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

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020
The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020
Are We Victims of Pharmaceutical Half-Truths? The Politics of Clinical Trials in Africa

Charles BesidonneFebruary 22, 2021
Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020
‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

Hakeem Onapajo and Jelili AdebiyiMarch 30, 2020
Children and COVID-19 What Happens When a Child Gets COVID?

Todah OpeyemiMarch 8, 2022
(Purse) Strings Attached From Dependency to Decolonization in Global Health

Paula AkugizibweAugust 14, 2020
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
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
Dealing with National Health Emergencies in Nigeria COVID-19: Lessons from Polio Eradication

Charles BesidonneAugust 19, 2021

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

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Economic Issues

A Disaster Waiting to Happen? Nigeria’s Unchecked Population Growth

Barakat AkinsikuNovember 22, 2019
Nigeria’s Old Notes The Supreme Court Has Nullified the Ban on Old Naira Notes

Hillary EssienMarch 5, 2023
Poor Institutions or Unfair Power Dynamics? Notes from Sierra Leone’s Alluvial Diamond Industry

Shaquille GilpinJuly 6, 2020
Naira Struggles Nigeria's Response to the Crude Oil Price Shock of 2014

Nonso ObikiliApril 30, 2017
Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa

Oluwaseyi VincentMay 11, 2020
Banks vs Bitcoin The Politics of Cryptocurrency Regulation in Nigeria

Osivue Itseumah and Mubarak AbdulfataiMay 24, 2021
The Road to Female Economic Empowerment Thinking about Women-Owned Enterprises in Nigeria

Zahrah Nesbitt-AhmedFebruary 23, 2017
Pan-Africanism in Foreign Policy African Organizations as Pan-African Agents in the ‘New Scramble’

Chinweizu OkekeMarch 8, 2021
The Inflation Report Why Are Food Prices Increasing in Nigeria?

Tomisin AwosikaJuly 19, 2022

International Issues

When ‘Modern Slavery’ Meant Colonial Rule Nigeria and Panya (Fernando Po) in the 1960s

Enrique MartinoJune 7, 2021
A New Scramble in the Horn of Africa The Multipolar Contest for Africa’s Eastern Region

Stephen PaduanoJuly 27, 2020
What’s Happening in Mali?

Tomisin AwosikaJanuary 17, 2022
Amnesty International Has Accused Israel of Apartheid

Todah OpeyemiFebruary 2, 2022
I Know Why the Mockingbird Sings Between America's Blackness and Whiteness

Aarshin KarandeMarch 1, 2019
The ‘Son of a Nobody’ That Became President William Ruto Wins Kenya’s 2022 Presidential Election

Wemi MoyelaAugust 23, 2022
Eritrean Identity and Migration Discourse as Shaped by Indefinite National Service and Education Reforms

Mirielle McMillinJuly 5, 2017
What’s Happening in Ukraine?

Tomisin AwosikaFebruary 24, 2022
What’s Happening in Burkina Faso?

Tomisin AwosikaJanuary 25, 2022

Historical Issues

The Shadow of June 12 June 12, the Left and Nigeria’s Democratic Revolution

Baba AyeFebruary 14, 2022
A Laughing Giant The Everlasting Humour of Chinua Achebe

Wale LawalNovember 16, 2017
Genesis of a Revolutionary Robert Mugabe’s Political Formation

Brooks MarmonSeptember 8, 2021

Political Issues

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

Dafe oputuMay 9, 2019
163 People Are Still Missing From the Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack

Tomisin AwosikaApril 5, 2022
Do Men and Women Queue Together During the Elections?

The RepublicFebruary 16, 2023
Politicians and Men of God The Political Manipulation of Religion in Nigeria

Abdulrasheed IsahJanuary 25, 2019
Decolonizing Human Trafficking Alternative Approaches to Understanding Modern Slavery

Oyinkansola WumkesJune 7, 2021
Godfathers: An Introduction Editor’s Foreword: The Republic V7, N1

Wale LawalFebruary 22, 2023
Obi Labours at Chatham House Analyzing Peter Obi’s Chatham House Speech

Chukwudi UkonneFebruary 1, 2023
Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimSeptember 7, 2019
An Upright Man? The Unexpected Fall of Buhari's Reputation

Nnamdi EhirimMay 14, 2017

Social Issues

When We Talk of Freedom Hijabs, Respectability and What it Actually Means to be Free

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuOctober 14, 2019
Embracing the Multitude Names and a Philosophy of the Fluid Self

Ìjàpá OJuly 18, 2022
‘I Have Always Been an Eclectic Reader.’ Andrew Alli’s First Draft

Andrew AlliOctober 1, 2021
Black Mecca A Brief History of Black Islam from Africa to the Diaspora

Kai MoraMarch 23, 2023
Introducing ‘First Draft’: Our New Column Authors and Prominent Figures on Books, Reading and Writing

The RepublicFebruary 4, 2020
#TooBigToLike Questioning ‘Choice’ in Global Surveillance Capitalism

Aarshin KarandeAugust 20, 2019
‘The Current Shift in my Personal Character is Changing My Writing’ Immaculata Abba's First Draft

Immaculata AbbaMarch 3, 2023
‘Black is Beautiful’ Kwame Brathwaite (1938-2023)

Peace OnafuyeApril 5, 2023
‘Music Has Always Been a Part of My Process.’ Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s First Draft

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀December 4, 2020

Technological Issues

Africa’s Misinformation Struggles The Impact of Misinformation on Africa and African Media

Christopher AjuloSeptember 6, 2019
The Current State of AIDS And the Future of Global Security

Obinna ChukwuDecember 2, 2017
Teetering on the Edge of a Cliff Safeguarding Nigeria's Future Workforce

Misan RewaneSeptember 6, 2019
Monkeypox Is Now a Global Health Threat What Exactly Is Happening?

Todah OpeyemiJuly 27, 2022
A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020
Government Control in the Digital Age The Economic Impacts of Internet Shutdowns

Osaye AjariDecember 2, 2020
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019
Is Nigeria Sleepwalking? The Geopolitics of Nigeria's Energy Potential

Otobong IniekeMarch 8, 2023