Wale Lawal, Author at The Republic

The End of Empire? Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Has Died

Wale LawalSeptember 8, 2022

Twenty-five when she became queen, Queen Elizabeth II’s reign saw a declining, brutal British Empire and declarations of independence that have continued till date in former British colonies across Africa and the African diaspora. Read more.

August/September 2022NewsUnited Kingdom

The Road to 2023 Editor’s Foreword: The Republic V6, N2

Wale LawalAugust 31, 2022

Ahead of Nigeria's 2023 election, this issue explores the presidential candidacy of Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Read more.

August/September 2022Nigeriavol6-no2

APC and the Dilemmas of a Ruling Party Editor’s Foreword: The Republic V6, N1

Wale LawalApril 11, 2022

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.

April/May 2022Nigeriavol6-no1

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 2021Nigeria

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...

Dispatch

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.

Libraryvol4-no1

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...

Dispatch

Wale Lawal

The End of Empire? Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Has Died

The Road to 2023 Editor’s Foreword: The Republic V6, N2

APC and the Dilemmas of a Ruling Party Editor’s Foreword: The Republic V6, N1

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

Our Commitment to Integrity The Republic's Policy on Plagiarism

A Laughing Giant The Everlasting Humour of Chinua Achebe

Editor’s Foreword

Wale Lawal

‘Writing a Book for Children is Not as Easy as One Might Think’ Efua Traoré’s First Draft

2023 Election Updates Daily Briefings from The Republic

Changing the Financial Climate Catalysing the Green Economy for a Prosperous Nigeria

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