{"id":1361,"date":"2025-09-10T17:45:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/index.php\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T13:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:07:25","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1361\" class=\"elementor elementor-1361\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5702720 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5702720\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a4b060 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a4b060\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE W\u00c0\u00c1 \u1e62ERE LETTER<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-914b97c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"914b97c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stories, ideas and discoveries from the world of the Yor\u00f9b\u00e1<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd0e5e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd0e5e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_01_image_01-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1866\" alt=\"page 01 image 01\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_01_image_01-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_01_image_01-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_01_image_01-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_01_image_01-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_01_image_01-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec3e793 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec3e793\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A twice-monthly letter from Tayo Bello exploring Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 culture, art, language, indigenous <br \/>knowledge, history, and the ideas shaping Africa\u2019s future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34648a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34648a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1acfe10 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1acfe10\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4441434 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4441434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_02_image_01-819x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1867\" alt=\"page 02 image 01\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_02_image_01-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_02_image_01-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_02_image_01-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_02_image_01-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_02_image_01-1638x2048.jpeg 1638w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_02_image_01.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33eb6b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33eb6b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>I\u2019m Tayo Bello.<\/strong> <br \/>I\u2019m a researcher, artist, filmmaker and storyteller exploring Yoruba knowledge and African culture through film, writing and visual art.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad178ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad178ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51092bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51092bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"982\" src=\"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_04_image_01-1024x982.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1868\" alt=\"page 04 image 01\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_04_image_01-1024x982.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_04_image_01-300x288.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_04_image_01-768x736.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_04_image_01-1536x1473.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_04_image_01-2048x1964.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fca91f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1fca91f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-806e640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"806e640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_05_image_01-1024x575.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1869\" alt=\"page 05 image 01\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_05_image_01-1024x575.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_05_image_01-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_05_image_01-768x431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_05_image_01-1536x863.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_05_image_01-2048x1150.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fffdb11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fffdb11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This newsletter is where I share some of the things I\u2019m learning, creating and thinking about <br \/>along the way\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18cd9ce e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18cd9ce\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04fd7e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04fd7e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WHAT ARE YOU SIGNING UP FOR?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e01ec5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0e01ec5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed999e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed999e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_05_image_02-1024x561.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1870\" alt=\"page 05 image 02\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_05_image_02-1024x561.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_05_image_02-300x164.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_05_image_02-768x421.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_05_image_02-1536x842.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_05_image_02-2048x1122.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8321316 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8321316\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-077f2fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"077f2fe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f77e72c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f77e72c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>YOR\u00d9B\u00c1 KNOWLEDGE<\/strong> <br \/>Words, names, or\u00edk\u00ec, history, traditions and the knowledge embedded in Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 culture.<\/p><p><br \/><strong>FROM THE FIELD<\/strong> <br \/>Stories and discoveries from my research, documentaries, travels and conversations with <br \/>people preserving African knowledge.<\/p><p><br \/><strong>FROM THE STUDIO<\/strong> <br \/>My drawings, sculptures and experiments as I develop my practice as an artist.<\/p><p><br \/><strong>IDEAS FOR AFRICA<\/strong> <br \/>Reflections on culture, technology, identity, creativity, AI and the future of Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd599fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd599fe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54d53c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"54d53c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_06_image_01-1024x575.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1871\" alt=\"page 06 image 01\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_06_image_01-1024x575.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_06_image_01-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_06_image_01-768x431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_06_image_01-1536x862.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/page_06_image_01-2048x1149.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa142c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa142c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>THIS IS ME INVITING YOU INTO MY WORLD BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA<\/strong><\/p><p><br \/>Twice a month. No noise. Just ideas, stories, art and Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 knowledge.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e382e2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e382e2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da8192b elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"da8192b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"tnp tnp-subscription \">\n<form method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=tnp&amp;na=s\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"nlang\" value=\"\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"welcome_page_id\" value=\"1881\">\n<div class=\"tnp-field tnp-field-email\"><label for=\"tnp-1\">Email<\/label>\n<input class=\"tnp-email\" type=\"email\" name=\"ne\" id=\"tnp-1\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"\" required><\/div>\n<div class=\"tnp-field tnp-field-button\" style=\"text-align: left\"><input class=\"tnp-submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" style=\"\">\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE W\u00c0\u00c1 \u1e62ERE LETTER Stories, ideas and discoveries from the world of the Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 A twice-monthly letter from Tayo Bello exploring Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 culture, art, language, indigenous knowledge, history, and the ideas shaping Africa\u2019s future. I\u2019m Tayo Bello. I\u2019m a researcher, artist, filmmaker and storyteller exploring Yoruba knowledge and African culture through film, writing and visual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1361","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1361"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1893,"href":"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1361\/revisions\/1893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waasere.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}