸ‘ The reference to accounts of a historical custodian highlighted in great detail the strength of infusing indigenous knowledge into socio-legal analysis. Additionally, the piece provides a very pointed analysis of the 'gendered' nature of the forex market in Benin City, Nigeria. What I find most fascinating is the paradox of this market. Though it is chiefly a product of the labour migratory efforts of Nigerian women to Italy and other European countries, even in its current transformation, this β€˜niche’ sector is predominantly occupied by men.
CODESRIA (@CODESRIA) profile pictureCODESRIA@CODESRIA6 Jun 2024
🌍✨ Nigerien migrants are shaking up Benin City's forex market! Discover how they impact informal economies and local dynamics in this fascinating article. πŸ“ˆπŸ” Read more: journals.codesria.org/index.… #Migration #Forex #BeninCity #Nigeria
The Migration and Informal Market Nexus: A study of Nigerien Forex Traders in Benin City Vol. 48 No. 3 (2023): Africa Development https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v48i3.5316 Authors: Martha Sambe, Oreva Olakpe & Rafeeat Aliyu https://journals.codesria.org/index.php/ad/article/view/5316

ALT The Migration and Informal Market Nexus: A study of Nigerien Forex Traders in Benin City Vol. 48 No. 3 (2023): Africa Development https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v48i3.5316 Authors: Martha Sambe, Oreva Olakpe & Rafeeat Aliyu https://journals.codesria.org/index.php/ad/article/view/5316

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β„‚π•™π•£π•šπ•€π•₯π•šπ•’π•Ÿπ•’ π”Όπ•€π•€π•šπ•– π•Šπ•’π•˜π•’π•ͺ (@christy_sagay) profile pictureβ„‚π•™π•£π•šπ•€π•₯π•šπ•’π•Ÿπ•’ π”Όπ•€π•€π•šπ•– π•Šπ•’π•˜π•’π•ͺ@christy_sagay6 Jun 2024
Insightful piece by Martha Sambe, @OOlakpe, and @rafeeeeta. πŸ‘πŸ‘ The reference to accounts of a historical custodian highlighted in great detail the strength of infusing indigenous knowledge into socio-legal analysis. Additionally, the piece provides a very pointed analysis of the 'gendered' nature of the forex market in Benin City, Nigeria. What I find most fascinating is the paradox of this market. Though it is chiefly a product of the labour migratory efforts of Nigerian women to Italy and other European countries, even in its current transformation, this β€˜niche’ sector is predominantly occupied by men.
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Oreva Olakpe@OOlakpe6 Jun 2024
Replying to @rafeeeeta
@rafeeeeta & Martha Sambe, so happy to see that our paper on Migration and the Informal Market Nexus is in the Africa Development Journal of @CODESRIA: journals.codesria.org/index.… Grateful for the opportunity through the Meaning-making Research Initiatives (MRI) grant.
CODESRIA (@CODESRIA) profile pictureCODESRIA@CODESRIA6 Jun 2024
🌍✨ Nigerien migrants are shaking up Benin City's forex market! Discover how they impact informal economies and local dynamics in this fascinating article. πŸ“ˆπŸ” Read more: journals.codesria.org/index.… #Migration #Forex #BeninCity #Nigeria
The Migration and Informal Market Nexus: A study of Nigerien Forex Traders in Benin City Vol. 48 No. 3 (2023): Africa Development https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v48i3.5316 Authors: Martha Sambe, Oreva Olakpe & Rafeeat Aliyu https://journals.codesria.org/index.php/ad/article/view/5316

ALT The Migration and Informal Market Nexus: A study of Nigerien Forex Traders in Benin City Vol. 48 No. 3 (2023): Africa Development https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v48i3.5316 Authors: Martha Sambe, Oreva Olakpe & Rafeeat Aliyu https://journals.codesria.org/index.php/ad/article/view/5316

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Cover reveal + excerpt for Womb City (Jan 2024) is live on @io9! So much gratitude to the cover artist @colinverdi and @ErewhonBooks @McFlyCahill90 @Sarah_Guan gizmodo.com/scifi-dystopian-…

A Revolution Sparks From Beyond the Grave in Tlotlo Tsamaase's Dystopian Womb City

io9 shares an exclusive excerpt and reveals the cover for the short fiction author's debut novel.

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Couldn't retweet so I'm posting again. Please help contribute to Dare's Gofundme. gofundme.com/f/help-dare-seg…
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So excited that our paper is out! Many thanks to @OOlakpe, Martha Sambe and @CODESRIA for this opportunity.
Oreva Olakpe (@OOlakpe) profile pictureOreva Olakpe@OOlakpe24 Mar 2023
Published! @rafeeeeta & Martha Sambe. Our paper on Communal Governance and Transnationalism is in the Africa Development Journal of @CODESRIA: journals.codesria.org/index.… Grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the Meaning-making Research Initiatives (MRI).
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✨ 🌌 I HAVE BOOK NEWS 🌌 ✨ I’m so, so excited to share that my YA dystopian romance THE DIVIDING SKY is coming out in Summer 2024, from @JoyRevBooks / @penguinrandom!
An illustrated couple embraces in front of a starry sky. In the background, a PM announcement reads: Debut author Jill Tew’s THE DIVIDING SKY, a dual-POV sci-fi romance, in which a cunning merchant of memories, who deals illegal happiness on the side seeks refuge outside of a futuristic Boston but is unknowingly being trailed by the ambitious and charismatic rookie enforcer charged with bringing her to justice.

