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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
  
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- 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

Africa’s Lost Decade Women and the Structural Adjustment Programme

Fadekemi AbiruSeptember 25, 2018
Southern Africa’s Persistent Dilemma Coronavirus and the Lost Legacy of the AIDS Epidemic

Liam James KingsleyNovember 2, 2020
Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimSeptember 7, 2019
Nation Forgotten Nigeria’s Neglected Pensioners

Wole OlayinkaMarch 13, 2020
The Excessive Debt Burdens of COVID-19 Development Financing in the Pandemic

Chimezie AnajamaMarch 31, 2021
Money Today, Gone Tomorrow? The Case for Indexing Taxes in Nigeria

Daniel OlikaFebruary 3, 2020
Making “Made in Nigeria” Work for All A Conversation with Pax Herbals' Father Anselm Adodo

Jamie HitchenSeptember 28, 2017
On a Coding Diet The Place for STEM Development in Nigeria

Fife OgundeSeptember 3, 2019
Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa

Oluwaseyi VincentMay 11, 2020

Global Issues

Nollywords Lionheart, Language and the Ghost of Our Colonial Past

Ore OgunbiyiNovember 18, 2019
Where is ‘The Field’? Centring the Periphery in Kinshasa

Rachel StrohmDecember 9, 2019
The Case for Colonial Reparations My Guka and Me: Reflections of a Personal Colonial Experience in Kenya

Edwin ChegeDecember 9, 2020
The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem

Fife OgundeMarch 20, 2020
John Magufuli’s Baby Fever What the President of Tanzania Gets Wrong about Population Growth in Africa

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeJuly 30, 2019
Myths and Truths Jomo Kenyatta's Hollow Legacy

Edwin ChegeApril 7, 2021
Uneven Playing Fields Nigeria and the Digital Divide

Osivue ItseumahNovember 29, 2019
Lessons of Discord The Repressive Dimensions of Pan-African Nationalism

Brooks MarmonNovember 9, 2020
Deep Unlearning? AI and Africa’s Struggling Public Institutions

Victor FamubodeMay 29, 2020

Historical Issues

Remembering Biafra Violence and Nigeria's Long Road to Redemption

Precious ArinzeOctober 27, 2017
Cosmic Anger #EndSARS and the Making of a Movement

Joshua Segun-LeanOctober 26, 2020
When ‘Modern Slavery’ Meant Colonial Rule Nigeria and Panya (Fernando Po) in the 1960s

Enrique MartinoJune 7, 2021

Political Issues

Forced, Stigmatized and Misunderstood Almajirai and Boko Haram beyond the Victim-Perpetrator Binary

Akali OmeniJune 22, 2020
African Tech for African Problems Should We Be Celebrating Big Tech in Africa?

Emeka Joseph NwankwoSeptember 7, 2019
Deep Unlearning? AI and Africa’s Struggling Public Institutions

Victor FamubodeMay 29, 2020
The Right to Dissent Citizen Freedoms and Nigeria's Story of Permanent Unease

Tosin OsasonaJanuary 22, 2020
Climate Change and Food Security The Threats and Hopes for Nigeria

Laura Schmitt Olabisi and Saweda Liverpool-TasieJune 4, 2018
Kremlin’s Renewed Interest Russia’s Emerging Threat to Elections in Africa

Tabitha Mwangi and Chimwemwe FabianoJuly 24, 2020
‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

Hakeem Onapajo and Jelili AdebiyiMarch 30, 2020
Poet in the Time of Buhari Nigeria at 59

Moyosore OrimoloyeOctober 1, 2019
Decolonizing Human Trafficking Alternative Approaches to Understanding Modern Slavery

Oyinkansola WumkesJune 7, 2021

Social Issues

Is There No Humanity in Africa? Rethinking Africa in Three Stories

Eniola Anuoluwapo SoyemiMarch 1, 2019
Zombiescapes Africa's Megacity Addiction

Dafe oputuJuly 11, 2019
‘Finish the Damned Thing’ Ẹniọlá Ànúolúwapọ́ Ṣóyẹmí’s First Draft

Eniola Anuoluwapo SoyemiMarch 4, 2020
Visual Politics in Apartheid South Africa How Images Shaped the Anti-Apartheid Movement

Emmanuela OnyiloforMarch 1, 2019
‘Talent not nurtured is useless.’ Moyosore Orekoya’s First Draft

Moyosore OrekoyaMarch 25, 2020
‘Nigerians Read.’ Kunle Tejuoso’s First Draft

Olakunle TejuosoJune 10, 2020
White Extinction: Who Gives a Damn? The Case for a Common-Sense Rainbow

Jeff PearceMarch 1, 2019
No More Insufficient Funds Yahoo Yahoo and Cybercrime’s International Ecosystem

Adewale OloworekendeAugust 28, 2019
Growth is not Enough Why Africa Needs Wellbeing Economies

Ebele MọgọSeptember 30, 2020