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Vol. 4, No. 1

Chinua Achebe's Prophetic Vision

IN THIS ISSUE

⎈ 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.

Special Focus: COVID-19

Expert Roundtable

Weathering the Storm COVID-19 and the Case for Universal Basic Income in Nigeria

Oluwaseyi SomefunJune 12, 2020
Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020
A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020
‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

Hakeem Onapajo and Jelili AdebiyiMarch 30, 2020
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020
Southern Africa’s Persistent Dilemma Coronavirus and the Lost Legacy of the AIDS Epidemic

Liam James KingsleyNovember 2, 2020
Unprofitable Diseases Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa?

Francisco PerezNovember 17, 2020
(Purse) Strings Attached From Dependency to Decolonization in Global Health

Paula AkugizibweAugust 14, 2020
For the Community, By the Community COVID-19, Design and Handwashing Infrastructure in Nigeria

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Mambidzeni MadzivireJanuary 25, 2021
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
‘Only Science Can Save Mankind’ Coronavirus, the Death of Religion and the Resurrection of Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 3, 2020

From Our Latest Issue

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

This photo is for our piece on Survival Tactics from Achebe and Arrow of God.

Dancing with the Times Survival Tactics from Chinua Achebe and Arrow of God

Korede Kaneto AkinseteDecember 3, 2019

This image is for our piece on Zata Iya: A History of Hausa Feminist Writings

Zata Iya A History of Hausa Feminist Writings

Sada MalumfashiDecember 13, 2019

This image is for our piece on Who is the African Writer?

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

Introducing 'First Draft'

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- Introducing ‘First Draft’: Our New Column Authors and Prominent Figures on Books, Reading and Writing
  
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- ‘Writer, Write.’ Moyosore Orimoloye's First Draft
  
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- ‘Editing Feels Like Taking Vitamins.’ Ore Ogunbiyi’s First Draft
  
  Ore OgunbiyiFebruary 12, 2020
- ‘The Lesson is in Design’ Merlin Uwalaka’s First Draft
  
  Merlin UwalakaFebruary 19, 2020
- ‘The Story Comes With Its Own Style’ Sada Malumfashi’s First Draft
  
  Sada MalumfashiFebruary 26, 2020
- ‘Finish the Damned Thing’ Ẹniọlá Ànúolúwapọ́ Ṣóyẹmí’s First Draft
  
  Eniola Anuoluwapo SoyemiMarch 4, 2020
- ‘Who has time for undecided authors?’ Dominique Otigbah’s First Draft
  
  Dominique OtigbahMarch 11, 2020
- ‘Every Time You Decide to Write, What Is at Stake for You?’ Joshua Segun-Lean’s First Draft
  
  Joshua Segun-LeanMarch 18, 2020
- ‘Talent not nurtured is useless.’ Moyosore Orekoya’s First Draft
  
  Moyosore OrekoyaMarch 25, 2020
- ‘Language is resilient’ Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún’s First Draft
  
  Kọ́lá Túbọ̀súnApril 1, 2020
- ‘Are the people in this story I’m telling recognizably human?’ Saratu Abiola’s First Draft
  
  Saratu AbiolaApril 8, 2020
- ‘Write Something Every Day’ Oreva Olakpe’s First Draft
  
  Oreva OlakpeApril 15, 2020

Economic Issues

If You No Get Money, Hide Your Face The Toxic Underbelly of Nigeria’s Employment System

Jerry ChiemekeNovember 16, 2019
Why Is Tax Collection Low in Nigeria? Historical and Cultural Explanations for Nigeria’s Low Domestic Resource Mobilization

Paul JegedeDecember 14, 2020
The Grind Goes Online Work in the Digital Economy

Marie EhinomenSeptember 18, 2019
Nigeria and Climate Change Global Trends and Local Challenges

Habiba DaggashJune 18, 2018
Government Control in the Digital Age The Economic Impacts of Internet Shutdowns

Osaye AjariDecember 2, 2020
The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem

Fife OgundeMarch 20, 2020
Development via Taxes Improving Domestic Revenue Mobilization in Africa

Daniel ChimezieDecember 31, 2018
Africa’s Stake in Brexit Preparing for the Inevitable

Carlos LopesJuly 9, 2017
Money Today, Gone Tomorrow? The Case for Indexing Taxes in Nigeria

