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My dreams, my convictions

CLONED LEISURE: THE SILENT UNEASE OF TRAVEL IN AFRICA

In many of Africa’s big cities, a quiet unease is settling in: leisure looks the same from one capital to the next, to the point of losing its singularity. Under the influence of imported models, travellers no longer really find the change of scenery they came looking for. This silent phenomenon now has a name: “cloned leisure.”

Feb 24, 2026 · 6 min
My dreams, my convictions

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF CALM: THE ART OF THE EMOTIONAL COVER

Your calm can be disturbing. But that calm becomes vital to preserving your inner peace when someone close to you wants to flood you with their harmful radiation. That is when you reach for your emotional cover.

Jan 26, 2026 · 6 min
My dreams, my convictions

LET US BUILD OUR TRUE WEALTH

Our wealth is not necessarily where we think it is. Let us leave the illusion of wealth behind and work towards true wealth; the kind that fills our hearts.

Jan 15, 2026 · 6 min
My dreams, my convictions

WHAT IF TOMORROW WERE JANUARY 1, 1425...

The world had gone silent again, but there was nothing peaceful about that silence: it seemed to be watching us. The Earth went on existing effortlessly, as though our absence had eased its breathing. And for the first time, we understood that perhaps it was not the Earth that needed us, but we who had forgotten how to live with it.

Dec 31, 2025 · 3 min
My dreams, my convictions

BEFORE MOM LEFT... (Part 2)

The Martial who went down those stairs was no longer the one who came back up a few minutes later. In that car, everything shifted, for the worse, and forever...

Dec 14, 2025 · 5 min
Love

BEFORE MOM LEFT... (Part 1)

I was at a party when communication with Lomé cut out. I was left without news of my mother until I received the call that would change everything forever...

Dec 14, 2025 · 6 min
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