Wale Lawal, Author at The Republic

Come and See The Redeeming Inventiveness of Kenneth Ize and Mowalola Ogunlesi

Wale Lawal and Boluwatife AkinroAugust 25, 2021

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.

August/September 2021

Our Commitment to Integrity The Republic's Policy on Plagiarism

Wale LawalJanuary 19, 2018

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...

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A Laughing Giant The Everlasting Humour of Chinua Achebe

Wale LawalNovember 16, 2017

In 1998, Chinua Achebe, already by this time the father of modern African literature by several accounts, introduced himself with a joke.

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Editor’s Foreword

Wale LawalFebruary 25, 2017

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...

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