Arts polymath. https://muckrack.com/molara-wood-1/portfoliohttps://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.social/post/3mcz3dpfbfc2i"It is a measure of the artist's wide-ranging influence that one of those paying tributes was Wayne Barrow, manager of the American Hip-Hop legend, The Notorious B.I.G." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgqelez1kwwo22 Jan 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:tma75fdevsdhvguadxic5gj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcz3dpfbfc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.social/post/3lpwu7eevy22kMy short story, "Requiem for the Golden City", in Issue 32 of @yourimpossiblevoice.com. Read story here: https://yourimpossiblevoice.com/requiem-for-the-golden-city/ Your Impossible Voice publishes "brash and velvety" new work from around the globe. Proud to be certified brash and velvety.24 May 2025 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:tma75fdevsdhvguadxic5gj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwu7eevy22khttps://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.social/post/3lpo7kwj2w22g"To many scientists, Mars One was humanity’s next great adventure." Words: Serena Meloche Art: Yemisi Aribisala www.guernicamag.com/all-that-blue/ https://www.guernicamag.com/all-that-blue/21 May 2025 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:tma75fdevsdhvguadxic5gj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpo7kwj2w22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.social/post/3lotaaix6l22xShocking exit for Koyo Kouoh, curator of the 2026 Venice Biennale, the first African woman to achieve the distinction. Ikú dóró. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/koyo-kouoh-curating-venice-biennale-died-264296310 May 2025 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:tma75fdevsdhvguadxic5gj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lotaaix6l22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.social/post/3lmw6y4hjak2j"Historically, my body was considered stronger, like a mule’s. Bodies like mine were once experimented on without the use of anesthesia, our skin too thick to feel the pain." https://www.guernicamag.com/strong-as-a-mule-thick-as-a-rope/16 Apr 2025 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:tma75fdevsdhvguadxic5gj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmw6y4hjak2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.social/post/3lipn3suy3c2uCelebrating International Mother Language Day at Goethe Institut Lagos Yoruba poetry from @AremoGemini.21 Feb 2025 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:tma75fdevsdhvguadxic5gj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lipn3suy3c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.social/post/3likp7f2q6s2i"I first came across him in a Pakistan newspaper column and the name struck me—as the kids have already abandoned saying—right in the feels. “Iggy Fernandes.” How could it not, with such a rockstarry formulation?" www.guernicamag.com/iggy/ https://www.guernicamag.com/iggy/19 Feb 2025 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:tma75fdevsdhvguadxic5gj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3likp7f2q6s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.social/post/3lhmb2hmadc23Nobody does the longstanding standard bookshop in Nigeria like the folks in Ibadan. Such an old and familiar joy browsing through The Booksellers outlet on the aptly named Magazine Road in Jericho, Ibadan, earlier today. Now 30 years in the business, they're not to be beat.07 Feb 2025 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:tma75fdevsdhvguadxic5gj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhmb2hmadc23https://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.social/post/3lfu6txlsps2g"The war, that, when started on 11 October 1899 had been expected by the British public to end by Christmas of the same year, but ended with thousands of deaths for the British, the Boer and the Africans who were collateral damage." #Fiction #ZukiswaWanner https://www.guernicamag.com/broken-endings-uncertain-geneses/16 Jan 2025 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:tma75fdevsdhvguadxic5gj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfu6txlsps2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.social/post/3lftv57ythk22"These pieces come to us from South Africa, Lebanon, Sudan, Italy, Palestine, and Mexico; they are at times mournful, at times contemplative, and at times optimistic." https://www.guernicamag.com/the-january-issue/16 Jan 2025 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:tma75fdevsdhvguadxic5gj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lftv57ythk22https://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.social/post/3lcpevxvxc22r"The climate issues Lagos faces are due to bad planning, mismanagement, lack of efficient drainage systems and human refusal to respect the ocean." https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/11/24/lost-homes-and-rising-seas-a-nigerian-coastal-community-fears-extinction07 Dec 2024 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:tma75fdevsdhvguadxic5gj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcpevxvxc22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.social/post/3lcgwcfdjis22"The activist in this story was also hounded by the manipulative legal powers of the civilian government to stifle the human rights of the voices of the people. There is no doubt that this story stretches its meanings beyond the year of publishing." https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/a-review-of-molara-woods-indigo/04 Dec 2024 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:tma75fdevsdhvguadxic5gj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgwcfdjis22https://bsky.app/profile/molarawood.bsky.social/post/3lccqqzgpvc2sI have a story in the forthcoming anthology, 'Devotion in the Open Air', published by @inkedingraypress.bsky.social. ✍🏾 Pre-order link: https://inkedingray.com/books/devotion-in-the-open-air/02 Dec 2024 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:tma75fdevsdhvguadxic5gj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lccqqzgpvc2s