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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

Algeria’s Indefinite Pause What Will COVID-19 Mean for Algeria’s Year-long Protests?

Temi IbirogbaApril 20, 2020
Dealing with National Health Emergencies in Nigeria COVID-19: Lessons from Polio Eradication

Charles BesidonneAugust 19, 2021
For the Community, By the Community COVID-19, Design and Handwashing Infrastructure in Nigeria

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Mambidzeni MadzivireJanuary 25, 2021
The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020
‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

Hakeem Onapajo and Jelili AdebiyiMarch 30, 2020
(Purse) Strings Attached From Dependency to Decolonization in Global Health

Paula AkugizibweAugust 14, 2020
Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020
‘Only Science Can Save Mankind’ Coronavirus, the Death of Religion and the Resurrection of Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 3, 2020
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 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
A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020

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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

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

Gerald AdewoleJanuary 29, 2020

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  Joshua Segun-LeanMarch 18, 2020
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- ‘Language is resilient’ Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún’s First Draft
  
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- ‘Write Something Every Day’ Oreva Olakpe’s First Draft
  
  Oreva OlakpeApril 15, 2020

Economic Issues

Gendering Social Protection The Lessons for Africa

Chimezie AnajamaFebruary 14, 2020
Naira Struggles Nigeria's Response to the Crude Oil Price Shock of 2014

Nonso ObikiliApril 30, 2017
Africa’s Lost Decade Women and the Structural Adjustment Programme

Fadekemi AbiruSeptember 25, 2018
Africa’s Stake in Brexit Preparing for the Inevitable

Carlos LopesJuly 9, 2017
The Road to Female Economic Empowerment Thinking about Women-Owned Enterprises in Nigeria

Zahrah Nesbitt-AhmedFebruary 23, 2017
The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem

Fife OgundeMarch 20, 2020
Africa’s Misinformation Struggles The Impact of Misinformation on Africa and African Media

Christopher AjuloSeptember 6, 2019
Growth is not Enough Why Africa Needs Wellbeing Economies

Ebele MọgọSeptember 30, 2020
A Disaster Waiting to Happen? Nigeria’s Unchecked Population Growth

Barakat AkinsikuNovember 22, 2019

International Issues

Historical Issues

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

Boluwatife Akinro and Joshua Segun-LeanJanuary 13, 2020
Agitating the State Biafran Money, Memes and Mobility

Vivian Chenxue LuNovember 14, 2017
The Long Walk to Equality Historical Influences on Women in Igbo Society

Chinenye AnikwenzeJanuary 20, 2021

Political Issues

A Nation Divided ProSARS vs. EndSARS: A North/South Divide

Theophilus SokumaMarch 22, 2021
Money Miss Road? On Political Financing in Nigeria

Anie AnokuruMay 9, 2019
Is all Jihad in Africa Local? Africa and Militant Jihadism

Jumo AyandeleMay 25, 2019
Lessons from the Third Force Nigeria's 2019 Elections in Review

Oluwamayowa IdowuMay 9, 2019
Cosmic Anger #EndSARS and the Making of a Movement

Joshua Segun-LeanOctober 26, 2020
Nigeria’s ‘Pentecostal’ Presidency Ebenezer Obadare's Pentecostal Republic

Kasope AleshinloyeMay 9, 2019
Nigeria and Climate Change Global Trends and Local Challenges

Habiba DaggashJune 18, 2018
Elections on Hold Between Nigeria’s Postponed Elections and Nigeria’s Electoral Outcomes

Abdulrasheed IsahFebruary 18, 2019
Eritrean Identity and Migration Discourse as Shaped by Indefinite National Service and Education Reforms

Mirielle McMillinJuly 5, 2017

Social Issues

Loud Lagos, Loving You Is Not a Thankless Job Monochrome Lagos in Photos

Logo "Logor" OluwamuyiwaMarch 15, 2021
Forced, Stigmatized and Misunderstood Almajirai and Boko Haram beyond the Victim-Perpetrator Binary

Akali OmeniJune 22, 2020
F is for Human The Evolution of Feminist Consciousness

Eniola Anuoluwapo SoyemiFebruary 24, 2017
‘Sometimes, Less Can Be More.’ Muzz Muhammad’s First Draft

Muzz MuhammadJuly 29, 2020
The God of Colonization And Africa’s Post-Colonial Redemption

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimApril 13, 2018
There’s No Place Like ‘Home’ Migration, Like Horticulture, Is a Delicate Process

Desola OlaleyeAugust 23, 2021
Beating the Corruption Enterprise A Policy Approach to Criminal Justice in Nigeria

Olasupo ShasoreMay 13, 2017
#TooBigToLike Questioning ‘Choice’ in Global Surveillance Capitalism

Aarshin KarandeAugust 20, 2019
‘I Don’t Write Without Looking Back’ Wardah Abbas’ First Draft

Wardah AbbasAugust 26, 2020

Technological Issues

Electrons Are Free but Not Electricity Finding the Right Price for Electricity in Nigeria

Tam AlexNovember 18, 2020
The Current State of AIDS And the Future of Global Security

Obinna ChukwuDecember 2, 2017
Dennis Osadebe’s Near Future Art in The Republic V3 N3

The RepublicSeptember 9, 2019
Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimSeptember 7, 2019
Deceptions of Innovations Investigating the Claims of Big Tech

Aarshin KarandeMarch 6, 2020
Banks vs Bitcoin The Politics of Cryptocurrency Regulation in Nigeria

Osivue Itseumah and Mubarak AbdulfataiMay 24, 2021
For the Community, By the Community COVID-19, Design and Handwashing Infrastructure in Nigeria

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Mambidzeni MadzivireJanuary 25, 2021
Weathering the Storm COVID-19 and the Case for Universal Basic Income in Nigeria

Oluwaseyi SomefunJune 12, 2020
Are We Victims of Pharmaceutical Half-Truths? The Politics of Clinical Trials in Africa

Charles BesidonneFebruary 22, 2021