Politics & Security

Who Was Ojukwu? The Many Perceptions of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Charles EkpoSeptember 8, 2021

Before he died in 2011, leader of the Biafran secessionist movement, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, had assumed four personalities: he was a hero, a villain, a rebel, and even a ‘one-Nigerianist’. Read more.

August/September 2021vol5-no3

Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Zikism The President and the Revolutionary Ideology He Denied

Akintunde AgunbiadeSeptember 8, 2021

A troubled relationship with Zikism, the leftist political ideology Nnamdi Azikiwe inspired and drew his political base from, may explain his sudden yet prolonged fall from prominence. Read more.

August/September 2021vol5-no3

Burnin’ & Lootin’ Respectability, Negative Peace and the Eswatini Protests

Zanta NkumaneAugust 17, 2021

When a recent spate of pro-democracy protests spread across Eswatini, the untruth of the country’s peace and stability gained a global audience. Read more.

August/September 2021

The Civil Soldier The Political Legacy of Olusegun Obasanjo

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 4, 2021

Obasanjo’s legacy as a civil soldier is difficult to summarize. Though he made several advances as Nigeria’s longest-serving civilian leader, he missed several opportunities to build institutions that would have helped entrench true civility and democracy within Nigeria. Read more.

August/September 2021

Japá Young Nigerians’ Search for Prosperity and Its Effect on Political Participation in Nigeria

John BabalolaJuly 30, 2021

For many young Nigerians, relocating abroad with little or no intent to return has become a life goal. Read more.

June/July 2021

Ken Saro-Wiwa’s ‘Sozaboy’ What War Literature Teaches Us About the Political Economy of Violence

Ndidi AkaharaJuly 28, 2021

Through ‘Sozaboy’, Ken Saro-Wiwa explores how war on the African continent has come to function as a central aspect of political economy in the neoliberal world. Read more.

June/July 2021

New Lords of Nigeria’s North West Bandits: Terrorists or Criminal Gangs?

Tosin OsasonaJuly 5, 2021

Banditry primarily impacts rural communities—the very communities responsible for food security—and has disrupted socio-economic life in the North West. Read more.

June/July 2021

We Have Work to Do Five Lessons for Pro-democracy Activists from the Twitter Ban

Selma Ewurama HammondJune 14, 2021

The Twitter ban only extends the long line of reasons to be pessimistic about the state of Nigeria. Despite the bleak outlook, we can draw five lessons from the Twitter ban for future political organizing. Read more.

June/July 2021

Photo for our essay on decolonizing human trafficking

Decolonizing Human Trafficking Alternative Approaches to Understanding Modern Slavery

Oyinkansola WumkesJune 7, 2021

Acknowledging that most countries with the highest trafficking rates are former colonies opens up new ways of understanding and potentially eradicating human trafficking. Read more.

June/July 2021

Modern Slavery, Child Exploitation or Both? Child Marriage in Nigeria

Olayinka AdeniyiJune 7, 2021

Despite child marriage being recognized and prohibited by both international and domestic laws within Nigeria. Child marriage is still prevalent, especially in the North and argued as an Islamic religious practice. Read more.

June/July 2021