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Vol. 5, No. 1

COVID-19: Global Lessons from Africa.

IN THIS ISSUE

COVER ESSAYS

⎈ (Purse) Strings Attached: Global Health from Dependency to Decolonization by Paula Akugizibwe;⎈ Southern Africa's Persistent Dilemma: Coronavirus and the Lost Legacy of the AIDS epidemic by Liam James Kingsley; and ⎈ Unprofitable Diseases: Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa? by Francisco Perez. Read the entire issue.

Special Focus: COVID-19

Expert Roundtable

Weathering the Storm COVID-19 and the Case for Universal Basic Income in Nigeria

Oluwaseyi SomefunJune 12, 2020
Unprofitable Diseases Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa?

Francisco PerezNovember 17, 2020
Are We Victims of Pharmaceutical Half-Truths? The Politics of Clinical Trials in Africa

Charles BesidonneFebruary 22, 2021
Southern Africa’s Persistent Dilemma Coronavirus and the Lost Legacy of the AIDS Epidemic

Liam James KingsleyNovember 2, 2020
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
Algeria’s Indefinite Pause What Will COVID-19 Mean for Algeria’s Year-long Protests?

Temi IbirogbaApril 20, 2020
A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020
‘Only Science Can Save Mankind’ Coronavirus, the Death of Religion and the Resurrection of Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 3, 2020
God the Master Scientist COVID-19, Pandemics and Reconciling Religious Faith With Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 17, 2020
For the Community, By the Community COVID-19, Design and Handwashing Infrastructure in Nigeria

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Mambidzeni MadzivireJanuary 25, 2021
Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020

Editors' Picks: Nigeria at 60

Recommended reading by The Republic's editors, on Nigeria 60 years after declaring independence.

A Wake-Up Call? The Recent Travel Restrictions on Nigerians

Zainab UsmanMarch 9, 2020
The Great Unravelling The Disintegration of the Nigerian State

Chris NgwodoDecember 6, 2017
Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents

Chukwudi UkonneApril 17, 2020
Lagbaja, Something for You The Legacy of Our Second Democracy Superhero

Olamide Adio OlanrewajuDecember 6, 2019
For the People, Without the People The Crisis of Representation in Nigerian Politics

Dafe oputuMay 9, 2019
Nollywords Lionheart, Language and the Ghost of Our Colonial Past

Ore OgunbiyiNovember 18, 2019
When Nigerians, Zimbabweans, and Rhodesians Talked About Race Revisiting Nigeria – Zimbabwe Relations

Brooks MarmonJune 7, 2019
Zata Iya A History of Hausa Feminist Writings

Sada MalumfashiDecember 13, 2019
The Prophetic Vision of Chinua Achebe Reclaiming Africa's Past, Writing Its Present, Shaping Its Future

Boluwatife Akinro and Joshua Segun-LeanJanuary 13, 2020
Efuru Turns 50 6 Writers Visit Select Pages from Flora Nwapa's Debut Novel

The RepublicFebruary 23, 2017
An Irony of History The Complicated Legacy of Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 31, 2020
Nigeria’s Missing Multipliers Women, Vision 2020 and Nigeria’s Legal Blindspot

Cynthia IgodoApril 6, 2020

From Our Latest Issue

(Purse) Strings Attached From Dependency to Decolonization in Global Health

Paula AkugizibweAugust 14, 2020

Unprofitable Diseases Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa?

Francisco PerezNovember 17, 2020

Southern Africa’s Persistent Dilemma Coronavirus and the Lost Legacy of the AIDS Epidemic

Liam James KingsleyNovember 2, 2020

For the Community, By the Community COVID-19, Design and Handwashing Infrastructure in Nigeria

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Mambidzeni MadzivireJanuary 25, 2021

Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020

This photo is for our essay on A monstrous Overlap

A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020

COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020

Introducing 'First Draft'

Our New Column Featuring Authors on Books, Reading & Writing

- Introducing ‘First Draft’: Our New Column Authors and Prominent Figures on Books, Reading and Writing
  
  The RepublicFebruary 4, 2020
- ‘Writer, Write.’ Moyosore Orimoloye's First Draft
  
  Moyosore OrimoloyeFebruary 5, 2020
- ‘Editing Feels Like Taking Vitamins.’ Ore Ogunbiyi’s First Draft
  
  Ore OgunbiyiFebruary 12, 2020
- ‘The Lesson is in Design’ Merlin Uwalaka’s First Draft
  
  Merlin UwalakaFebruary 19, 2020
- ‘The Story Comes With Its Own Style’ Sada Malumfashi’s First Draft
  
  Sada MalumfashiFebruary 26, 2020
- ‘Finish the Damned Thing’ Ẹniọlá Ànúolúwapọ́ Ṣóyẹmí’s First Draft
  
  Eniola Anuoluwapo SoyemiMarch 4, 2020
- ‘Who has time for undecided authors?’ Dominique Otigbah’s First Draft
  
  Dominique OtigbahMarch 11, 2020
- ‘Every Time You Decide to Write, What Is at Stake for You?’ Joshua Segun-Lean’s First Draft
  
  Joshua Segun-LeanMarch 18, 2020
- ‘Talent not nurtured is useless.’ Moyosore Orekoya’s First Draft
  
  Moyosore OrekoyaMarch 25, 2020
- ‘Language is resilient’ Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún’s First Draft
  
  Kọ́lá Túbọ̀súnApril 1, 2020
- ‘Are the people in this story I’m telling recognizably human?’ Saratu Abiola’s First Draft
  
  Saratu AbiolaApril 8, 2020
- ‘Write Something Every Day’ Oreva Olakpe’s First Draft
  
  Oreva OlakpeApril 15, 2020

Economic Issues

If You No Get Money, Hide Your Face The Toxic Underbelly of Nigeria’s Employment System

Jerry ChiemekeNovember 16, 2019
Towards a Communiversity Knowledge Creation in Local Nigerian Communities

Anselm AdodoAugust 17, 2017
The Excessive Debt Burdens of COVID-19 Development Financing in the Pandemic

Chimezie AnajamaMarch 31, 2021
African Tech for African Problems Should We Be Celebrating Big Tech in Africa?

