Reading, African Literature, and Storytelling w/ Ikhide Ikheloa | Lead with Storytelling

Lead with Storytelling · Oct 24, 2026 · 1h 1m

Ikhide Ikheloa on Reading, African Literature and Storytelling in the Digital Age

In this episode of Lead with Storytelling, Sochi Azuh speaks with Ikhide Ikheloa about his journey as a writer and literary commentator, the transformation from print to digital culture, the literacy crisis, African literature, social media and the possibilities—and challenges—of artificial intelligence.

In this conversation

From print to digital

Ikhide reflects on his early writing, long before smartphones and social media, and his experiences with mailing lists, magazines, newspapers and the emergence of…