Welcome to Vol 171 of the Spread!

Hello and welcome back to the Spread, your weekly edit of all the best stories and global news about Africans shaping mainstream culture.

We're officially living in the age of the content creator, people!

If anyone told me five years ago that Khaby Lame (yes, the man who became famous for silently rolling his eyes on TikTok) would sell his company for almost a billion dollars, I would've called them delusional. Then I would've immediately opened TikTok, cleared my throat, and started filming.

The lesson? Sometimes the quietest voices make the loudest impact. And sometimes a camera and some common sense is all the content you need to change your entire life.

Mary x,

Now on to the real peel 👇

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