ALT An illustrated couple embraces in front of a starry sky. In the background, a PM announcement reads: Debut author Jill Tew’s THE DIVIDING SKY, a dual-POV sci-fi romance, in which a cunning merchant of memories, who deals illegal happiness on the side seeks refuge outside of a futuristic Boston but is unknowingly being trailed by the ambitious and charismatic rookie enforcer charged with bringing her to justice.

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BRITTLE PAPER@brittlepaper3 Mar 2023
Congratulations to Nigerian Professor Saheed Aderinto & Kenyan historian Chao Tayiana Maina (@ChaoTayiana) on receiving the @DanDavidPrize, which awards $300,000 to nine outstanding historians who've made great contributions to the study of the past. buff.ly/3ZBSJbL
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Sash@sashdsgns24 Dec 2022
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Nancy Adimora@NancAdimora14 Dec 2022
I've started mapping out the books publishing next year, and the British-Ghanaians did not come to play.
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ÌsΓ‘ΗΉsΓ‘ mΓ©jΓ¬ ni kΓ­ rawọn jαΊΉjαΊΉjαΊΉ. A dia fΓΊn αΊΉgbαΊΉ ayΓ© A bΓΉ fΓΊn tọ̀run Bọ̀rọ̀kini ọrΓΉn kΓ² nΓ­ jΓ¨ kΓ­ taye Γ³ tẹ́. Gbogbo αΊΈgbẹ́ pΓ‘tΓ‘pΓ‘tΓ‘ αΊΉ mΓ‘ jαΊΉ ka tαΊΉ o πŸ™πŸΏπŸ™πŸΏπŸ™πŸΏπŸ™πŸΏπŸ™πŸΏπŸ™πŸΏπŸ™πŸΏπŸ™πŸΏπŸ™πŸΏ αΊΈgbẹ́ does not forsake those that accept their existence and propitiate to them always....
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"There are dragons in Lagos and witches who wear their sons’ skins...." Cover Reveal! Caged Ocean Dub by Dare Segun Falowo @dsfxy Coming from Android Press @press_android locusmag.com/2022/12/cover-r…
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IKEADE@HerrOriade5 Dec 2022
Michael Omonua could receive an Oscar nom for his short film after winning the grand prize at an Oscar qualifying festival Read our profile of the Nigerian indie filmmaker whatkeptmeup.com/movies/from…
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Congratulations!
Wole Talabi (@WTalabi) profile pictureWole Talabi@WTalabi6 Dec 2022
Right. I've playing this news relatively close to my chest for a while because that's just how I am but also because part of me didn't think it was real. But it is. So here we go. My debut novel "Shigidi" will be published by @dawbooks books next year. penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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2023 promises to be an amazing year for Read Caribbean. I am truly excited for all the Caribbean writers who are getting published. Be sure to add them to your reading list for 2023. Full blog post here: bookofcinz.com/2023-read-car…
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O.O. Sangoyomi@OOSangoyomi5 Dec 2022
delighted to announce that MASQUERADE, my medieval West African retelling of Hades and a villainous Persephone, will be published in 2024 by @forgereads/@macmillanusa! (art: @vxctorvale)
Art of a Nigerian woman wearing aso oke and holding a bronze flower alongside a screenshot of a Publisher's Marketplace announcement reading "Nigerian American author O.O. Sangoyomi's MASQUERADE, in which a young Yoruba woman rises from social pariah to power in a reimagining of patriarchal, pre-colonial West Africa, exploring the death and rebirth of an entire culture, with underlying themes pitched as mirroring the Hades and Persephone mythos, to Robert Davis at Forge, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring/summer 2024, by Larissa Melo Pieonkowski at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (world English).

ALT Art of a Nigerian woman wearing aso oke and holding a bronze flower alongside a screenshot of a Publisher's Marketplace announcement reading "Nigerian American author O.O. Sangoyomi's MASQUERADE, in which a young Yoruba woman rises from social pariah to power in a reimagining of patriarchal, pre-colonial West Africa, exploring the death and rebirth of an entire culture, with underlying themes pitched as mirroring the Hades and Persephone mythos, to Robert Davis at Forge, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring/summer 2024, by Larissa Melo Pieonkowski at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (world English).

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πŸ™πŸΏπŸŒΊ When I begun writing my debut novel β€˜The Scent of Burnt Flowers’ I put together a playlist of classic Ghanaian Highlife Music from 1950’s - 1970’s to keep me inspired. Here is the Spotify playlist of some of that music. Hope you enjoy!!! open.spotify.com/playlist/4f…
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