Leisure - The Red String

Jujutsu Kaisen

In a world where curses, cursed objects, and cursed spirits exist, Jujutsu Sorcerers work behind the scenes to keep these items and their malicious effects in check.

Books

The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker

The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker is a book about making the most of your abilities as a knowledge worker cum executive in a modern organization.

Anime

Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha

In 13 episodes, Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha or The Misfit of Demon King Academy delivers some good light entertainment, of mostly family-friendly ass-kicking

Anime

One-Punch Man

For Month One of 2021, I give you, the exceptional One Punch Man. Packed with action, and a whole bunch of laughs.

Anime

Kamisama ni Natta Hi

My anime recommendation for the month is a brief but touching story about a boy's last summer before University

Books

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Like No One is Too Small to Make A Difference, the book I read this month was equally short and sweet. We Should All Be Feminists is the book version of a TED talk Ms. Adichie gave back in December 2012 at TedXEuston. The book simply argues that we should

Books

No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg

The book No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg is actually just a collection of Ms. Thunberg's speeches since 2018 about Climate Change. If you don't know who Greta is, or what she did, then this book may have less significance in your eyes because

Anime

Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown

This month's anime recommendation is actually an anime movie which I think you will enjoy more if you watch it after you watch the anime series first. Goblin Slayer (the series) follows the adventures of a literal Goblin Slayer (an adventurer who specializes in killing goblins) as he makes friends

Anime

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. is a hilarious gag-anime that I've been rewatching over the last few weeks as I gear up to watch its final season The Disastrous Life of Saiki K Reawakened. The anime follows the life of a superpowered teenage Esper called Saiki Kusou. An Esper

Anime

I Hate Getting Hurt, So I Put All My Skill Points Into Defense

Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu AKA I Hate Getting Hurt, So I Put All My Skill Points Into Defense, is my Anime Recommendation of the month. I decided to recommend this anime, this month, because it is a nice, short, light, and fun

Anime

4 Anime Recommendations for Philosophers

Recently, I have found myself fascinated by the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). I have been reading up on the different types a little at a time. Nothing heavy, or necessarily scholarly (I discover most of my reading through Pinterest), but a lot of varied, interesting, and sometimes first-person accounts

Discoveries

Comic Bandit

In a serendipitous coincidence of fate (in other words, luckily), soon after writing the article on Jigida Comics, I received two actual Nigerian comics in the mail. They were a belated birthday present from my mother. The 2 comics, Taboo & Uhuru, are both published by Comic Bandit Press: a

Discoveries

Time's End

Another project which caught my attention, was Time's End by Theophany. Now for me, this was all about the incredibly thematic release modelled after The Legend of Zelda game: Majora's Mask. The project itself, is a remix of all the soundtracks from the original video game... and if you are

Discoveries

The Final Countdown

From our old friend Andrew of Songs To Wear Pants To, came the album The Final Countdow: A series of covers to an original song of the same title release by Europe in 1986. There are 7 versions in total, each using a different style of music, and most better

Discoveries

Apocalypse 2012

According to the Mayan calendar, the world ought to have ended on Dec. 21st 2012 which funny enough, is my brother's birthday! Of course the world didn't end, he turned a year older (much to his chagrin), and we have all lived to see January 2013. But what happened instead

Discoveries

Jigida Comics

Unlike Kuluya which involved multiple Nigerian digital artists, Jigida Comics is the work of a single person who goes by the pen name of Sugabelly. Sugabelly is a Nigerian blogger and illustrator according to her website, and Jigida Comics is her sole proprietorship comics label. On jigida.com, you will

Discoveries

Deviant Explorations

Last month, I introduced you all to DeviantArt, and I briefly talked about how much I like it, and how addicted I have become to it. I mentioned how beneficial I feel it is to me as a writer, and how much my writing has increased due to the feedback

Leisure

Laugh Factory

'Tis now the season to be jolly, and what's more jolly than comedy? Nothing! So allow me to introduce you to Laugh Factory. They are a stand-up comedy club in Los Angeles that has featured (and still features) some of the biggest names in the industry over the years. A

Leisure

A Deviant Artist

Some of you may already be familiar with deviantArt.com and what it's for, but for the rest, let me give you a brief introduction. deviantArt was created to entertain, inspire, and empower the artist in all of us. Founded in August 2000, deviantArt is the largest social network for

Discoveries

Songs To Wear Pants To

Meet Andrew, the face behind the website http://songstowearpantsto.com/. You can commission him to write a song for you, or you could just suggest an idea and hope that he likes it. If he does, he'll create it for free! But you better be careful what you suggest because

Discoveries

Did You Know About NaNoWriMo?

Because I didn't. That is until I read this article on LifeHacker at the beginning of the month. Apparently, the month of November is National Novel Writing Month in the U.S and NaNoWriMo is an initiative by the Office of Letters and Light (sounds like something straight out of

Leisure

Philadelphia Zoo

Last month while my mother was around, we decided to make a trip to the Philadelphia Zoo and my mother being who she is, of course had it all planned out. We would get there, ride the P-Z express around the zoo, and get off at each point of interest.

Leisure

The Anatomy of a Woman

The other play I got to see at Terra Kulture was The Anatomy of a Woman by Wole Oguntokun. First off, let me just say that I personally liked this play a lot more than The Cost of Living. The set was fuller, the cast was larger, the characters were

Leisure

The Cost of Living

As at the National Theatre, I also got to see a couple of plays at Terra Kulture. The first of the plays that I had the pleasure of seeing is called The Cost of Living, by Sefi Atta. The play is essentially a parody of the situation with kidnapping in

Leisure

Rhythms & Reminiscences

Moving from my virtual social life to my real one, I've been getting to see a lot of art & theatre during my stay here. Last month I got to see the Nigerian National Troupe perform at the National Theatre in a free musical show called Rhythms and Reminiscences. Although