Vol. 7, No. 3
Pan-African Dreams
Introduction
IN THIS ISSUE
FOREWORD
⎈ Pan-African Dreams: The Republic V7, N3 by Wale Lawal
COVER ESSAYS
⎈ Crisis Pan-Africanism: The Drivers of Institutionalized Pan-Africanism by Abel Gaiya;
⎈ From the OAU to the AU: Has the African Union Learned to Handle Conflicts Better? by Sarah Laniyan; and
⎈ Ethiopian Dream: Marcus Garvey, Ethiopia and the Founding of the OAU by Kai Mora.
FEATURE ESSAYS
⎈ Is a Single African Electricity Market Possible?: Understanding Electricity Market Reforms in Africa by Tam Alex;
⎈ A Fading Dream of Pan-Africanism?: Addressing the Impasse around the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement by Prince Fater Audu;
⎈ The Not-So-Free Movement of People: South Africa’s Haphazard Commitment to Open Borders by Adenike Fapohunda;
⎈ Like a Compass Pointing to Nsukka: 20 years of Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus by Ernest Nweke;
⎈ Building Blocks: The Challenging Realities of African Economic Integration by Osione Oseni-Elamah;
⎈ The Indelible Life of Ama Ata Aidoo: Personal Reflection by Nii Ayikwei Parkes;
⎈ Through Time’s Lens: The Enduring Message of Chinua Achebe’s No Longer At Ease by Adebola Rayo; and
⎈ African Union and the Multipolar World: Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World by Blessing Simura and Phatsimo Praymore Phida.
FIRST DRAFT
⎈ ‘I Am Too Crushed by the War That Started in Sudan to Embark on a New Novel’ by Leila Aboulela
ART
⎈ Cover Illustration: ‘After the Ceremonies’, by Diana Ejaita
⎈ Issue Design and First Draft Illustration: Onyinye Dike.
Forthcoming
In our next issue, The Republic will critically discuss the rise of Afrobeats⎈