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

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Why Do We Vote? Questioning Political Ideology in Nigeria

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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
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The Muslim women Aisha Salaudeen has been reading. The Muslim women Aisha Salaudeen has been reading. #OnSite⚡

Multimedia journalist and creator of the I Like Girls podcast, Aisha Salaudeen, believes you can find a story in anything: ‘Every place, thing, person, item, etc., has a story. And you can find a story in anything; you just have to know where to look. Whether or not it’s a good story or a story worth telling is an entirely different conversation.’

This week, we’re bringing back our 2022 interview with Aisha Salaudeen. Salaudeen’s interview features book recommendations for the Ramadan season, and her interesting perspectives on reading and writing.

According to Salaudeen: ‘African journalists are not lazy; they’re faced with a barrage of challenges such as the lack of press freedom, poor salaries, inadequate infrastructure and resources, and an almost non-existent business model for the media. With all of these things, it’s a miracle that our storytelling has evolved to be as crisp as it is today. And I am not listing these challenges to excuse lousy journalism, which by the way, exists all over the world; I’m just providing context.’

Read the full interview at the link in our bio.

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📝: Aisha Salaudeen
🎨: Ojima Abalaka
Today in 2006, Nigeria agreed to extradite former Today in 2006, Nigeria agreed to extradite former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, to the Liberian government. #RxHistory⏳

On 25 March 2006, the Nigerian government agreed to extradite former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, to the Liberian government. Nigeria’s decision came days after Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia’s newly elected president, requested the ‘closure’ of Taylor’s case.

Taylor plunged Liberia into a 14-year bloody civil war when he seized power from Samuel Doe in 1989. By 2003, when the war ended, 200,000 people had been killed, and more than half of the population became refugees. He was indicted by a UN special court in Sierra Leone in 2003 for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country’s civil war.

Taylor was granted asylum in Nigeria in 2003, as part of a deal to end 14 years of war that also destabilized neighbouring West African countries. After agreeing to accept Taylor, the Nigerian government rebuffed many attempts to put him on trial before an international court, saying it was awaiting a request from an elected Liberian government.

In 2011, he was found guilty by the Special Court for Sierra Leone of 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone and was sentenced to 50 years in prison.

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📝: Ibukun Olokode and Ugonna Eronini
📷: Liberian President Charles Taylor, right, chats to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo during a symbolic bonfire to destroy weapons in Monrovia in July 1999. Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images.
A Brief History of Black Islam from Africa to the A Brief History of Black Islam from Africa to the Diaspora #OnSite⚡

Did you know that an Ethiopian man born in the early seventh century, Bilāl ibn Rabāḥ, was among the first to accept Prophet Muhammad’s teachings?

In this online essay, historian, Kai Mora, traces the trajectory of Black Islam from Africa to the diaspora. Mora reveals that by the second half of the twentieth century, Islam re-emerged as an ideological tool for African Americans fighting within civil rights and Black Power movements.

According to Mora: ‘Though some arguments within the global Black community have rejected Islam as another external interruption to African history and culture, Sheikh Mustafa Briggs, a scholar of African and Afro-diasporic Islamic history, emphasizes the interconnectedness of Blackness and Islam. In an interview with Sheikh Briggs, he explained the importance of understanding Mecca and pilgrimage as just one site and example of Blackness’ instrumentality to the development of the religion.’

Read the full essay at the link in our bio.

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📝: Kai Mora
📷: Artist's impression of the Mali Empire ruler Mansa Musa (r. 1312-1337 CE)/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Today in 1930, the founding president of the Centr Today in 1930, the founding president of the Central African Republic, David Dacko, was born. #RxHistory⏳

On 24 March 1930, the founding president of the Central African Republic (CAR), David Dacko, was born. Dacko presided over the nation’s Declaration of Independence in 1960 and ruled the Central African Republic as a one-party state. He was unable to improve the country’s failing economy, however, and with the CAR facing bankruptcy, he was overthrown by General Jean-Bédel Bokassa in 1966.

Dacko regained power and become president for a second time when he ousted Bokassa in 1979. However, his presidency was plagued with numerous problems and he was once again removed by the military.

Dacko's turbulent political career, during which he survived one assassination attempt, mirrored the tumultuous history of the CAR, which has seen ten military coups in recent decades. Upon his death in 2003, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Dacko was ‘a major political figure, who will be remembered for his long service to the people of the Central African Republic.’

David Dacko was an important figure in Central African politics for more than fifty years. Shortly before his death, he attempted to reconcile the CAR’s political leaders and people. He died on 20 November 2003.

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📝: Ibukun Olokode and Ugonna Eronini
📷: David Dacko, President of the Central African Republic, at the 49th International Labour Conference in 1965. ILO
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The Marginalization of Women-Regents in Present-Da The Marginalization of Women-Regents in Present-Day Yoruba Monarchy #OnSite⚡️

Did you know for women to assume the position of regents in present-day Yoruba culture, they have to discard their female identities and present as men?

In this online essay, writer, Foyin Ejilola, highlights the marginalization of women-regents in Yorubaland as well as the restrictions on their marital, sexual, and procreation rights.

According to Ejilola: 'The imposition of masculinity on these women implies that the ruling position they are assuming is only meant for men and that it is only right that they also become men. If these women who are supposed to be traditional leaders in their communities are being stripped of their identities, it begs the question of whether their persons are respected and honoured at all.'

Read the full essay at the link in our bio.

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📝: Foyin Ejilola (@foyinsaye)
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