APC and the Dilemmas of a Ruling Party Editor’s Foreword: The Republic V6, N1
Our first issue of 2022, APC and the Dilemmas of a Ruling Party, explores the rise of Nigeria’s ruling party and Nigeria’s changing political landscape. Read more.
Wale Lawal
Come and See The Redeeming Inventiveness of Kenneth Ize and Mowalola Ogunlesi
Kenneth Ize and Mowalola Ogunlesi both present a distinct way of engaging with African history but this time the lesson is for Africans themselves and concerns what Africans consider to be history. Read more.
Our Commitment to Integrity The Republic's Policy on Plagiarism
Recently, we had reason to review our editorial process. We were informed that several paragraphs in an essay we published were similar to a piece previously pu... Read More...
A Laughing Giant The Everlasting Humour of Chinua Achebe
In 1998, Chinua Achebe, already by this time the father of modern African literature by several accounts, introduced himself with a joke.
Editor’s Foreword
It is not uncommon to hear in Nigeria that feminism, the female-oriented pursuit of gender equality, is un-African. That the subjugation of women is what it mea... Read More...