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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.

The Latest

- 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

Teetering on the Edge of a Cliff Safeguarding Nigeria's Future Workforce

Misan RewaneSeptember 6, 2019
Xi-Led Growth? Nigeria at FOCAC 2018

Oreva OlakpeSeptember 11, 2018
Gendering Social Protection The Lessons for Africa

Chimezie AnajamaFebruary 14, 2020
The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem

Fife OgundeMarch 20, 2020
‘Na Money Be Fine Bobo’ The Politics of Poor Taste

C. S. LozieJanuary 24, 2020
Where are African Victims? In the Emerging Working Class Anti-Globalization Discourse

Moses E. OchonuJuly 6, 2017
The Road to Female Economic Empowerment Thinking about Women-Owned Enterprises in Nigeria

Zahrah Nesbitt-AhmedFebruary 23, 2017
Big Dreams and Grand Ambitions Nigeria’s Vision 2020—How far?

Onyenekenwa EnehMarch 23, 2020
Why Is Tax Collection Low in Nigeria? Historical and Cultural Explanations for Nigeria’s Low Domestic Resource Mobilization

Paul JegedeDecember 14, 2020

Global Issues

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

Aarshin KarandeMarch 1, 2019
Lessons of Discord The Repressive Dimensions of Pan-African Nationalism

Brooks MarmonNovember 9, 2020
The Nigerian Space Conundrum On 20 Years of Space Exploration in Nigeria

Omotayo OyewoleJuly 26, 2019
A New Doctrine? Understanding Russia and the New Scramble for Africa

Taigh AdebajoAugust 7, 2020
(Purse) Strings Attached From Dependency to Decolonization in Global Health

Paula AkugizibweAugust 14, 2020
Poor Institutions or Unfair Power Dynamics? Notes from Sierra Leone’s Alluvial Diamond Industry

Shaquille GilpinJuly 6, 2020
Nollywords Lionheart, Language and the Ghost of Our Colonial Past

Ore OgunbiyiNovember 18, 2019
Lessons in Mutualism 50 Years of Sino-Nigerian Relations

Oreva OlakpeFebruary 10, 2021
Phobia or Scapegoatism? The Nigerianization of Crimes in South Africa

Hakeem OnapajoSeptember 20, 2019

Historical Issues

Biafra and the Politics of Blame The Neo-Biafran Consciousness and Its Challenges

Philip U. EffiongDecember 23, 2017
Fela’s Republic and the #EndSARS Protests How Nigeria’s Youth Found their Own Voice

Motunrola Bisi-AfolabiOctober 14, 2020
An Irony of History The Complicated Legacy of Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 31, 2020

Political Issues

Is all Jihad in Africa Local? Africa and Militant Jihadism

Olajumoke AyandeleMay 25, 2019
The Buhari Administration at Two Nigeria under the APC

Manji ChetoApril 16, 2017
Democracy at Risk? Justice Onnoghen’s Suspension in Perspective

Tosin OsasonaJanuary 27, 2019
Phobia or Scapegoatism? The Nigerianization of Crimes in South Africa

Hakeem OnapajoSeptember 20, 2019
Rethinking African Progress African Development and the Significance of Sacrificial Generations

Abel GaiyaSeptember 7, 2020
Democracy Questioned How Democracy Can Fail Us, and What to do About It

Moyosore OrekoyaMay 9, 2019
A New Scramble in the Horn of Africa The Multipolar Contest for Africa’s Eastern Region

Stephen PaduanoJuly 27, 2020
Lessons from the Third Force Nigeria's 2019 Elections in Review

Oluwamayowa IdowuMay 9, 2019
Buhari’s Security Challenges The President's Lasting War on Insurgency

Sola TayoApril 14, 2017

Social Issues

Agitating the State Biafran Money, Memes and Mobility

Vivian Chenxue LuNovember 14, 2017
Booked and Busy The Politics of Literary Prizes

Innocent IloNovember 4, 2020
A Pair of Broad Bottoms Saartjie Baartman and the Perpetual Public Spectacle of Blackness

Boetumelo Julianne NyasuluJune 29, 2020
The Measure of Our Lives Gender and the English Language

Grey AtandaNovember 25, 2020
A Day Without Women The #WomensMarch and Feminism in Trump's America

Chidinma Irene NwoyeFebruary 23, 2017
Sexuality in the Twenty-first Century Looking through Nigerian Lenses

Adewale OloworekendeMarch 26, 2019
‘I Edit as I Write, Unfortunately.’ Sa’eed Husaini’s First Draft.

Sa'eed HusainiDecember 18, 2020
Reading Feminism What to Read on Feminism

Zahrah Nesbitt-AhmedOctober 13, 2018
Biafra’s Crisis of Faith The Spiritual Legacies of the Biafran War

Samuel F. C. DalyNovember 2, 2017