Vol. 7, No. 2
A Nation Divided
Introduction
IN THIS ISSUE
FOREWORD
⎈ A Nation Divided: The Republic V7, N2 by Wale Lawal
COVER ESSAYS
⎈ Will the Winners Take It All?: Tinubu’s Presidency and the Challenge of Peacebuilding in South East Nigeria by Charles Ekpo;
⎈ Of Borders and Economy: Can Nigeria’s Next President Chart a New Africa Foreign Economic Policy? by Abel Gaiya;
⎈ ‘Ellu P’ Power: Tinubu’s Presidency and the Challenge of Peacebuilding in South East Nigeria by Muzz Muhammad;
FEATURE ESSAYS
⎈ Politics, Priorities, and Policies: Nigeria’s Post-Presidential Inauguration Era and the Burden of Nation Building by Folahanmi Aina;
⎈ A New Image of Africa’s Future: How African Futurism Can Help African Policymakers Solve Africa’s Toughest Challenges by Charles Ebikeme;
⎈ To Be or Not to Be Surreal?: Abba T. Makama’s Biggest Question Yet by Hillary Essien;
⎈ Surviving the Long Shadow of Trauma: Life after the Owo Church Massacre by Adesola Ikulajolu;
⎈ Black Mecca: A Brief History of Black Islam from Africa to the Diaspora by Kai Mora;
⎈ The Conductor of Chaos: MC Oluomo’s Dangerous Rise and Rhetoric by Yusuf Omotayo;
⎈ After the Golden Era: Restoring Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Towards West Africa by Daniel Whyte
FIRST DRAFT
⎈ ‘Let the Data Guide You’ by Zainab Usman
ART
⎈ Cover Illustration: ‘Face Me, I Face You’, by Onyinye Dike (Art Director, The Republic), with oversight from Wale Lawal (Editor, The Republic).
⎈ First Draft: Onyinye Dike.
Forthcoming
In our next issue, The Republic will critically discuss the Inauguration of Nigeria’s next president⎈