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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

12 days

Iko Presents: Writing Criticism with Care. A writing webinar with Film Writer, Ini-Abasi Jeffery.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

WRITERS! What’s a quote from your work that made you go "wow I can actually write”. Share with us.

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@Ikoafrica

3 months

Write!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

1 year

📚Happy World Book Day! Quote this tweet with a picture or pictures of your books, book stacks, mini library or libraries!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

11 days

Happy world book day! What’s a book that genuinely had an impact on your life and you wish you could read it for the first time again?

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

1 month

Happy World Poetry Day! If you were introducing someone to poetry for the first time, what is that one poem you would show them?

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

4 months

If the characters of #ATribeCalledJudah were writers.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

Meet the Founding Team of Iko Africa. F2- CEO & Co-Founder: @TheEtubom F3- COO & Co-Founder: @jojoxcvii F4- CTO & Co-Founder: @sire_shalom

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

7 months

What's your red flag book? - they have that book in their collection and it’s bye-bye to that talking stage.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

9 months

Happy birthday to the brilliant @TheEtubom !

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

You’ve been waiting patiently and as promised the reward has come, IKO IS HERE!! Link here! #ikolaunch

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

5 months

CHRISTMAS WRITING CONTEST! Theme: Saving Christmas. We can’t wait to read your entries and see how you interpret the theme, be it fiction or nonfiction. Check the thread for more details!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

6 months

Writer 101?

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

5 months

Introducing: Gift A Christmas Letter with Iko. Christmas is a time for giving, sharing joy with others, fostering a sense of community, and celebrating the warmth of relationships and togetherness and we want to help you create and strengthen those bonds.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

4 months

What’s a book a person could be holding in real life that would make you walk up to them and say hi.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

10 months

Hey writers! What’re you up to? Share a bit of your writing with us today 🥹, don't be scared. The good, the bad and the “you just don’t get it”, we want to see it all!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

Our official Iko launch countdown begins! What can you do on Iko? You can write and publish anything you want. Stories, essays, poems, interviews, reviews, anything and everything.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

4 months

😎Thank you for rocking with us throughout 2023, let’s run a replay shall we?

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

19 days

Here are some words to use instead of “said”: acknowledged, added, affirmed, agreed, announced, answered, appealed, articulated, attested, began, bemused, boasted, called, chimed in, claimed, clarified, commented, conceded, admitted. 1/3

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

10 months

Remember those secondary school literature texts? Some of them were actually really good. Which one did you enjoy?

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

7 months

Iko Africa introduces; 12 Days Of Afro Horror!! Every weekend for the month of October we’ll be giving YOU🫵🏾 3 writing prompts inspired by African urban myths and legends. Hit us with your most terrifying, bone chilling, horrific stories!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

6 months

Told you we had something exciting coming your way! Introducing Iko Creators Program, where writers earn $5 per 1000 unique reads. Click the link in the replies for more details.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

PRESENTING!! Iko Africa in collaboration with Pencilmarks ( @Pencilmarks_ ) will be holding a virtual writing class. When? October 10th, 2023. We’ll be learning about Shaping Your Writer Identity. Facilitator: Clara Jack, EIC Pencilmarks ( @rarachardonnay )

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

5 months

Our founders answering the important questions, why are violets blue? Are people in Holland called holes? And how exactly do mermaids reproduce? Bonus content: Jojo catching strays.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

1 year

Hi guys! These are the winners for Iko Africa’s Women’s History Month Writing Contest: 1. Timileyin Akinsanya 2. Patricia Beshel 3. Sule Asia 4. Angel James

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

2 months

Iko x Pencilmarks ( @Pencilmarks_ ) presents: The Ibinabo Residency and this year we will be running a free 3-Month Virtual Workshop for Creative Non-Fiction Writers. More details in thread.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

7 months

“I’m a writer”. Respond to this line in the worst way possible.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

2 months

For Women’s Months and IWD we’re having a women’s writing contest! Click the link in the next tweet for more details.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

4 months

However long the night, the dawn will break. Happy New Year from all of us at Iko. We're excited to do great things with you this 2024!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

2 months

Happy International Women’s Day from all of us at Iko Africa. #InspireInclusion

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

9 months

Happy birthday to the amazing @sire_shalom !