Emeka Joseph NwankwoSeptember 7, 2019
Maga Don Pay Nigeria's Culture of Cybercrime

Stephen AgwaiborSeptember 6, 2019
Women Like Olabisi The Understated Significance of Nigerian Market Women

Aderonke Adeola and Donna EtiebetOctober 30, 2019
The Grind Goes Online Work in the Digital Economy

Marie EhinomenSeptember 18, 2019
Growth is not Enough Why Africa Needs Wellbeing Economies

Ebele MọgọSeptember 30, 2020
Closed for Business Lessons from Nigeria's Border Closure

Abdulrasheed IsahFebruary 10, 2020

International Issues

A Common Currency for West Africa Why ECOWAS Needs the Eco

Abdulrasheed IsahJuly 8, 2019
When Nigerians, Zimbabweans, and Rhodesians Talked About Race Revisiting Nigeria – Zimbabwe Relations

Brooks MarmonJune 7, 2019
No More Insufficient Funds Yahoo Yahoo and Cybercrime’s International Ecosystem

Adewale OloworekendeAugust 28, 2019
The “Great Man” of Peace Kofi Annan (1938-2018)

Obinna ChukwuAugust 26, 2018
Kremlin’s Renewed Interest Russia’s Emerging Threat to Elections in Africa

Tabitha Mwangi and Chimwemwe FabianoJuly 24, 2020
‘Tragedy Set-in in the Late 70s’ Readers Debate Nigeria’s Global Status

The RepublicApril 25, 2020
Looking for Solace Queerness, Colonialism, and the Power of Trust in Accra, Ghana

Muzz MuhammadOctober 18, 2019
Transcending Economics Racism and Anti-Racism in the Modern World

Promise Frank EjioforMarch 1, 2021
I Know Why the Mockingbird Sings Between America's Blackness and Whiteness

Aarshin KarandeMarch 1, 2019

Historical Issues

Amos Tutuola’s Unwonted Predicament A Writer's Many Controversies

Sanya OshaAugust 30, 2019
The New Normal A Brief History of Climate Change

Habiba DaggashJune 7, 2018
Africa Will Always Have History Art and Literature in My Sleepless Pursuit of African Pasts

Adams AdeosunJuly 10, 2020

Political Issues

A Disaster Waiting to Happen? Nigeria’s Unchecked Population Growth

Barakat AkinsikuNovember 22, 2019
Is all Jihad in Africa Local? Africa and Militant Jihadism

Olajumoke AyandeleMay 25, 2019
Trapped in a Militarized Democracy The Armed State of Nigeria's Political Space

Fisayo AjalaMay 9, 2019
A Post-Coup World? Mali and the Slow Decline of Military Dictatorships

Promise Frank EjioforOctober 7, 2020
Are We Victims of Pharmaceutical Half-Truths? The Politics of Clinical Trials in Africa

Charles BesidonneFebruary 22, 2021
‘Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!’ Our Readers Reflect on the #EndSARS Protests

The RepublicFebruary 3, 2021
A New Scramble in the Horn of Africa The Multipolar Contest for Africa’s Eastern Region

Stephen PaduanoJuly 27, 2020
A Union Jacked The Fate of Nationalism in Post-Brexit Britain

Kaspar LoftinJuly 23, 2017
How to Write about Boko Haram 'Eat the Heart of the Infidel'

Sa'eed HusainiApril 14, 2017

Social Issues

A Poultry Farmer’s Song of Burden in the Face of Fate Chigozie Obioma's An Orchestra of Minorities

Lanre ApataMay 9, 2019
A Laughing Giant The Everlasting Humour of Chinua Achebe

Wale LawalNovember 16, 2017
Travelers Of African Literature, Nomads and New Garments

Nzube NlebedimMarch 17, 2021
‘Mistakes Make Our Stories Worth Telling.’ Nnamdi Ehirim’s First Draft

Nnamdi EhirimJune 24, 2020
Achebe’s Women A Feminist Reading of Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah

Elizabeth O. Ben-IheanachoJanuary 20, 2020
Creating Africa Africa in the Global Contest of Looking and Representation

Boluwatife AkinroJune 24, 2019
Fieldwork in South Africa: Then and Now An Observation of Oscillating Fortunes

Nomtha GrayDecember 4, 2019
‘Genres are Formless, Protean Things’ Suyi Davies Okungbowa’s First Draft

Suyi Davies OkungbowaApril 22, 2020
Deceptions of Innovations Investigating the Claims of Big Tech

Aarshin KarandeMarch 6, 2020

Technological Issues

On a Coding Diet The Place for STEM Development in Nigeria

Fife OgundeSeptember 3, 2019
Government Control in the Digital Age The Economic Impacts of Internet Shutdowns

Osaye AjariDecember 2, 2020
Weathering the Storm COVID-19 and the Case for Universal Basic Income in Nigeria

Oluwaseyi SomefunJune 12, 2020
The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020
Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019
Uneven Playing Fields Nigeria and the Digital Divide

Osivue ItseumahNovember 29, 2019
Unprofitable Diseases Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa?

Francisco PerezNovember 17, 2020
Deep Unlearning? AI and Africa’s Struggling Public Institutions

Victor FamubodeMay 29, 2020
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020