October/November 2020

Lessons of Discord The Repressive Dimensions of Pan-African Nationalism

Brooks MarmonNovember 11, 2021

Pan-Africanist political organization in the 1950s and 1960s played a mutually reinforcing role in driving the advocacy that ended both colonial rule in Africa and legal racial discrimination in the American South. Read more.

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Edo State’s Struggle for Meaning The 2020 Edo State Governorship Election in Retrospect

Ope AdetayoNovember 30, 2020

Defection is one of Nigeria’s usual socio-political ploys and it played out in Edo State's election in a slightly comical fashion. Read more.

October/November 2020

‘The Impetus of My Life and Work is Love.’ OluTimehin Adegbeye's First Draft

Olutimehin AdegbeyeNovember 27, 2020

Writer and social justice advocate, OluTimehin Adegbeye, says her biggest motivation is love. Love, she explains, 'is exponentially more demanding and more transformative than what it has been reduced to in the popular imagination. It sits at the centre of what I consider the greatest intellectual and literary enquiries.'

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The Measure of Our Lives Gender and the English Language

Grey AtandaNovember 25, 2020

Gender is a complex system that has more to do with society, culture and time periods than it has to do with biology. Read more.

International Women's Day - EssaysOctober/November 2020

Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020

The Ebola Crisis motivated the World Bank to launch the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility in 2016. But how effective has the PEF been in dealing with COVID-19? Read more.

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Electricity Line and Sunset at Dopemu, Lagos, Nigeria

Electrons Are Free but Not Electricity Finding the Right Price for Electricity in Nigeria

Tam AlexNovember 18, 2020

There are over 90 million Nigerians with no access to the electricity grid. Could overregulation and irregular pricing be driving this challenge? Read more.

October/November 2020

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Unprofitable Diseases Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa?

Francisco PerezNovember 17, 2020

Like Ebola, COVID-19 demonstrates the urgent need for domestic pharmaceutical industries in African nations. Read more.

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‘No One Sees the World the Way You Do.’ Kemi Falodun’s First Draft

Kemi FalodunNovember 13, 2020

Writer, journalist and author of ‘Soundbender: The Many Lives of Beautiful Nubia’, Kemi Falodun, believes good writing requires practice. ‘One must make an effort to improve. Although there are factors—social, financial, environmental—that may facilitate or impede one’s capacity to develop the skill.’

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