Author: Qali Id
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Creative Industries and Development in Africa
Last month, musician, producer and DJ Blinky Bill tweeted “You go to Joburg, Lagos, Accra it’s very rare to hear Kenyan music and it’s a big disservice to the artists doing the work here to not be at the forefront pushing the sounds.” This is not the first time that I had come across this […]
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Expectations & Acceptance
For almost 2 years we’ve all been scrambling, in one way or another, to grasp onto a sliver of the normal we knew, but this moment is the closest we will be to normal ever. The world will never be the same again.
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I’m spending a lot of time online
How much time do you think you spent online this year? I feel like I spent an obscene amount and I honestly can’t tell you where the year went. I’m convinced that we live in some version of the Truman Show and someone’s revved this up to 2.5x speed.
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Your heart has to be ready to handle the weight of your calling
Humility has a way of erasing us if we aren’t conscious of how we practice it. There’s a fine line between modesty and lack of self worth. I have watched many use humility as an excuse for withdrawing from their God-given place in this world just to stay comfortable in their safe space. I have […]
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#WhatTheHealth?! – The “Biological Clock” [Ep.1]
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What The Health?! is a series that explores the intersection of social, economic & politic issues and our health.
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Published: Moving to My Parents’ Homeland Helped Me Find Belonging
I took 8 months off getting published because I wanted to keep some thoughts to myself and then I found my voice again.
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Being a Child of the World
Do you remember the first time you felt like a new place was your home away from home? Where a culture different from the one of your birth or origin was a part of your identity?
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Voice is the Next Marketing Frontier
Despite what the past decade has tried to convince us of branding is not new. It is the same principles that mass media conglomerates used to use, that has now been repurposed for the age of social media. I guess what most companies weren’t anticipating was that gaming videos from a teenager in Jakarta could […]
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Why You Need To Own Your Platform
In the past couple of months I have been spending time gathering all of my work online – my photography, writing , digital content etc – and housing them on this site, which has always been home to my blog and a little photography but it wasn’t an accurate and detailed representation of what I […]
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