August/September 2019

This photo is for our piece on the nigerianization of crimes in South Africa.

Phobia or Scapegoatism? The Nigerianization of Crimes in South Africa

Hakeem OnapajoSeptember 20, 2019

The rivalry between South Africa and Nigeria has affected the relationship between citizens of both countries to such an extent that they see themselves as being in a perpetual competition.

August/September 2019Editors Picks: Independence DayNigeriaSouth AfricaZimbabwe

This is for our piece on Work in the Digital Economy.

The Grind Goes Online Work in the Digital Economy

Marie EhinomenSeptember 18, 2019

The digital economy has changed the rules of the game for all stakeholders in the labour market. Countries in the global south like Nigeria need to not only recognize the new rules but use them to their advantage.

August/September 2019

This photo is for our piece on Nigeria's Sovereign Wealth Fund.

Who’s Afraid of Saving Money? The Political Economy of Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund

Daniel OlikaSeptember 16, 2019

Nigeria's sovereign wealth fund has the important objective of addressing critical issues in relation to the Nigerian economy and is, perhaps, the most important fiscal initiative from the Nigerian federal government in the last decade.

August/September 2019

On a Coding Diet The Place for STEM Development in Nigeria

Fife OgundeSeptember 3, 2019

Nigeria will need STEM development to participate in the 'Fourth Industrial Revolution' and the evidence suggests that STEM development works best when it emphasizes already existing resource strengths.

August/September 2019

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

Sanya OshaAugust 30, 2019

Who really was Amos Tutuola? An amazing but naïve primitivist? An ethnographic curiosity? A quasi-plagiarist of the fantastical creations of D.O. Fagunwa? The most likely answer: he was all of these but also more.

August/September 2019Library

No More Insufficient Funds Yahoo Yahoo and Cybercrime’s International Ecosystem

Adewale OloworekendeAugust 28, 2019

Nigeria is not alone in cybercrime. But among a considerable number of Nigerians, cybercrime or Yahoo Yahoo exists at the intersection of crime and means of livelihood; wrong but necessary.

August/September 2019Library

#TooBigToLike Questioning ‘Choice’ in Global Surveillance Capitalism

Aarshin KarandeAugust 20, 2019

Big Tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, exhibit a new stage of corporate power. These organizations are so large, our views on them are inconsequential—they have effectively become too big to like.

August/September 2019Library

Siblinghood and the Psychology of Trauma Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer

Lanre ApataAugust 16, 2019

Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer uses the expansiveness of the prose form to ask, ‘how far can we go for people we love?’

August/September 2019Library

Long Live the Children of Disobedience Patriarchy and the Limits of Feminism’s Transformative Power

Joshua Segun-LeanAugust 8, 2019

Feminism’s transformative power is one Nigeria greatly needs; and as Nigeria's feminist movement grows, its adherents show no interests in being respectable.

August/September 2019

Call for Submissions – Vol. 3, No. 4 A World without Work?

The RepublicMay 20, 2019

Deadline 14 July, 2019: The Republic is currently accepting submissions for June/July 2019, in which authors will critically discuss the future of work.

August/September 2019