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⎈ The Prophetic Vision of Chinua Achebe: Reclaiming Africa's Past, Writing Its Present and Shaping Its Future by Boluwatife Akinro x Joshua Segun Lean; ⎈ Achebe's Women: A Feminist Reading of Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah by Dr. Elizabeth O. Ben-Iheanacho; and ⎈ A Laughing Giant: The Everlasting Humour of Chinua Achebe by Wale Lawal. Read the entire issue.  

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    The Prophetic Vision of Chinua Achebe Reclaiming Africa's Past, Writing Its Present, Shaping Its Future

    Boluwatife Akinro and Joshua Segun-LeanJanuary 13, 2020

Achebe’s Women A Feminist Reading of Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah

Elizabeth O. Ben-IheanachoJanuary 20, 2020

A Laughing Giant The Everlasting Humour of Chinua Achebe

Wale LawalNovember 16, 2017
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Dancing with the Times Survival Tactics from Chinua Achebe and Arrow of God

Korede Kaneto AkinseteDecember 3, 2019
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Zata Iya A History of Hausa Feminist Writings

Sada MalumfashiDecember 13, 2019
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We Need New Names Who is the African Writer?

Ibrahim AnifowosheJanuary 17, 2020
This photo is for our piece on proverbs in Things Fall Apart

The Art of Conversation Proverbs in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

Gerald AdewoleJanuary 29, 2020

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      Ore OgunbiyiFebruary 12, 2020
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      Merlin UwalakaFebruary 19, 2020
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      Sada MalumfashiFebruary 26, 2020
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      Dominique OtigbahMarch 11, 2020
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      Joshua Segun-LeanMarch 18, 2020
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    Jerry ChiemekeNovember 16, 2019
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  • Nigeria and Climate Change Global Trends and Local Challenges

    Habiba DaggashJune 18, 2018
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    Osaye AjariDecember 2, 2020
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    Daniel ChimezieDecember 31, 2018
  • Africa’s Stake in Brexit Preparing for the Inevitable

