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Vol. 3, No. 2

Democracy under President Buhari

IN THIS ISSUE

⎈ Democracy Questioned: How Democracy Can Fail Us, and What to Do about It by Moyosore Orekoya; ⎈ For the People, Without the People: The Crisis of Representation in Nigerian Politics by Dafe Oputu; ⎈ Why Do We Vote?—Questioning Political Ideology in Nigeria by Cynthia Igodo; ⎈ Trapped in a Militarized Democracy: The Armed State of Nigeria's Political Space by Fisayo Ajala; and much more. Read the entire issue.

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- Phobia or Scapegoatism? The Nigerianization of Crimes in South Africa
  
  Hakeem OnapajoSeptember 20, 2019
- The Grind Goes Online Work in the Digital Economy
  
  Marie EhinomenSeptember 18, 2019
- Who’s Afraid of Saving Money? The Political Economy of Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund
  
  Daniel OlikaSeptember 16, 2019

From the Print

Democracy Questioned How Democracy Can Fail Us, and What to do About It

Moyosore OrekoyaMay 9, 2019

For the People, Without the People The Crisis of Representation in Nigerian Politics

Dafe oputuMay 9, 2019

Why Do We Vote? Questioning Political Ideology in Nigeria

Cynthia IgodoMay 9, 2019

Trapped in a Militarized Democracy The Armed State of Nigeria's Political Space

Fisayo AjalaMay 9, 2019

‘Mai Ganga ya Gode, Yaran Mai Ganga sun Gode.’ Campaign Songs, Kannywood and Politics in Northern Nigeria

Aisha Aliyu-BimaMay 9, 2019

Money Miss Road? On Political Financing in Nigeria

Anie AnokuruMay 9, 2019

Lessons from the Third Force Nigeria's 2019 Elections in Review

Oluwamayowa IdowuMay 9, 2019

What We Think about when We Think about Elections Revisiting Political Ideology in Nigeria

Naro Omo-Osagie and Chukwuka Gideon IsikaMay 9, 2019

Economic Issues

Who’s Afraid of Saving Money? The Political Economy of Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund

Daniel OlikaSeptember 16, 2019
Banking on Women Development’s Neoliberal Sexism

Fadekemi AbiruMay 22, 2020
Reading China What to Read on Africa-China Relations

Oreva OlakpeNovember 17, 2018
Teetering on the Edge of a Cliff Safeguarding Nigeria's Future Workforce

Misan RewaneSeptember 6, 2019
‘Na Money Be Fine Bobo’ The Politics of Poor Taste

C. S. LozieJanuary 24, 2020
Development via Taxes Improving Domestic Revenue Mobilization in Africa

Daniel ChimezieDecember 31, 2018
Naira Struggles Nigeria's Response to the Crude Oil Price Shock of 2014

Nonso ObikiliApril 30, 2017
The Grind Goes Online Work in the Digital Economy

Marie EhinomenSeptember 18, 2019
What Does a Future-Ready Africa Need? Change: A Terrifying Story

Johann HarmseOctober 12, 2019

Global Issues

Globalization and Global Value Chains Prospects for Africa's Industrialization

Daniel ChimezieSeptember 6, 2019
Visual Politics in Apartheid South Africa How Images Shaped the Anti-Apartheid Movement

Emmanuela OnyiloforMarch 1, 2019
Where are African Victims? In the Emerging Working Class Anti-Globalization Discourse

Moses E. OchonuJuly 6, 2017
Deceptions of Innovations Investigating the Claims of Big Tech

Aarshin KarandeMarch 6, 2020
“Siasa ni Mchezo Mchafu” The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Kenyan Politics

Edwin ChegeFebruary 3, 2018
The Roots of Violence Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis

P.J. KponyoMarch 2, 2020
Where is ‘The Field’? Centring the Periphery in Kinshasa

Rachel StrohmDecember 9, 2019
Trade Not Aid Revisiting Obama's Legacy in Africa

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeAugust 2, 2017
Black Boundaries The Multiple Borderings of African Lives

Lennon Chido MhishiOctober 14, 2017

Historical Issues

Amos Tutuola’s Unwonted Predicament A Writer's Many Controversies

Sanya OshaAugust 30, 2019
Against Imperialism Chinua Achebe, Joseph Conrad and the Representation of Africa

Vina NwekeNovember 20, 2019
The Prophetic Vision of Chinua Achebe Reclaiming Africa's Past, Writing Its Present, Shaping Its Future

Boluwatife Akinro and Joshua Segun-LeanJanuary 13, 2020

Political Issues

Why Do We Vote? Questioning Political Ideology in Nigeria

Cynthia IgodoMay 9, 2019
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
Visual Politics in Apartheid South Africa How Images Shaped the Anti-Apartheid Movement

Emmanuela OnyiloforMarch 1, 2019
Curators of Forcible Evictions The Problem with Lagos State

Amaka Y. OnyemenamMarch 20, 2019
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019
Youth in South Sudan The Present Political Context

Denis Martin Andrew WaniApril 3, 2018
Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimSeptember 7, 2019
After Zimbabwe’s Diet Coup A New Dawn for Zimbabweans?

Itai Michael Preston ChotoDecember 21, 2017

Social Issues

Are Nigerians ‘Black’ Enough to Talk about Race? Re-imagining the Discourse on Race

Eniola Anuoluwapo SoyemiMay 17, 2019
A Disaster Waiting to Happen? Nigeria’s Unchecked Population Growth

Barakat AkinsikuNovember 22, 2019
Where is ‘The Field’? Centring the Periphery in Kinshasa

Rachel StrohmDecember 9, 2019
Banking on Women Development’s Neoliberal Sexism

Fadekemi AbiruMay 22, 2020
The Remarkable Strides of MTV Shuga And the Work Ahead

Adeniyi AdemorotiNovember 25, 2019
Religion Reinvented The Cult of Mao and Societal Change in China's Cultural Revolution

Kenddrick ChanApril 1, 2018
Amos Tutuola’s Unwonted Predicament A Writer's Many Controversies

Sanya OshaAugust 30, 2019
‘Mistakes Make Our Stories Worth Telling.’ Nnamdi Ehirim’s First Draft

Nnamdi EhirimJune 24, 2020
‘Language is resilient’ Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún’s First Draft

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀súnApril 1, 2020