I Cry at the Feet of My Other Body with Mustaphas Enesi | Ep. 19
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Title: I Cry at the Feet of My Other Body with Mustapha Enesi
Episode Number: #19
Guest: Mustapha Enesi
Release Date: 22nd August 2025
Description:
On the show this week, we are joined by Mustapha Enesi ,one of Africa's brightest young writers, charting his course in the literary space with his unique message-driven writing style. Firstly, Mustapha walks us through his journey (4:45) to finding writing and how it started off with short story experiments and running it by his family to get their opinion. Then he delves into his struggle (12:10) as a bright Agriculture student with dreams of studying Medicine as a Nigerian undergrad in university. He also talks to us about his experience as a digital marketing expert (23:34) and how he has leveraged his skillset to push the marketing for his stories online. As one of his passionate conversations, he recounts (31:12) his experience with publishers demanding he edit the Nigerian language in his story. He promotes his new book to be released in September + MORE. It was a pleasure having Mustapha on the show! Enjoy the show!
Key Takeaways:
1. Never edit your story to fit into narratives that are not authentic to your roots.
2. It's okay to try new things and get better at them with consistency
3. No knowledge is wasted
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Resources & Mentions:
Pre-order the Author's Book on Witsprouts: I Cry at the Feet of My Other Body
Guest’s Social Media (IG): enesi_writer
Episode Credits:
Episode Host: Anita Chinwendu Opara
Audio Producer & Writer: Daniel Odia
Podcast Manager: Daniel Odia
Show Owner: Nkem Creatives
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