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THE ENDURING VOICE OF WOLE SOYINKA

Our latest issue, The Enduring Voice of Wole Soyinka, celebrates Wole Soyinka’s legacy and ongoing developments of Africa’s literary worlds that complicate but also inspire new thinking about the meaning of African literature.

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vol. 8, no. 3

THE ENDURING VOICE OF WOLE SOYINKA

Our latest issue, The Enduring Voice of Wole Soyinka, celebrates Wole Soyinka’s legacy but also ongoing developments in various regions of the African literary world that complicate but also inspire new thinking about the meaning of African literature.

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Dangote

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A Clash of Titans

In the world of power and influence, Bola Ahmed Tinubu rules the political arena while Aliko Dangote reigns supreme in the realm of business. What happens when these two giants clash?

Taiwo Egunjobi

THE MINISTRY OF ARTS / FILM DEPT.

The Persistent Voice in Taiwo Egunjobi’s Films

As he speaks, the commanding ease in Taiwo Egunjobi’s words and manner pitches him as an important custodian of knowledge and insight about Nigerian and world cinema. Egunjobi’s films always cast a permanent residence on viewers’ minds.

Tobi Eyinade

THE MINISTRY OF ARTS / FIRST DRAFT INTERVIEWS

‘Africans Do Read’ Tobi Eyinade’s First Draft  

Co-founder of Rovingheights Bookstore, Tobi Eyinade, disagrees with the belief that Africans do not read: ‘Rovingheights would not be here after nine years if that sentiment holds true. People often say Africans don’t read, yet we have managed to build a thriving book business despite the daunting challenges. Africans do read. While the numbers may not match those of other continents, we have come a long way.’

Adedamola

THE MINISTRY OF ARTS / MUSIC DEPT.

The Poetics of ‘Adedamola’

In his 2024 album, adedamola, Fireboy embarks on a journey back to his roots, reminding listeners that he has not lost the essence that first captured their hearts.

J. A. Green

THE MINISTRY OF ARTS / PHOTO DEPT.

Adetshina

THE MINISTRY OF WORLD AFFAIRS / SOUTH AFRICA DESK

Chidimma Adetshina and the Danger of Xenophobia

The rejection of Chidimma Adetshina by the South African public perhaps reflects a complex post-apartheid conception of Blackness—and more specifically, Black womanhood—that is rigid and unaccommodating to those who differ, whether by ethnicity or nationality.

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Now Available: Our August – October 2024 Print Issue

Featuring: 
Wale Lawal in conversation with Professor Wole Soyinka; Sarah Ladipo Manyika on the meaning of Wole Soyinka; Richard Solomon on Gaza through the lens of Wole Soyinka; Olabanke Goriola on reading Wole Soyinka from an African feminist lens; plus more.

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VOL. 8, NO. 3
THE ENDURING VOICE OF WOLE SOYINKA

Now Available: Our August – October 2024 Print Issue

Featuring: 
Wale Lawal in conversation with Professor Wole Soyinka; Sarah Ladipo Manyika on the meaning of Wole Soyinka; Richard Solomon on Gaza through the lens of Wole Soyinka; Olabanke Goriola on reading Wole Soyinka from an African feminist lens; plus more.

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‘An African Feminist Manifesto’

For whom is the transformative potential of feminism new? Our latest issue, An African Feminist Manifesto, considers the imperatives for Black African feminism(s) in our uniquely uncertain times, plus more.

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Madam Has Interest

Despite their purported mission of advancing women’s interests, in Nigeria, institutionalized structures such as the first lady’s office and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, more often reinforce than challenge patriarchal norms.

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THE MINISTRY OF ARTs / PHOTO DEPT.

Abrahamic Tradition

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A Womanist Reading of African Women in Abrahamic Tradition

Though the presence of Abrahamic tradition within global Black consciousness often finds expression through male-dominated narratives, a closer examination uncovers Black women at the very centres of the most path-altering moments in the tradition, offering analogues with which Black women have interpreted, reimagined and reclaimed their past, present, and future.

Second Class Citizen

THE MINISTRY OF ARTs / BOOKS DEPT.

50 Years of Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen

In 1974, Buchi Emecheta’s novel, Second-Class Citizen, was published. While this novel has inspired a generation of African writers, the themes Emecheta explored—such as Black immigrant life in the UK and the ills of a patriarchal society—remain as relevant today as ever.

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On Wole Soyinka

Our latest issue, The Enduring Voice of Wole Soyinka, celebrates the 90th birthday of Wole Soyinka and considers his influence on literature, African thought, plus more.

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