1914 Reader
Feyi Fawehinmi, Tobi LawsonA space created by Tobi Lawson and Feyi Fawehinmi to read and think in public
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 269 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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Always Good Ships
Not long ago I had dinner with a bright young man, who had clearly read a lot and had a love of reading. Over the course of the evening he mentioned, almost in passing, that he had come to love books and reading years earlier, as a boy, whe...
Chris Ihidero on Nollywood's Grass and Trees
In this episode of Frontier Matters, we are joined in Lagos by Chris Ihidero - a writer, director, producer, teacher, and broadcaster. Known as one of Nollywood’s most clear-eyed voices, Chris occupies a unique space as both a deeply embedd...
Chapter 5: The Old Mushroom
Akiga Sai and The Last Translation
If you read the opinion piece that Fola Fagbule and I wrote in The Daily Telegraph last November, you would have come across the name of today’s character profile as something of a passing reference. I fi...
Funsho Doherty on the Past, Present, and Future of Lagos
Here’s the video of the special live edition of Frontier Matters, recorded in Lagos on May 11, 2026, in front of a small audience.
In this episode, we sat down with Funso Doherty, an investment professional and public-policy advocate who h...
Hannah Ryder on Africa in China
There are more than enough conversations about China in Africa. But in this episode we sit down with Hannah Ryder - one of the leading China-Africa policy experts and CEO of Development Reimagined - to talk about Africa in China. We explor...
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