Tracie in Kaduna: Pilgrimage of a Travel Writer Part 2
When I travelled to Leukerbad, Switzerland in 2024, I wrote “Another Black Body”, a homage to Teju Cole and to James Baldwin. My dearest Tracie, made the same pilgrimage a year later and transcended some of the
ideas put forth by all these men.
And that’s the thing with a pilgrimage and with travel. Having made the journey to Leukerbad it was only a required pilgrimage to make it to Kaduna too. For within Leukerbad, my essay departed in and out of Kaduna.
For Spring Break, Tracie and Carl made the journey to Kaduna and blessed our homes with their presence. A completed writer’s pilgrimage!
On this episode of putting Open Arts/HIBAF on the map!
Our Founder/Director, Sada Malumfashi (@sadaoverall ) will be delivering a lecture live at SOAS London on 12 February 2026. With a focus on his role as the curator of the Hausa International Book and Arts Festival.
London not your city? No worries….join us virtually as we get inspired and cheer Sada on 🎉
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I was saving this for the final. But Morocco happened 😞
Anyways, @salmabanks_ got me the retro Nike of Nigeria’s iconic 1996 home jersey. A re-issue ofone of Nigeria’s most iconic looks.
So be prepared to be sick of me! I am wearing this out to every event you see me 😂
Meet Our Speaker: Whose love for the craft is evident and inspiring.
@sadaoverall Malumfashi is a Nigerian writer, journalist, and cultural curator, known for his works exploring Hausa literature and culture. He founded Open Arts, and curates the Hausa International Book and Arts Festival (HIBAF).
He focuses on Northern Nigerian issues, exploring topics around identity, gender and crisscrossing issues in Hausa literature. He has works published in Transition Magazine, Lolwe, and The Africa Report. He is also a recipient of several international residencies and fellowships.
He is an alumni of the European Union’s Global Cultural Relations Program (GCRP) where he co-founded RIMA, a platform that empowers emerging creative practitioners from the global south by connecting them with international opportunities for funding and mobility.
He is a 2022 arts curator resident at the Al-Balad Arts Residency in the historical district of Jeddah “Al Balad,” a UNESCO World Heritage Site; a 2019 fellow of Reporters Without Borders Germany; 2019 fellow of Arts Omi Residency; and 2018 fellow of the Goethe-Institute/Sylt Foundation African Residency in Germany.
He was selected to participate in the 2019 International Colloquium “Culture for the Future – Creativity, Innovation and Dialogue for Inclusive Development” organised by the European Commission.
He has produced video documentaries exploring identity of cultural and artistic producers of Hausa diaspora across the world. He is interested in the nexus of culture and identity on the African continent.
His works have explored the Hausa feminist writings.
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