{"id":99,"date":"2026-01-11T18:33:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akajiofo.com\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2026-09-21T00:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T22:05:08","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/akajiofo.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ebc166\">\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f The Speculative Circle \u2013 A Newsletter of Imagination &amp; Justice<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" data-attachment-id=\"2470\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/akajiofo.com\/en\/about-us\/img-20260612-wa0078-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260612-WA0078-4.webp?fit=1024%2C572&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,572\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"SPECULATIVE REPAIR: A Philosophy for Healing Nations\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;This is a minimalist, typographic graphic designed to provoke intellectual curiosity. The composition centers on the large, bold uppercase headline &amp;#8220;SPECULATIVE REPAIR&amp;#8221;, which dominates the frame in a serious, modern sans-serif typeface. Directly below, a smaller secondary line reads &amp;#8220;A Philosophy for Healing Nations&amp;#8221;, clarifying the theme as an abstract socio-political framework rather than a physical repair process. The color palette appears to be high-contrast (likely dark background with light text, or vice versa, consistent with philosophical or lecture-style visuals), and a subtle digital timestamp of &amp;#8220;12:34&amp;#8221; sits in the lower-right corner, suggesting this might be a still from a video, podcast, or presentation slide. The overall aesthetic is clean, stark, and contemplative, urging the viewer to consider how speculative thinking and radical imagination might be applied to collective trauma and national restoration.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Exploring the concept of &amp;#8220;Speculative Repair&amp;#8221;\u2014a forward-thinking philosophy that asks how we can collectively reimagine and mend the deep fractures within our societies. What would it take to truly heal a nation?&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260612-WA0078-4.webp?fit=1024%2C572&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260612-WA0078-4.webp?resize=1024%2C572&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Speculative Repair \u2014 A Philosophy for Healing Nations\" class=\"wp-image-2470\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260612-WA0078-4.webp?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260612-WA0078-4.webp?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260612-WA0078-4.webp?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260612-WA0078-4.webp?resize=100%2C56&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG-20260612-WA0078-4.webp?resize=600%2C335&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Exploring the concept of &#8220;Speculative Repair&#8221;\u2014a forward-thinking philosophy that asks how we can collectively reimagine and mend the deep fractures within our societies. What would it take to truly heal a nation?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ebc166\">A Community for Readers Who Believe Stories Can Heal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Lateness is different from never. A debt acknowledged changes everything.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ebc166\">Join Ibekwe Paul Chukwuemeka on a Journey of Memory, Justice &amp; Speculative Repair<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author of <strong>The City He Never Returned To<\/strong>, I write at the intersection of personal history and national imagination. 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I&#8217;ve never encountered this perspective anywhere else.&#8221;<\/em><br>\u2014 <strong>Kemi, Lagos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;A necessary voice in African letters. The &#8216;speculative repair&#8217; framework has changed how I think about our history.&#8221;<\/em><br>\u2014 <strong>Chidi, London<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#eab11f\">\ud83d\udcd6 About the Author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ibekwe Paul Chukwuemeka<\/strong> was born in Nigeria to parents who survived the civil war. His father, from Umuoti-Inyishi, and his mother, from Obodo-Amaimo, inspired <em>The City He Never Returned To<\/em>. He is the founder of Akajiofo Press, now based in Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His work operates at the intersection of personal history and national imagination\u2014dedicated to the &#8220;speculative repair&#8221; of African history and the amplification of unreturned voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;I believe literature can do more than recount the past; it can imagine the architecture of repair.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#f0af0a\">The City He Never Returned To<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"739\" data-attachment-id=\"3306\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/akajiofo.com\/en\/?attachment_id=3306\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Book-Cover-Image-of-The-City-He-Never-Returned-To-1.png?fit=1216%2C878&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1216,878\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Book Cover Image of The City He Never Returned To\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;This official full wrap-around cover art is designed for The City He Never Returned To by Ibekwe Paul Chukwuemeka. The design captures the emotional depth of the novel, featuring a striking sunset over a historical landscape on the front, a clean and professional spine layout, and an antiqued parchment back cover complete with the author&amp;#8217;s biography and a designated barcode space ready for retail distribution.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The final, print-ready wrap-around cover for The City He Never Returned To\u2014an intimate multi-generational family saga by Ibekwe Paul Chukwuemeka.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Book-Cover-Image-of-The-City-He-Never-Returned-To-1.png?fit=1024%2C739&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Book-Cover-Image-of-The-City-He-Never-Returned-To-1.png?resize=1024%2C739&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Book cover for The City He Never Returned To by Ibekwe Paul Chukwuemeka\" class=\"wp-image-3306 size-full\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Book-Cover-Image-of-The-City-He-Never-Returned-To-1.png?resize=1024%2C739&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Book-Cover-Image-of-The-City-He-Never-Returned-To-1.png?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Book-Cover-Image-of-The-City-He-Never-Returned-To-1.png?resize=768%2C555&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Book-Cover-Image-of-The-City-He-Never-Returned-To-1.png?resize=100%2C72&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Book-Cover-Image-of-The-City-He-Never-Returned-To-1.png?resize=600%2C433&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akajiofo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Book-Cover-Image-of-The-City-He-Never-Returned-To-1.png?w=1216&amp;ssl=1 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Paperback Editions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Amazon Edition \u2014 500 pages<br>\u2022 Akajiofo Direct (Lulu) \u2014 380 pages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN: 978-1-291-77949-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Ships worldwide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lagos, 1965. A family&#8217;s ledger becomes their survival. Sixty years, four generations, one question: What comes after survival?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/akajiofo.com\/product\/1157\/\">\u2728 ORDER YOUR PAPERBACK TODAY<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2753 Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What&#8217;s the difference between free and paid?<\/strong><br>Free members receive monthly public essays and announcements. Paid members get exclusive in-depth content, early access, and community features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Can I switch or cancel anytime?<\/strong><br>Absolutely. You can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel with one click. No questions asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How will I receive the content?<\/strong><br>All newsletters arrive directly in your inbox. 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