Daniel OlikaFebruary 3, 2020

International Issues

Uneven Playing Fields Nigeria and the Digital Divide

Osivue ItseumahNovember 29, 2019
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
Democracy Questioned How Democracy Can Fail Us, and What to do About It

Moyosore OrekoyaMay 9, 2019
Destination 中国 Unravelling Nigerian Migrations to China

Oreva OlakpeAugust 8, 2017
The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem

Fife OgundeMarch 20, 2020
Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents

Chukwudi UkonneApril 17, 2020
Where is ‘The Field’? Centring the Periphery in Kinshasa

Rachel StrohmDecember 9, 2019
Algeria’s Indefinite Pause What Will COVID-19 Mean for Algeria’s Year-long Protests?

Temi IbirogbaApril 20, 2020
Deceptions of Innovations Investigating the Claims of Big Tech

Aarshin KarandeMarch 6, 2020

Historical Issues

Feminism is for the People The History in How Women Shaped the #EndSARS Protests

Tritima AchigbuFebruary 1, 2021
Amos Tutuola’s Unwonted Predicament A Writer's Many Controversies

Sanya OshaAugust 30, 2019
Africa Will Always Have History Art and Literature in My Sleepless Pursuit of African Pasts

Adams AdeosunJuly 10, 2020

Political Issues

Human Rights in Buhari’s Nigeria Contextualizing Human Rights in Buhari’s Nigeria

Romola AdeolaMay 6, 2017
A Post-Coup World? Mali and the Slow Decline of Military Dictatorships

Promise Frank EjioforOctober 7, 2020
Money Miss Road? On Political Financing in Nigeria

Anie AnokuruMay 9, 2019
Beyond the War Nigeria’s Approach to Deradicalizing Ex-Boko Haram Combatants

Olajumoke AyandeleJanuary 27, 2020
‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

Hakeem Onapajo and Jelili AdebiyiMarch 30, 2020
Why Do We Vote? Questioning Political Ideology in Nigeria

Cynthia IgodoMay 9, 2019
Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019
A New Scramble in the Horn of Africa The Multipolar Contest for Africa’s Eastern Region

Stephen PaduanoJuly 27, 2020
Visual Politics in Apartheid South Africa How Images Shaped the Anti-Apartheid Movement

Emmanuela OnyiloforMarch 1, 2019

Social Issues

Soundbender The Many Lives of Beautiful Nubia

Kemi FalodunNovember 11, 2019
A Disaster Waiting to Happen? Nigeria’s Unchecked Population Growth

Barakat AkinsikuNovember 22, 2019
Nation Forgotten Nigeria’s Neglected Pensioners

Wole OlayinkaMarch 13, 2020
‘Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!’ Our Readers Reflect on the #EndSARS Protests

The RepublicFebruary 3, 2021
The Remarkable Strides of MTV Shuga And the Work Ahead

Adeniyi AdemorotiNovember 25, 2019
‘I Don’t Believe in Canons.’ Ibrahim Anifowoshe’s First Draft

Ibrahim AnifowosheOctober 30, 2020
‘Bad Writing is Better Than No Writing.’ Kiki Mordi’s First Draft

Kiki MordiAugust 21, 2020
Creating Africa Africa in the Global Contest of Looking and Representation

Boluwatife AkinroJune 24, 2019
‘Let it Marinate.’ Molara Wood’s First Draft

Molara WoodAugust 5, 2020

Technological Issues

Unprofitable Diseases Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa?

Francisco PerezNovember 17, 2020
Uneven Playing Fields Nigeria and the Digital Divide

Osivue ItseumahNovember 29, 2019
Deceptions of Innovations Investigating the Claims of Big Tech

Aarshin KarandeMarch 6, 2020
Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019
Our Post-Truth Era Media and the Globalization of Misinformation

Nnaemeka IjiomaNovember 1, 2019
Southern Africa’s Persistent Dilemma Coronavirus and the Lost Legacy of the AIDS Epidemic

Liam James KingsleyNovember 2, 2020
No More Insufficient Funds Yahoo Yahoo and Cybercrime’s International Ecosystem

Adewale OloworekendeAugust 28, 2019
The Current State of AIDS And the Future of Global Security

Obinna ChukwuDecember 2, 2017
For the Community, By the Community COVID-19, Design and Handwashing Infrastructure in Nigeria

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Mambidzeni MadzivireJanuary 25, 2021