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

10 months

Thank you for one thousand kayyyyyyy!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

5 months

It's Thursday, and here's a writing prompt for you: "December is bad for dating." Excited to read what you come up with 👀

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

🫵🏾🫵🏾 Grab the root of that imposter syndrome and use it to make agbo👍🏾

Rheesa Writes✍️

@the_rheesa

8 months

@Ikoafrica I have four short stories that I'm too scared to post because of imposter syndrome 😭

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

1 month

Just found out about Iko Africa and wondering what we’re all about? Here’s everything you need to know!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

28 days

For Women’s Month (2024) we held a writing contest, inviting female writers to submit creative non-fiction essays on the theme “Who tells your story?”. We got a lot of brilliant entries and are pleased to announce the winners. Click the link in the replies for more details.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

5 months

2023 is almost over but 2024 is right around the corner so here are some ways to strategically plan to make the most of the new year as a writer:

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

5 months

Happy birthday to our madam! @jojoxcvii

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

5 months

It’s officially giving season! Let’s see what’s on your book wishlist.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

3 months

Gift A Valentine's Letter With Iko Send a letter this Valentine’s Day to your partner, lover, crush, that ex you miss. Or someone you just care deeply for.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

Tomorrow is IKO day!!! Read, Write, keep streaks and connect on Iko africa. Start your writing journey with us as we begin ours. There are stories that need telling and yours is one of them. #ikolaunch

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

1 month

Oh you had an A in literature? Then let's play “Guess the figure of speech” Choose the correct option.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

7 months

Iko Africa x Cashback Exciting times ahead! A writing COMPETITION is coming your 🫵🏾way, courtesy @getcashbackHQ Click the link for more details:

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

7 months

Writers tip- Read what you intend to write. Reading is a great way to improve your writing, by studying writing styles and plotting techniques from established authors in your genre, you can learn directly from them and immensely improve the quality of your writing.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

10 months

What’s an opening line to a novel or short story that absolutely blew your mind? We’ll go first: “When Enebeli Okwara sent his girl out in the world, he did not know what the world did to daughters. He did not know how quickly it would wick the dew off her, how she would be+

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

9 months

Happy girlfriends day! Who’s your literary babe- that one female author that makes your day with her incredible writing? For us? We have several so we’ll go first!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

11 months

Interested in being one of our early users? Reach out to us. Our closed beta is now open to a limited number of users. Come have a feel of what the team is building. We can’t wait to get your feedback! 🚀

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

4 months

From us to you. Thank you for all of your support this year, we’ll do even better next year. 💙

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

2 years

We all know someone who fits in one of these categories. Tag them 😅

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

@jojoxcvii speaks on sharing our stories. Telling our stories is a declaration of our existence, our stories have the ability to inspire, empower and best of all, unite. At Iko there’s a home for your story, her story, his story, their story, “that” story, for every story.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

2 months

Thank you for your kind words! We love that you connect with our brand on a community level and find value in the knowledge we share. Your support means a lot. Additionally, we've introduced a Creators Reward Program to acknowledge and support writers like you in our community.

mmakamba

@yajangell

2 months

I wrote a review on one of Africa’s promising digital publishing platforms (and my personal favorite too). Everything you need to know about ⁦ @Ikoafrica ⁩ is here 🫶🏾

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

7 months

What are your GREEN FLAG books? 💚📚 If someone has this book/books in their collection, there’s an immediate feeling of kinship, and, if it’s your talking stage, you just KNOW they're a keeper.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

7 months

Writer tip: Play around with genres. Don’t be afraid to tell a different kind of story or write in different styles. Don’t limit the stories you can tell because it’s not what you are used to.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

1 year

2023 is already shaping up to be a great year for book releases by African authors and these are 5 books we can't wait to read! Don't Answer When They Call Your Name by @MsOlisakwe

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

6 months

Writers! Talk to us about your writing process, how do you build your plot?

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

2 months

Iko February Writing Class: Avoiding the plague of Mary Sue: A guide to writing flawed characters by Zia Yusuf ( @zia_tiffah )

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

2 months

Writers tip: Read your dialogue like a real-life conversation to hear how it flows. It’s very important to ensure that your dialogue sounds natural & not like a forced or awkward conversation. This improves the overall quality of your story & makes your characters more relatable.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

1 year

IKO AFRICA WOMEN’S MONTH WRITING CONTEST! Check thread for details.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

4 days to official launch 🥳, so what can you do on Iko? You can read and discover African writers across all genres. From romance to sci fi, tiny essays to creative non fiction, thrillers, horror, everything’s on IKO! #ikolaunch

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

10 months

What's your worst type of love story and why is it enemies to lovers ?

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

Our stories connect us. Read a story. Tell your story. Sign up on today!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

7 months

Looking for your next read? Head over to now!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

Tell a friend to tell a friend 👍🏾

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

10 months

Another Friday, another writing prompt!!!!! (Can you tell that I love these??) “His love came and went like mango season, but I was one of too many wives and affection was a rather frivolous desire.” Let’s have it!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

4 months

Our FIRST writing class of the year is an interactive class on experimenting with form in poetry. To register, c: … Registration closes on Thursday at 9am.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

We don’t encourage self flagellation in this house 🫵🏾🫵🏾 don’t do it again 🫵🏾🤨

Disdain

@semiloal

8 months

Unfortunately, most of my work suck so. Idk

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

3 months

For Iko Conversations, we spoke to Gabrielle Emem Harry ( @asarirl ), a Nigerian speculative fiction writer about her thoughts on writing, speculative fiction and what the future holds.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

10 days

Writing Prompt of the week: “You killed a part of yourself to keep them alive but where are they now?”

