Brittle Paper Puts a Literary Twist on the Jollof Wars with Hashtag #ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof
Founder of Brittle Paper Ainehi Edoro retweeted the cleverest literary reimaginings Thursday.
Brittle Paper, a go-to blog for all things contemporary African literature, asked followers on Twitter to #ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof Thursday, which prompted blerds to work jollof into famous book titles such as There Was a Country by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s We Should All Be Feminists.
<p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p></p><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I'll be retweeting the best titles of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof</a> hashtag, so tag <a href="https://twitter.com/brittlepaper">@brittlepaper</a> when you post! <a href="https://t.co/BUklO0odvl">pic.twitter.com/BUklO0odvl</a></p><p>— BRITTLE PAPER (@brittlepaper) <a href="https://twitter.com/brittlepaper/status/743486068150906881">June 16, 2016</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p>The exercise is especially timely considering <strong>Sister Deborah</strong>’s <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/audio/sister-deborah-delivers-ultimate-ghana-jollof-anthem/" target="_blank">ultimate jollof anthem</a> dropped last month, which aimed to claim victory for Ghana in the ongoing #JollofWars among Nigeria, Senegal and Cameroon.</p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p>Nigerian founder and curator of <em>Brittle Paper</em>, also a doctoral degree holder of English at Duke University, <strong>Ainehi Edoro</strong>, who recently penned thought-provoking article “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/jun/08/beyonce-lemonade-african-literature-warsan-shire#comments" target="_blank">Beyoncé is not shining a light on African literature – it's the other way round</a>,” retweeted the cleverest literary reimaginings. Although she credits <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/nnannaesthernne" target="_blank">Nnanna Esther Nne</a></strong> as the mastermind. Take a look:</p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p>The Trouble With Jollof<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof</a> <a href="https://t.co/tptNgVshj5">pic.twitter.com/tptNgVshj5</a></p><p>— Pa Ikhide (@ikhide) <a href="https://twitter.com/ikhide/status/743571976472637440">June 16, 2016</a></p><p></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p></p><p dir="ltr" lang="en">One Day I Will Write About This Jollof <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceBookTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceBookTitleWithJollof</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/brittlepaper">@brittlepaper</a></p><p>— Amara N. Okolo (@BlackBubberrian) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlackBubberrian/status/743528026563018752">June 16, 2016</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p></p><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The jollof's are not to blame - Ola Rotimi<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceBookTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceBookTitleWithJollof</a></p><p>— Charles Isidi (@i_am_pixelhub) <a href="https://twitter.com/i_am_pixelhub/status/743516064261222400">June 16, 2016</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/brittlepaper">@brittlepaper</a> we should all be jollof -Chimamanda Adichie <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceBookTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceBookTitleWithJollof</a></p><p>— The King (@Im_KingofQueens) <a href="https://twitter.com/Im_KingofQueens/status/743551823882162177">June 16, 2016</a></p><p></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">We are not. <a href="https://twitter.com/nnannaesthernne">@nnannaesthernne</a> is the mastermind behind this super-fun hashtag. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof</a> <a href="https://t.co/XN8xk30IhR">https://t.co/XN8xk30IhR</a><p>— BRITTLE PAPER (@brittlepaper) <a href="https://twitter.com/brittlepaper/status/743514163515908096">June 16, 2016</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p>How Stella Got Her Jollof Back (from bad recipes published in <a href="https://twitter.com/guardian">@guardian</a>'s Lifestyle section) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/brittlepaper">@brittlepaper</a></p><p>— Neelika Jayawardane (@Sugarintheplum) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sugarintheplum/status/743502426662047744">June 16, 2016</a></p><p></p></blockquote><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceTitleWithJollof</a> - From Jollof to Pigfoot: Second Helpings <a href="https://t.co/Nun34n9jUD">https://t.co/Nun34n9jUD</a> LOL <a href="https://t.co/Y75955CNOm">pic.twitter.com/Y75955CNOm</a></p><p><div class="dfp_atf-slot" data-not-loaded="true"></div><script type="text/javascript">
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</script></p><p>— Jacaranda Books (@JacarandaBooks) <a href="https://twitter.com/JacarandaBooks/status/743440438879752192">June 16, 2016</a></p><p></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof</a></p><p> Jollof fall Apart</p><p> By Chinua Achebe</p><p>— Nneka (@nnannaesthernne) <a href="https://twitter.com/nnannaesthernne/status/743434785700384768">June 16, 2016</a></p><p></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof</a> - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Jollof <a href="https://t.co/UhXCRjDeR2">pic.twitter.com/UhXCRjDeR2</a><p>— The Jeli (@thejelistories) <a href="https://twitter.com/thejelistories/status/743449087807201280">June 16, 2016</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p>Finding Jollof Again by <a href="https://twitter.com/ChiomaIwunze">@ChiomaIwunze</a> ?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof</a></p><p>— Ankara Press (@ankarapress) <a href="https://twitter.com/ankarapress/status/743459969207533568">June 16, 2016</a></p><p></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">Every Day is for the Jollof by <a href="https://twitter.com/tejucole">@tejucole</a> ?? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof</a><p>— Cassava Republic (@CassavaRepublic) <a href="https://twitter.com/CassavaRepublic/status/743454604222939136">June 16, 2016</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">Ha! So they really did start <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof</a>? ? Good to know Nigerians can learn a thing or two from us Kenyans.<p>— Wanjeri (@mawazo_mengi) <a href="https://twitter.com/mawazo_mengi/status/743498803110608896">June 16, 2016</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p>We’d love to know how you’d work Jollof into African lit book titles. Tag us at @okayafrica on Twitter.</p><p><strong>UPDATE:</strong></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p>We are not. <a href="https://twitter.com/nnannaesthernne">@nnannaesthernne</a> is the mastermind behind this super-fun hashtag. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof?src=hash">#ReplaceABookTitleWithJollof</a> <a href="https://t.co/XN8xk30IhR">https://t.co/XN8xk30IhR</a></p><p>— BRITTLE PAPER (@brittlepaper) <a href="https://twitter.com/brittlepaper/status/743514163515908096">June 16, 2016</a></p><p></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p><strong>UPDATE 6/8/2016:</strong></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p></p><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/brittlepaper">@brittlepaper</a> thanks ma'am. but I just changd Kegels to Jollof, frm <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReplaceBookTitleWithKegels?src=hash">#ReplaceBookTitleWithKegels</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/notmutant">@notmutant</a> n <a href="https://twitter.com/mawazo_mengi">@mawazo_mengi</a> actualy strtd it</p><p>— Nneka (@nnannaesthernne) <a href="https://twitter.com/nnannaesthernne/status/744055152332660736">June 18, 2016</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p>
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