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Vol. 5, No. 4

The Triumph of Buchi Emecheta.

IN THIS ISSUE

COVER ESSAYS

⎈ Where Are the ‘Daughters’ of Emecheta?: Tracing Buchi Emecheta’s Influence by Elizabeth Ben-Iheanacho; ⎈ Kehinde: Mother, Woman: Identity Formation in Buchi Emecheta’s ‘Kehinde’ by Ijedike Jeboma; ⎈ Buchi Emecheta’s ‘The Joys of Motherhood’: A Precursor to Contemporary Nigerian Feminist Texts by Moboluwajidide Joseph; ⎈ Feminism vs Womanism: Scanning Buchi Emecheta’s Oeuvre by Sujarani Mathew; and ⎈ Head Above Water: The Negotiations of Buchi Emecheta by Chika Unigwe. Read the entire issue.

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Best of 2021: Essays

Our Editors and Readers' Favourite Essays of the Year

The Inevitable Revolutionary How Thomas Sankara Weaponized Coloniality

Kai MoraSeptember 8, 2021
Everything I Desire Is For Me I Discovered Who I Was When I Stopped Trying to Lose Weight

Oreoluwa George-TaylorJuly 12, 2021
Nigeria’s Expanding LPG Market The Need for Government Regulation and Investment

Oyin KomolafeJuly 7, 2021
New Lords of Nigeria’s North West Bandits: Terrorists or Criminal Gangs?

Tosin OsasonaJuly 5, 2021
Iyibo My First 22 Years is a Long Time to Live in a State of Paralysis

Edwin OkoloJune 21, 2021
‘Lady’ A Feminine Critique of Fela

Merlin UwalakaJune 7, 2021
Books As Ammunition How I Found Solace in Rereading Buchi Emecheta’s ‘Second Class Citizen’

Ope AdedejiMay 17, 2021
Myths and Truths Jomo Kenyatta's Hollow Legacy

Edwin ChegeApril 7, 2021
A Nation Divided ProSARS vs. EndSARS: A North/South Divide

Theophilus SokumaMarch 22, 2021
On the National Red Line Negotiating Nigeria’s ‘Non-Negotiable’ Unity

Chukwudi UkonneJanuary 27, 2021
The Long Walk to Equality Historical Influences on Women in Igbo Society

Chinenye AnikwenzeJanuary 20, 2021
Politics of Happiness Nollywood in Nigeria’s Crisis of Happiness

Boluwatife AkinroJanuary 18, 2021

Best of 2021: First Draft

Our Editors and Readers' Favourite Interviews of the Year

‘I Can Never Get Bored of Writing About Sex’ Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah’s First Draft

Nana Darkoa SekyiamahDecember 17, 2021
‘Beginnings are Easier Than Endings.’ Bim Adewunmi’s First Draft

Bim AdewunmiOctober 8, 2021
‘I Have Always Been an Eclectic Reader.’ Andrew Alli’s First Draft

Andrew AlliOctober 1, 2021
‘Adolescence Is a Relatively Young Concept.’ Edwin Okolo’s First Draft

Edwin OkoloAugust 13, 2021
‘I Think of Each Draft Like a Ladder With Rungs’ Eloghosa Osunde’s First Draft

Eloghosa OsundeAugust 6, 2021
‘My Writing Process is Excruciating!’ Max Siollun’s First Draft

Max SiollunJuly 23, 2021
‘I’m a Very Meticulous Writer.’ Ope Adedeji’s First Draft

Ope AdedejiJuly 16, 2021
‘I Read Towards My Biases.’ Grieve Chelwa’s First Draft

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Ope AdetayoJune 18, 2021
‘Love Does Not Win Elections’ Ayisha Osori's First Draft

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‘Write As Yourself and Write What You Know.’ Nanjala Nyabola's First Draft

Nanjala NyabolaApril 16, 2021
‘Great Writers Develop Themselves.’ Christopher Olaoluwa Ogunmodede's First Draft

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeFebruary 5, 2021

From Our Latest Issue

Head Above Water The Negotiations of Buchi Emecheta

Chika UnigweNovember 17, 2021

Kehinde: Mother, Woman Identity Formation in Buchi Emecheta’s ‘Kehinde’

Ijedike JebomaDecember 10, 2021

Buchi Emecheta’s ‘The Joys Of Motherhood’ A Precursor to Contemporary Nigerian Feminist Texts

Mobólúwajídìde JosephNovember 29, 2021

Feminism vs Womanism Scanning Buchi Emecheta’s Oeuvre

Sujarani MathewDecember 10, 2021

Where Are the ‘Daughters’ of Emecheta? Tracing Buchi Emecheta’s Influence

Elizabeth O. Ben-IheanachoNovember 10, 2021

Everything I Desire Is For Me I Discovered Who I Was When I Stopped Trying to Lose Weight

Oreoluwa George-TaylorJuly 12, 2021

Books As Ammunition How I Found Solace in Rereading Buchi Emecheta’s ‘Second Class Citizen’

Ope AdedejiMay 17, 2021

The Long Walk to Equality Historical Influences on Women in Igbo Society

Chinenye AnikwenzeJanuary 20, 2021

‘Assume Knowledge.’ Chika Unigwe’s First Draft

Chika UnigweNovember 12, 2021
‘Criticism Helps Us Grow.’ Elizabeth Ben-Iheanacho’s First Draft

Elizabeth O. Ben-IheanachoOctober 22, 2021

Special Focus: COVID-19

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Children and COVID-19 What Happens When a Child Gets COVID?

Todah OpeyemiMarch 8, 2022

Globally, the impacts of COVID-19 on children have been understated. Many parents don’t know how to take care of their children if they get Covid. Read more

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Shadow Pandemic COVID-19, Women and Girls in Nigeria

November 8, 2021

Dealing with National Health Emergencies in Nigeria COVID-19: Lessons from Polio Eradication

August 19, 2021

The Excessive Debt Burdens of COVID-19 Development Financing in the Pandemic

March 31, 2021

Are We Victims of Pharmaceutical Half-Truths? The Politics of Clinical Trials in Africa

February 22, 2021

Introducing 'The Black Atlantic'

Our New Column for Stories about the Black Experience Around the World

Everything in Nigeria Leaves a Stain

lanaire aderemiOctober 6, 2024

In the heart of London, as Tosin’s fingers delicately braided my hair, our thoughts wove together images of Lagos—its chaotic vibrancy, the relentless yearning for home, and the indelible marks Nigeria leaves on everyone and everything.

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Notes on Absence

Ìdòwú Ọdẹ́yẹmíApril 21, 2024

One only realizes the notions of love in one’s life when they become absent. Read the sequel to ‘Living in America, Leaving Nigeria’.

April/May 2024The Black Atlantic

Departures Reflections on the Burden of Parting

Chukwuemeka FamousFebruary 20, 2024

For days, I struggled to grasp this somewhat unsettling realization that a member of my family would leave not just Nigeria, but Africa, miles away from home and family.

February/March 2024NigeriaThe Black Atlantic