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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

Nigeria’s Expanding LPG Market The Need for Government Regulation and Investment

Oyin KomolafeJuly 7, 2021
The Road to Female Economic Empowerment Thinking about Women-Owned Enterprises in Nigeria

Zahrah Nesbitt-AhmedFebruary 23, 2017
Government Control in the Digital Age The Economic Impacts of Internet Shutdowns

Osaye AjariDecember 2, 2020
‘Na Money Be Fine Bobo’ The Politics of Poor Taste

C. S. LozieJanuary 24, 2020
Africa’s Stake in Brexit Preparing for the Inevitable

Carlos LopesJuly 9, 2017
Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimSeptember 7, 2019
Banks vs Bitcoin The Politics of Cryptocurrency Regulation in Nigeria

Osivue Itseumah and Mubarak AbdulfataiMay 24, 2021
African Tech for African Problems Should We Be Celebrating Big Tech in Africa?

Emeka Joseph NwankwoSeptember 7, 2019
Poor Institutions or Unfair Power Dynamics? Notes from Sierra Leone’s Alluvial Diamond Industry

Shaquille GilpinJuly 6, 2020

Global Issues

I Know Why the Mockingbird Sings Between America's Blackness and Whiteness

Aarshin KarandeMarch 1, 2019
Eritrean Identity and Migration Discourse as Shaped by Indefinite National Service and Education Reforms

Mirielle McMillinJuly 5, 2017
The Evolution of the Base Nation How the US Military Lost Its International Appeal

Obinna ChukwuJuly 18, 2017
The New Mobility Apartheid? The Case for Vaccine Cosmopolitanism

Promise Frank EjioforMay 26, 2021
Black Boundaries The Multiple Borderings of African Lives

Lennon Chido MhishiOctober 14, 2017
The Roots of Violence Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis

P.J. KponyoMarch 2, 2020
Trade Not Aid Revisiting Obama's Legacy in Africa

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeAugust 2, 2017
“Siasa ni Mchezo Mchafu” The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Kenyan Politics

Edwin ChegeFebruary 3, 2018
(Purse) Strings Attached From Dependency to Decolonization in Global Health

Paula AkugizibweAugust 14, 2020

Historical Issues

‘Lady’ A Feminine Critique of Fela

Merlin UwalakaJune 7, 2021
Who Was Ojukwu? The Many Perceptions of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Charles EkpoSeptember 8, 2021
Former Nigerian Leader, Ernest Shonekan, Has Died

Tomisin AwosikaJanuary 11, 2022

Political Issues

‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
How to Write about Boko Haram 'Eat the Heart of the Infidel'

Sa'eed HusainiApril 14, 2017
Japá Young Nigerians’ Search for Prosperity and Its Effect on Political Participation in Nigeria

John BabalolaJuly 30, 2021
Looting as Catharsis #EndSARS and the Crisis of Governance in Nigeria

Promise Frank EjioforDecember 22, 2020
Why Is Everyone Talking About the 2021 Electoral Amendment Act? RxNews 20 December 2021

Chiamaka DikeJanuary 14, 2022
The Roots of Violence Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis

P.J. KponyoMarch 2, 2020
A Nation Divided ProSARS vs. EndSARS: A North/South Divide

Theophilus SokumaMarch 22, 2021
The Civil Soldier The Political Legacy of Olusegun Obasanjo

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 4, 2021
Nigeria’s March to the Gallows Nigeria, South Sudan and the False Security of Secession

Gbọ́láhàn AdébíyìOctober 27, 2021

Social Issues

Traditions and Trust Medical Ethics in the African Context

Busayo AkinmojuJuly 19, 2021
Anti-Fascism The Legacy of 1930s Pan-African Leaders

Jeff PearceDecember 1, 2018
Africa Will Always Have History Art and Literature in My Sleepless Pursuit of African Pasts

Adams AdeosunJuly 10, 2020
Uncovering Edinburgh Rethinking Race and Empire in Scotland

Henry DeeMarch 1, 2019
The Long Walk to Equality Historical Influences on Women in Igbo Society

Chinenye AnikwenzeJanuary 20, 2021
‘Writing never dies.’ Promise Frank Ejiofor's First Draft

Promise Frank EjioforMarch 5, 2021
‘Bad Writing is Better Than No Writing.’ Kiki Mordi’s First Draft

Kiki MordiAugust 21, 2020
Zombiescapes Africa's Megacity Addiction

Dafe oputuJuly 11, 2019
‘You Cannot Write What You Do Not Know.’ Oyinkansola Wumkes’ First Draft

Oyinkansola WumkesJune 25, 2021