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'I've only read Nigerian children's stories.' — 'I've only read Nigerian children's stories.' — Grey Atanda in our latest First Draft.
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First Draft is our column featuring authors and other prominent figures on books, reading, and writing.
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Author, Grey Atanda, had an unusual reading experience growing up. They said, 'Unlike most people that I know, I read only Nigerian children's stories published by Lantern Books, simply because those were the books my mother bought me. So, none of that Enid Blyton or Roal Dahl phase for me.'
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Atanda wishes they discovered and understood Chinua Achebe's writing earlier. They explained, 'The language Chinua Achebe achieved in "Things Fall Apart" is really genius. I dismissed it for a long time, called the writing boring, the sentences unexciting. But that was simply because I didn’t get it, and not getting it crippled my own writing.'
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Atanda explained that a misconception about being non-binary is that it 'cannot exist.' They said, 'You tell someone you’re non-binary and they can’t wrap their heads around it. It’s incredible. They really just cannot see how it is possible.'
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What's a misconception people have about you? Let us know in the comments! To read more from Atanda, click the link in our bio.
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📷: Ojima Abalaka.
Today in 1885, the Berlin Conference—which facil Today in 1885, the Berlin Conference—which facilitated Africa's colonization—ended.⠀
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On 26 February 1885, the Berlin Conference—which facilitated and regulated European colonization of Africans—ended after months of deliberations between leaders and representatives from western nations⠀
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In 1884, German chancellor Otto von Bismark had called together 14 of the major western powers of the world to discuss how to share future control of Africa. The conference started on 11 November 1884, with representatives from France, Germany, Britain, Portugal, Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Spain, the USA, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Swedish-Norway, and the Ottoman Empire.⠀
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At the time of the conference, most of Africa was still controlled by its natives. However, the Berlin Conference ultimately resulted in a jumble of geometric boundaries that divided Africa into about 50 irregular countries. The new boundaries did not take into account the cultural and linguistic boundaries or political systems already established by indigenous Africans.⠀
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The outcome of the conference was the 'General Act of the Berlin Conference' through which countries were allocated specific regions of Africa to which they had exclusive rights. A few months after the conference, Belgium—ruled by Leopold II—declared its colonized African territory the 'Congo Free State'⠀
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📷: A map of Africa from 1885. The Scottish Geographical Society
Nigeria has paid over $18 million in kidnapping ra Nigeria has paid over $18 million in kidnapping ransoms.
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According to a report by a Nigerian consulting firm, SB Morgen, Nigeria has paid over $18 million in ransom from 2011 to 2020. The amount paid between the second half of that period—from 2016 to 2020—was around $11 million, signifying an alarming increase in the rate of kidnappings.
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According to the report by SB Morgen, kidnappers have moved on from abducting wealthy victims to poor people who are often killed when their relatives fail to meet the ransom demands. The increasing rate of abductions has spread from the oil-rich regions to the entire country, raising concerns that kidnapping has evolved into a thriving industry.
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Despite repeated denials by Nigerian federal and state authorities, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) reports that the government often pays ransoms for abductions. In December, 300 boys from a school in Kankara, located in Katsina State were kidnapped by gunmen. The same report suggests that the Katsina State government paid N30 million to recover the boys.
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Aljazeera reports that last week, on 17 February, armed men dressed in army outfits stormed Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State and abducted more than 40 students. In the same state, kidnappers released 53 people who were seized from a state-owned bus. Earlier today, according to the BBC, more than 300 students were kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State, by a gang of gunmen.
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There have been many other mass abductions, none more infamous than the 2014 kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from a school in Chibok. Although some of the girls recently escaped, more than one hundred girls are still unaccounted for.
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📷: A pillow is left on the cupboard inside the dormitory of the Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria where 40 students were kidnapped. February 18, 2021. Afolabi Sotunde / Reuters
'Love fascinates me.' — Grey Atanda in our lates 'Love fascinates me.' — Grey Atanda in our latest First Draft.
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Author, Grey Atanda, enjoys reading and writing about love. They explained, 'Love just fascinates me. All types of it. It’s probably the only thing that makes me cry. Atanda is currently 'trying to put a book together'. They explained that the book is going to be about love, and its working title is 'Little Bird'.
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Atanda explained that when they meet new people, they always try to imagine the kind of life they've lived. 'For me, it is a way of reminding myself that everyone is a set of complex experiences. It makes it easier to do what we are here to do, which is to love,' they said.
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If you wrote a book, what would it be about? Let us know in the comments! To read more from Atanda, click the link in our bio.
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📝: Grey Atanda.
📷: Ojima Abalaka.
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🖼️: Cover illustration, ‘Distancing', by Adanna O, commissioned by The Republic, with direction and oversight from our founder and editor-in-chief, @wallelawal
Today in 1925, Shehu Shagari was born.⠀ -⠀ On Today in 1925, Shehu Shagari was born.⠀
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On 25 February 1925, Shehu Shagari, Nigeria’s first democratically elected president, was born. Shagari became president after then military ruler, Olusegun Obasanjo, led Nigeria's transition back to democracy in 1979.⠀
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Shagari started his political career in 1954 when he was elected to the federal house of representatives. He held several public service positions and—until his presidency—had been a member of every administration after Nigeria’s independence in 1960.⠀
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In 1979, he won in Nigeria's first presidential elections as a member of the National People's Party, narrowly defeating Obafemi Awolowo of the Unity Party of Nigeria and Nnamdi Azikiwe of the Nigerian People's Party. A dispute over the election results saw a case presented before Nigeria's supreme court—the court ruled in Shagari’s favour.⠀
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Shagari led the expulsion of over two million undocumented immigrants in the 'Ghana Must Go' campaign. On 31 December 1983, Shagari was overthrown in a military coup led by Muhammadu Buhari, and he was banned from participating in Nigerian politics by the new military government. Shagari died after a brief illness at the National Hospital, Abuja, on 28 December 2018.⠀
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📷: President Shehu Shagari with Queen Elizabeth II upon his arrival at Victoria Station in London. 1981. David Levenson / Keystone.
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