Semassa Kpatinvo BokoThe Apostate Revolutionary(this short creative essay is based on the book _Whither Fanon_ by David Marriott)3 min read·Mar 21, 2024----
Semassa Kpatinvo BokoBlack Reconstruction as a PortalThis piece was written as a cover letter application for the 2022–2023 Black Reconstruction Fellowship at UC Irvine4 min read·Dec 31, 2022----
Semassa Kpatinvo Boko2022 Momus Emerging Critics Residency ApplicationStatement of Intent3 min read·Aug 11, 2022----
Semassa Kpatinvo BokoI Mumbled At the Fire“Silence often denotes something that is suppressed or repressed and is an interiority that is about withholding, absence, and stillness…6 min read·Apr 22, 2022----
Semassa Kpatinvo BokoA Foray into African StudiesThese remarks were given at a University of California African Studies workshop held at UC Berkleley in March 2022.5 min read·Apr 11, 2022----
Semassa Kpatinvo BokoReview of Frank Wilderson’s _Afropessimism_“Althusser writes about the three great fatherless children of modernity: Marx, Nietsche, and Freud. And then ya know you get from those…5 min read·Apr 3, 2022----
Semassa Kpatinvo BokoOf What to the Slave is Juneteenth?Racial slavery remains an under-theorized and misunderstood condition.3 min read·Jun 17, 2021----
Semassa Kpatinvo BokoWritten response for a student panel on diversity in higher edThese were my prepared remarks as an invited student panelist for the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Diversity, Equity…3 min read·Mar 27, 2021----
Semassa Kpatinvo BokoPLANTATION LOGICS UNDERWRITE THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAThis essay originally appeared in the Abolish The UC’s 2020 Disorientation Guide — https://disorientation.guide/4 min read·Feb 21, 2021----
Semassa Kpatinvo BokoHieroglyphics and AfropessimismThis piece is from a presentation given for Dr. Frank Wilderson’s seminar on Afropessimism. The piece is based on the article “Speaking…3 min read·Feb 18, 2021----