Rachael Twumasi-Corson
Jurassic Grass
“Babe, you ever noticed the grass round here?” I asked my date. “The grass?” He said, tilting his head towards me. "Yeah, by the river.”...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Mar 30
- 5 min
In The Shadow of the Adze
The night the Adze took my sister, my childhood ended. Not because I wasn’t shielded from the terrors of it. Quite the opposite. And it...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Jan 20
- 4 min
10 Tips for Hosting Fun Kids Parties With Minimal Stress
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I get a tiny commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Jan 1
- 8 min
Trick Me Twice
I’d expected his visit to my lab to be unpleasant, but it was the only way to stop him. “Mrs Saidu, how are you?” He pushed open my...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Dec 9, 2023
- 6 min
Why Anansi Dwells In The Corners
Famines are exhausting. Not because of the hunger, that’s something you get used to. Famines are exhausting because of the social...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Sep 18, 2023
- 7 min
How Anasi Learnt All The Stories
It was a warm summer's night when my dream caught flame. Lion stood proudly at the edge of the watering hole, basking in the glow of the...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Jul 8, 2023
- 2 min
Why Beatrix Potter told Brer Rabbit to shh
I hate the conversation around cultural appropriation. It’s usually simplistic, polarised and needlessly controversial in a way that...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Jul 1, 2023
- 2 min
The Day A Stranger Visited Adanko
I was minding my business when I met him. A stranger outside my den door, on my field, breathing my air. But I’m a polite fellow so I...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- May 27, 2023
- 10 min
From Silver Coins to $BTC (7 Major Stages in the Story of Money) Part 3
There was absolutely no reason for this to take as long as it did to publish. Sure I've had a car accident, twin babies and several life...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Jan 29, 2022
- 5 min
From Silver Coins to $BTC (7 Major Stages in the Story of Money) PART 2
This has been sitting in my drafts for almost a year. I remembered I still needed to publish this when I got caught up in a conversation...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Feb 16, 2021
- 4 min
Shadows on A Facebook Wall: When Social Media Obscures Truth (Part 2)
As discussed is part one, truth-games require power and the desire to play with truth. So how does social media impact on their existence...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Feb 13, 2021
- 7 min
From Silver Coins to $BTC (7 Major Stages in the Story of Money) PART 1
When I was 2, my grandfather gave me a £50 note and I ripped it in half. I was recently reminded of this incident (or rather, the years...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Jan 7, 2021
- 6 min
Shadows on A Facebook Wall: When Social Media Obscures Truth (Part 1)
The nature of knowledge, truth and power constantly shift in our online world. Twitter is rife with trolls, Facebook with fake news and...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Jan 1, 2021
- 5 min
How I Recovered from my Lockdown Phone Addiction
Lockdown found me addicted to social media. I’m sure I’m not the only one. Whilst I’m usually self controlled with my phone use (for...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Aug 1, 2020
- 5 min
From Octavia Butler to Beyoncé - why Afrofuturism is the next big thing
“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” ―Chinua Achebe "Who controls the...
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Jun 11, 2020
- 6 min
Do Black Lives Matter to God? Thoughts on Breonna Taylor, George Floyd & Christian Cooper
I became a disciple of Jesus 9 years ago. Before that I was anti religion and anti establishment. In many ways, I still am. When I studied t
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Rachael Twumasi-Corson
- Jun 9, 2020
- 1 min
Building a story bot
So I'm playing around with scripting and building a chat bot for Afrocenchix. I realised so much of bot building is story telling. So I...
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