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    On Coffee and Usefulness

    8 June 2025

    Gary Finnegan — Excerpt: While every other aspiring sophisticate was splashing water into brown dust, we knew a better way.

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    The Utter Irrelevance of Human Lives

    11 May 2025

    R Karthik — Excerpt: Considering the vanity-inducing narratives that we have come to believe, it is disturbing to discover the truth of our irrelevance in the grander scheme of things.

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    Cruel Sentimentalism

    27 April 2025

    Anna Nguyen — Excerpt: I remember reading on the forums how Maggie betrayed her fans in China. Because she married a white man.

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    Traffic, Hisses, and Suya: My Lagos Story

    6 April 2025

    Alice Eze — Excerpt: Imagine being stuck in a car so long you begin to suspect you’re in a reality TV show called Survivor: Lagos Edition.

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    Lost in Venice: Beyond the Gondola Rides

    30 March 2025

    Amrita Mukherjee — Excerpt: It was pointless to ask my husband anything now because he was definitely not within earshot. Also, he has this personal principle of not asking for directions from human beings but rely on a piece of code.

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