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

6 months

Writing dialogue can be challenging so here’s a little trick for you to use; write like your friends talk.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

4 months

You know the drill, on Thursdays we share a writing prompt. See here: The problem with love is that it has no respect. If you see the way it barged into Inem's heart? It didn't knock or clean its feet on the mat. It just entered and lay down like an overfed cat.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

1 year

Why did we start Iko Africa and why should you join us? A short thread:

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

10 months

Is it a short story or a novel? — a thread.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

You could be the first with that unique username!

Jeff is trying

@jeffreejude

8 months

Everyone go cop your Iko username!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

10 months

Time to stretch those creative writing muscles! Here’s a writing prompt I knew life wasn’t meant to be like this – life was for living, but from the minute I was aware of my existence it felt like my life had already been lived, so much that there wasn’t much living left to do

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

2 years

Heyy #BookTwitter , what book are you currently reading? #booktwt

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

3 months

Writers tip: An easy way to ensure you don’t have grammatical errors in your short form content or stories is to read out loud. You pick up mistakes in your text much quicker this way.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

9 months

What book caused your literary awakening? What book made you love books so much that you read one everyday (or try to 😭)

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

This week’s Iko Selects touches on voices, and the power they hold. We highlight two stories that take a close look at moral decadence in society and poems that captivated us from the first line.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

7 months

Join the Iko movement today!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

4 months

Happy belated birthday Ella! Have an amazing year 🎉🎉🎉

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

1 month

Happy Easter from Iko to you.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

7 months

NOTICE! NOTICE!! NOTICE!!! INVITES for our(Iko x @Pencilmarks_ ) virtual writing class on Shaping Your Identity have been SENT OUT! If you registered for the class please check your email and accept the class invite! Remind your friends that registered! See you soon!!❤️

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

2 months

Monday - writers tip Join a community. Join that club ,group chat or even facebook page. There is so much you can directly learn from other experienced and even new writers in your community.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

6 months

ANNOUNCING the WINNERS for the Iko Africa x Cashback ( @getcashbackHQ ) writing competition!!

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

3 months

Happy birthday to our social media mover and shaker! @ewannnnn_

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

4 months

Hi everyone 👋🏾 We’re back with Prompts! Today’s prompt: New years did not mean new beginnings to Folake, it just meant the January contribution had started again.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

4 months

We’ve been seeing all the buzz on the Timeline and we’ve got to know, how many books have you read so far this year?

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

5 months

Who was your favorite writer from the year? Big or small, give them a shoutout and let them know how good they did this year.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

F9- Editorial Manager: @nkereuwxm F10- Social Media Manager: @EwanlenOise F11- Editorial Associate: @0nly_leez F12- Content Marketer: @Kegbu1

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

1 year

What’s that one punctuation mark you abuse or overuse when writing?

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

23 days

✍🏽Today’s writing prompt: “You care too much. Fix that.”

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

1 year

From us all at Iko, We wish you a Merry Christmas. 🎄❤️

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

1 year

Join the conversation this Wednesday with our special guest, the amazing @nikecampbell_ We’ll be discussing all things in the African Literary Community, challenges, progress so far and goals for the coming year. 🚀

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

1 year

Sunday stories with Iko is a weekly twitter space where we read a story, discuss and banter. Set a reminder. Tell a friend to tell a friend and see you Sunday! #sundaystorywithiko

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

F5- Lead Product Designer: @Nehelasan F6- Frontend Engineer: @gneisscode F7- Lead Graphic Designer: @godsgiftem F8- Backend Engineer: @Precious_theDev

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

2 years

Our Quote for the week🤩, what book quote is getting you through this week? Let us know 🤗

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

2 years

Reading takes you places you have never been! We stay committed to helping improve the literacy gap in Africa. 📚🚀 Happy International Literacy Day. ❤️🌍

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

8 months

First one to get your name on IKO? show off profile 🫵🏾 #ikolaunch

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

7 months

Iko presents; 12 Days of Afro Horror. Every weekend for the month of October we will give you writing prompts inspired by African urban myths/legends. Today’s prompt is on the infamous Bush Baby whose deceptive cries have led many to their doom.

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

9 months

Have you ever regretted reading a book? Usually people just stop reading but did you ever finish and absolutely feel like you wasted your time??

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Iko Africa

@Ikoafrica

11 months

Here’s a writing prompt for you! “Fuel prices had gone up three fold but Mama Nkami’s rice was still the same price.” Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

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