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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

Reading China What to Read on Africa-China Relations

Oreva OlakpeNovember 17, 2018
Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019
Africa’s Lost Decade Women and the Structural Adjustment Programme

Fadekemi AbiruSeptember 25, 2018
Naira Struggles Nigeria's Response to the Crude Oil Price Shock of 2014

Nonso ObikiliApril 30, 2017
Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimSeptember 7, 2019
Teetering on the Edge of a Cliff Safeguarding Nigeria's Future Workforce

Misan RewaneSeptember 6, 2019
Zombiescapes Africa's Megacity Addiction

Dafe oputuJuly 11, 2019
Closed for Business Lessons from Nigeria's Border Closure

Abdulrasheed IsahFebruary 10, 2020
On Policy Reluctance and Economic Peril Nigeria and the AfCFTA

Abdulrasheed IsahDecember 24, 2018

Global Issues

The Elephant in the China Shop Race in Sino-African Relations

Bénédicte KinkoloMarch 1, 2019
Closed for Business Lessons from Nigeria's Border Closure

Abdulrasheed IsahFebruary 10, 2020
Destination 中国 Unravelling Nigerian Migrations to China

Oreva OlakpeAugust 8, 2017
White Extinction: Who Gives a Damn? The Case for a Common-Sense Rainbow

Jeff PearceMarch 1, 2019
A Common Currency for West Africa Why ECOWAS Needs the Eco

Abdulrasheed IsahJuly 8, 2019
The Evolution of the Base Nation How the US Military Lost Its International Appeal

Obinna ChukwuJuly 18, 2017
The “Great Man” of Peace Kofi Annan (1938-2018)

Obinna ChukwuAugust 26, 2018
When Nigerians, Zimbabweans, and Rhodesians Talked About Race Revisiting Nigeria – Zimbabwe Relations

Brooks MarmonJune 7, 2019
John Magufuli’s Baby Fever What the President of Tanzania Gets Wrong about Population Growth in Africa

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeJuly 30, 2019

Historical Issues

The New Normal A Brief History of Climate Change

Habiba DaggashJune 7, 2018
Agitating the State Biafran Money, Memes and Mobility

Vivian Chenxue LuNovember 14, 2017
The “Great Man” of Peace Kofi Annan (1938-2018)

Obinna ChukwuAugust 26, 2018

Political Issues

Tyrants Why We Love Them

Derin AdebayoMay 13, 2017
The Great Unravelling The Disintegration of the Nigerian State

Chris NgwodoDecember 6, 2017
For the People, Without the People The Crisis of Representation in Nigerian Politics

Dafe oputuMay 9, 2019
Money Miss Road? On Political Financing in Nigeria

Anie AnokuruMay 9, 2019
The Loneliest War Nigeria’s Strategy against Boko Haram

Olajumoke AyandeleJune 24, 2017
Reading China What to Read on Africa-China Relations

Oreva OlakpeNovember 17, 2018
Next Level Nigeria The Outlook for Buhari's Second Term

Bukola BolarinwaMay 4, 2019
Anti-Fascism The Legacy of 1930s Pan-African Leaders

Jeff PearceDecember 1, 2018
‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

Hakeem Onapajo and Jelili AdebiyiMarch 30, 2020

Social Issues

Poet in the Time of Buhari Nigeria at 59

Moyosore OrimoloyeOctober 1, 2019
From Scramble to Boldness The Political Challenges of Africa's Youth

Ngirinshuti ThéogèneApril 20, 2018
Let the Photo be Taken (1974-2017) A Conversation with Mozambican Photojournalist Naita Ussene

Nafeesah AllenJanuary 15, 2020
Zombiescapes Africa's Megacity Addiction

Dafe oputuJuly 11, 2019
Dennis Osadebe’s Near Future Art in The Republic V3 N3

The RepublicSeptember 9, 2019
‘Editing Feels Like Taking Vitamins.’ Ore Ogunbiyi’s First Draft

Ore OgunbiyiFebruary 12, 2020
What is Feminism? Feminism, by the Book

C. S. LozieDecember 14, 2018
A Disaster Waiting to Happen? Nigeria’s Unchecked Population Growth

Barakat AkinsikuNovember 22, 2019
Religion Reinvented The Cult of Mao and Societal Change in China's Cultural Revolution

Kenddrick ChanApril 1, 2018