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Adesomola Adedayo

Adesomola Adedayo

Staff Writer

Adesomola Adedayo is a Staff Writer at Open Country Mag, where he writes Profiles in film and culture. He won the 2025 Gerald Kraak Prize and was shortlisted for the 2024 Iskanchi Prize for Experimental Writing. His writing has appeared in Guernica, adda stories, Lolwe, and The Offing. He has a B.A. in English from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

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November 7, 2025

Chude Jideonwo’s Stage of Nigerian Dreams

As a salesman of youth power, Africa’s most influential millennial curator reinvented himself from new media maven to political power player, and, now, a wellness advocate. Each iteration transformed culture. One left him scarred.
Adesomola Adedayo

November 7, 2025

Chude Jideonwo’s Stage of Nigerian Dreams

As a salesman of youth power, Africa’s most influential millennial curator reinvented himself from new media maven to political power player, and, now, a wellness advocate. Each iteration transformed culture. One left him scarred.
Adesomola Adedayo

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