August/September 2022

From Soft Life to Soft Power Reconsidering Nigeria’s Regional and Global Influence

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 8, 2022

Nigeria is currently experiencing a creative and cultural renaissance. According to a UNDP Imagine Nigeria report, Nigeria needs a new economic roadmap. One in which the creative economy is center stage. Read more

August/September 2022Editors Picks: Independence DayNigeria

‘We Are Incredibly Bad, As a Species, at Valuing Things’ Charles Ebikeme’s First Draft

Charles EbikemeAugust 5, 2022

Sub-editor at The Republic, Charles Ebikeme, believes humanity has not arrived at a proper way of valuing good health. Read our interview.

August/September 2022First DraftInterviewsNigeria

The UK’s Largest Benin Bronzes Repatriation Oxford and Cambridge Will Return 213 Stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Tomisin AwosikaAugust 4, 2022

On 29 July 2022, Oxford and Cambridge University announced that they would return 213 stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Read more.

August/September 2022NewsNigeria

When Maasaiphobia Became Policy An Insider’s Perspective on Environmental Racism and the Maasai Predicament in Ngorongoro

Leiyo SingoAugust 3, 2022

The Maasai have become strangers, victims, and miserable paupers on the lands that are rightly theirs. Read more

August/September 2022Best of 2022Tanzania

‘Why Didn’t Anyone Help Him?’ In Italy, an Italian Man Has Killed a Disabled Nigerian Man

Tomisin AwosikaAugust 2, 2022

On 29 July, in Italy, a 39-year-old Nigerian, Alika Ogochukwu, was killed while trying to sell trinkets to an Italian man. Read more.

August/September 2022NewsNigeria

Afro-Literati The Nardal Sisters and the Négritude Movement

Kai MoraAugust 1, 2022

The Nardal sisters’ collective legacies underscore the significant role women played in shaping Black identity across the pan-African world and politics. Read more

August/September 2022Best of 2022International Women's Day - History