A space for critical thinking on African future
Essays and visualizations to help us think critically about our ever-changing reality in the 2020s and build a better future for ourselves.
- How we Understand our Archives in the Age of LLMs↗— May 28, 2026
An opinionated thesis & experimental implementation of visual “deep research” tool for semantic, geographic and temporal thinking in archives + Thoughts on use cases and practical value - Indexing African Artifacts↗— January 19, 2026
Developing an archival index to unlock latent meaning through comparative symbolic analysis - Archiving with Are.na↗— December 1, 2025
Connected knowledge collection with community: inspirations and practices for archival - World-Building and Cosmology↗— November 11, 2025
World-building from a theory of progress. Cosmology = A grand theory of everything. - Why study African history?↗— October 24, 2025
Beyond ethos, through material history and towards positive-sum progress - African Symbolism Inquiry↗— July 25, 2025
History and ancestral knowledge as a vehicle for social and psychological development - On Yoruba Art as Historic Storytelling↗— July 24, 2025
Carved planks and beams from Yoruba temples - a narrative and symbolic analysis - Why African History Research is Important— June 24, 2023
Reflections on why African history is important and relevant today, especially in uncovering potentials in economics and development - Nigeria Agriculture— February 5, 2023
On the development of industrial agriculture in Nigeria: 19/20th c. plantation economies, oil boom and challenges to industrialization, import/export dynamics and potential permaculture-based innov... - Mapping Lagos Slums— August 23, 2020
An overview of informal settlements in Lagos, Nigeria - Naira Stablecoins— August 16, 2020
An introduction to Naira Stablecoins, covering the motivations, need and potentials of this technology and paths for startups to adopt and provide financial value - Blockchain In Africa— March 1, 2020
An overview of Africa’s blockchain space - Digital Platform Adoption In Developing Countries— July 23, 2018
Thoughts on strategies for galvanizing adoption of digital platforms, including decentralized currency, in Africa by leveraging well-adapted technologies and distribution networks such as USSD and ...
- African Artifacts IndexCross-cultural index of museum collections for discovery and comparative analysis

- Archive 3DVisualize and explore vector-similar archives in 3D

- Map ToolSimple tool to view and share maps on the web.

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