Nicholas Ibekwe
nicholasibekwe.bsky.social
Nicholas Ibekwe
@nicholasibekwe.bsky.social
Investigative Journalist.
Once people shift into the world of magical thinking, you can't reach them through rational argument.
February 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
In perhaps his first action about Africa since his inauguration, Trump takes sides with white landowners in South Africa.
www.iol.co.za/news/politic...
Trump cuts funding to South Africa, accuses country of 'confiscating' land
US President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted South Africa was "confiscating" land and "treating certain classes of people very badly" as he announced he was cutting off all future funding to the count...
www.iol.co.za
February 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Nice to hear from you @femkevanzeijl.bsky.social. Yes, there aren't much Nigerian contents here. I hope I have the time post more of those and maybe that will encourage others to join and post more engaging Nigeria contents regularly.
@nicholasibekwe.bsky.social Hey! Happy to see you here. Bluesky desperately needs Nigerian content. At the moment, when I search #Nigeria, half of the results are about terrorism, extremism or Nigerian princes and email scams.
February 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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During @historians.org's annual meeting, Oxford University Press is offering a 40% discount on my book. Just use code EXAHA25 at checkout!

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January 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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From the intro of my forthcoming book (May 2025): *Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea*: "Maritime escape was a long, slow-moving, and unstoppable oceanic wave of resistance, bigger and more powerful than we have ever known."
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566407...
January 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Brighton holdooorrr!!!
January 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Publishing 32 books over the course of his life, Jimmy Carter wasn’t just prolific. His output also showed an extraordinary range that included historical fiction, poetry and even a coffee-table book on woodworking.
Jimmy Carter: Poet, Novelist, Memoirist, Philosopher
He wasn’t just prolific, publishing 32 books. His output also showed an unusual range that included memoirs and forays into historical fiction and even poetry.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 7:00 PM
To read the posts on a Cybertruck owners’ forum is to enter a world of pain and suffering.

www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
The Most Polarizing Thing on Wheels
A year after its debut, the Cybertruck has come to embody Tesla’s infamous CEO, with critics suggesting it’s as defective and unreliable as Elon Musk himself.
www.texasmonthly.com
December 29, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Hey, I am new here.
December 29, 2024 at 1:03 PM