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Yinka Adegoke

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Writer. Editor. Consultant. Creative Strategist. @Semafor.com

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No one has ever liked us, it won't change now or going forward.

Arsenal together.

06.03.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 340 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 7

β€œβ€˜Ere, this one’s crying!”

06.03.2026 00:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of the bottling/feeling the pressure narrative seems increasingly more like physical and mental exhaustion from a lot of football with no Xmas break for our core group. The whole β€˜still in four competitions!’ thing is a probably much tougher than most of us can imagine.

02.03.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know exactly where you are but never viewed it that way before…

25.02.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Arsenal announce season-ticket price increase, introduction of safe standing The implementation of safe standing represents the culmination of years of campaigning by supporters’ groups.

Ahem…

www.nytimes.com/athletic/705...

17.02.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‡

12.02.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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DR Congo inks AI deal with US firm to map country’s critical minerals Atlas Park will use existing data on the country’s mineral deposits and conduct new geological surveys.

DR Congo inks AI deal with US firm to map country’s critical minerals

www.semafor.com/article/02/1...

12.02.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œLeave the gun… take the cannoli.”

11.02.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aburo, this is the first post I’m seeing this morning.

Going back to bed.

07.02.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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View: Why Fela Kuti lives on Nigeria’s late Afrobeat pioneer won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award nearly 30 years after he died because his music is still relevant today.

"In our current era, there is often plenty of talk about Africa benefiting from its β€œsoft power,” but Fela fused his sound and struggle to show us that culture is not soft β€” it is powerful."
www.semafor.com/article/02/0... | @semafor.com

06.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Trump advisers refine their Africa strategy A State Department official told Semafor that β€œpriority” areas, like critical minerals, will receive the strongest focus.

Trump advisers refine their Africa strategy

www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

02.02.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Why is the name redacted? It’s clearly not an underage victim

02.02.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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View: Why US airstrikes in Somalia are reaching record levels under Trump The Pentagon’s opacity over the attacks is creating an accountability gap, drawing parallels with the administration’s immigration enforcement push at home.

The US is bombing Somalia at levels never seen before. I’ve written for @semafor.com on the logic and contradictions driving this policy. www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

02.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A few things going on here
- 3.5 hours is considered a decent distance in the UK
- British tabloids are ridiculous β€˜nightmare’

31.01.2026 04:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t wait for my β€œKai Almighty!!” headline to go live #Arsenal #gunners

28.01.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a white turtleneck sweater stands in a hallway ALT: a man in a white turtleneck sweater stands in a hallway

Rude but fair πŸ˜‚

28.01.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Weirdly think Ali is a bit like MLK for this time…let’s take the bits we like (winner, champion etc) and not acknowledge his full message. So probably is okay.

28.01.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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China keeps pulling back on funding big African projects semafor.com/article/01/2...

25.01.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If he scores : KAI ALMIGHTY !!

20.01.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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View: Jobs creation must be top of African leaders’ agenda Africa will experience the fastest labor-force growth of any region in the decades ahead.

Jobs creation must be top of African leaders’ agenda

www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

19.01.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Fela Kuti - Colonial Mentality
Fela Kuti - Colonial Mentality YouTube video by Fela Kuti

Listened to Fareed Zakaria and Jon Stewart discussing US foreign policy in these times and Stewart referred to it as "Colonial mentality". Hmm, where have we heard that before? Same title, different side of same coin.
#FelaKuti
#Baba70
#Afrobeat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC6o...

14.01.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And for having the nerve to grumble on here I'm being punished with an additional long phone call in front of me and a Zoom call in Portuguese across the aisle....

14.01.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œCan’t really talk cos I’m on a train.”

*proceeds to talk nonstop for next 20 minutes.
#Amtrak

14.01.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Congrats and good luck!

05.01.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No! The Wire & Your Honor….but really The Wire…RIP

31.12.2025 00:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The U.S. launched airstrikes in Nigeria on Christmas Day, claiming to hit two ISIS camps in Sokoto State, just weeks after President Trump said a genocide against Christians was taking place in the country.

@yinka.bsky.social responds.

29.12.2025 14:27 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to going on @ms.now at 6pm ET, to discuss the latest developments in Nigeria, with my old partner-in-crime @yinka.bsky.social

27.12.2025 21:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TONIGHT AT 6: Semafor's Africa editor @yinka.bsky.social joins us to discuss Trump's violent holiday week, including a strike in Nigeria. Plus, Semafor's @maxtani.bsky.social on Stephen Miller's threat to CBS producers after its news chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment critical of Trump.

27.12.2025 21:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

*coughs…”Ahem…” πŸ˜‡

27.12.2025 00:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯‰ 🌍

22.12.2025 17:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0