New Voices The Republic’s National Student Essay Writing Competition
In partnership with the UNDP, The Republic is holding a national essay competition open to students in Nigeria between the ages of 16 and 25. Read More
August/September 2022
From Soft Life to Soft Power Reconsidering Nigeria’s Regional and Global Influence
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
‘We Are Incredibly Bad, As a Species, at Valuing Things’ Charles Ebikeme’s First Draft
Sub-editor at The Republic, Charles Ebikeme, believes humanity has not arrived at a proper way of valuing good health. Read our interview.
The UK’s Largest Benin Bronzes Repatriation Oxford and Cambridge Will Return 213 Stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
On 29 July 2022, Oxford and Cambridge University announced that they would return 213 stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Read more.
When Maasaiphobia Became Policy An Insider’s Perspective on Environmental Racism and the Maasai Predicament in Ngorongoro
The Maasai have become strangers, victims, and miserable paupers on the lands that are rightly theirs. Read more
‘Why Didn’t Anyone Help Him?’ In Italy, an Italian Man Has Killed a Disabled Nigerian Man
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.
Afro-Literati The Nardal Sisters and the Négritude Movement
The Nardal sisters’ collective legacies underscore the significant role women played in shaping Black identity across the pan-African world and politics. Read more