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Vol. 4, No. 2

The Nigerian Dream

IN THIS ISSUE

⎈Big Dreams and Grand Ambitions: Nigeria's Vision 2020 by Onyenekenwa Cyprian Eneh; ⎈ Nigeria's Missing Multipliers: Women, Vision 2020 and Nigeria's Legal Blindspots by Cynthia Igodo; ⎈ The 'Lion of Africa' with Cat Claws: Nigeria's Image Problem by Fife Ogunde; and ⎈ Pseudo Hope: A Discourse — On Nigeria's Vision 2020 and Future Development by Bibiana Ossai x John Babalola. Read the entire issue.

Editors' Picks: This Eid

Selected Reading on Culture, Religion & Islam

- God the Master Scientist COVID-19, Pandemics and Reconciling Religious Faith With Science
  
  Abdulbasit KassimJuly 17, 2020
- Muslim Feminism Is Here to Stay The Mutual Inclusivity of Feminism and Islam
  
  Wardah AbbasApril 24, 2020
- Zata Iya A History of Hausa Feminist Writings
  
  Sada MalumfashiDecember 13, 2019
- The God of Colonization And Africa’s Post-Colonial Redemption
  
  Alhassan Pereira IbrahimApril 13, 2018
- When We Talk of Freedom Hijabs, Respectability and What it Actually Means to be Free
  
  Hauwa Shaffii NuhuOctober 14, 2019
- Africa Will Always Have History Art and Literature in My Sleepless Pursuit of African Pasts
  
  Adams AdeosunJuly 10, 2020
- Looking for Solace Queerness, Colonialism, and the Power of Trust in Accra, Ghana
  
  Muzz MuhammadOctober 18, 2019
- ‘Question Every Assumption.’ Habiba Ahut Daggash's First Draft
  
  Habiba DaggashJune 3, 2020
- Between Feminism and Islam My Personal Journey from ‘Muslim Feminist’ to ‘Muslimah’
  
  Khadija Yusra SanusiFebruary 7, 2020

Special Focus: COVID-19

Expert Roundtable

Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020
Southern Africa’s Persistent Dilemma Coronavirus and the Lost Legacy of the AIDS Epidemic

Liam James KingsleyNovember 2, 2020
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
Shadow Pandemic COVID-19, Women and Girls in Nigeria

Cynthia IgodoNovember 8, 2021
(Purse) Strings Attached From Dependency to Decolonization in Global Health

Paula AkugizibweAugust 14, 2020
Children and COVID-19 What Happens When a Child Gets COVID?

Todah OpeyemiMarch 8, 2022
The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 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
God the Master Scientist COVID-19, Pandemics and Reconciling Religious Faith With Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 17, 2020
‘Only Science Can Save Mankind’ Coronavirus, the Death of Religion and the Resurrection of Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 3, 2020
A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020

From Our Latest Issue

Big Dreams and Grand Ambitions Nigeria’s Vision 2020—How far?

Onyenekenwa EnehMarch 23, 2020

Nigeria’s Missing Multipliers Women, Vision 2020 and Nigeria’s Legal Blindspot

Cynthia IgodoApril 6, 2020

Pseudo Hope: A Discourse On Nigeria's Vision 2020 and Future Development

Bibiana Ossai and John BabalolaApril 3, 2020

The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem

Fife OgundeMarch 20, 2020

This photo is for our piece on Nigeria's Border Closure

Closed for Business Lessons from Nigeria's Border Closure

Abdulrasheed IsahFebruary 10, 2020

This photo is for our piece on Moving Beyond the Semantics, The Biafran Genocide Claim

Moving Beyond Semantics Examining the ‘Biafran Genocide’ Claim

Amarachi IhekeFebruary 21, 2020

This photo is for our piece on Nigeria and the US visa ban

A Wake-Up Call? The Recent Travel Restrictions on Nigerians

Zainab UsmanMarch 9, 2020

Nation Forgotten - Nigeria’s Neglected Pensioners

Nation Forgotten Nigeria’s Neglected Pensioners

Wole OlayinkaMarch 13, 2020

Introducing 'First Draft'

Our New Column Featuring Authors on Books, Reading & Writing

- Introducing ‘First Draft’: Our New Column Authors and Prominent Figures on Books, Reading and Writing
  
  The RepublicFebruary 4, 2020
- ‘Writer, Write.’ Moyosore Orimoloye's First Draft
  
  Moyosore OrimoloyeFebruary 5, 2020
- ‘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
  
  Ẹniọlá Ànúolúwapọ́ ṢóyẹmíMarch 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

Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019
Big Dreams and Grand Ambitions Nigeria’s Vision 2020—How far?

Onyenekenwa EnehMarch 23, 2020
Gendering Social Protection The Lessons for Africa

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

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020
Growth is not Enough Why Africa Needs Wellbeing Economies

Ebele MọgọSeptember 30, 2020
If You No Get Money, Hide Your Face The Toxic Underbelly of Nigeria’s Employment System

Jerry ChiemekeNovember 16, 2019
A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020
Teetering on the Edge of a Cliff Safeguarding Nigeria's Future Workforce

Misan RewaneSeptember 6, 2019
Naira Struggles Nigeria's Response to the Crude Oil Price Shock of 2014

Nonso ObikiliApril 30, 2017

International Issues

Pan-Africanism in Foreign Policy African Organizations as Pan-African Agents in the ‘New Scramble’

Chinweizu OkekeMarch 8, 2021
Moving Beyond Semantics Examining the ‘Biafran Genocide’ Claim

Amarachi IhekeFebruary 21, 2020
Democracy Questioned How Democracy Can Fail Us, and What to do About It

Moyosore OrekoyaMay 9, 2019
Africa in Perspective Migration, Mobility and Modern Slavery in Africa

Prince Fater AuduJune 7, 2021
Where is ‘The Field’? Centring the Periphery in Kinshasa

Rachel StrohmDecember 9, 2019
A New Global Struggle? The Long-Term Implications of the War in Ukraine for Africa

Ejeviome Eloho OtoboJune 6, 2022
Looking for Solace Queerness, Colonialism, and the Power of Trust in Accra, Ghana

Muzz MuhammadOctober 18, 2019
Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents

Chukwudi UkonneApril 17, 2020
Lessons of Discord The Repressive Dimensions of Pan-African Nationalism

Brooks MarmonNovember 11, 2021

Historical Issues

Dele Giwa The Journalist that Death Could Not Silence

Farida Funmi AkanjiMarch 16, 2022
Elizabeth Olowu: Nigeria’s First Female Bronze Caster

Tomisin AwosikaJanuary 13, 2022
On the National Red Line Negotiating Nigeria’s ‘Non-Negotiable’ Unity

Chukwudi UkonneJanuary 27, 2021

Political Issues

A Dutch Court Has Acquitted Shell in the Ogoni Nine Trial

Tomisin AwosikaMarch 24, 2022
After Zimbabwe’s Diet Coup A New Dawn for Zimbabweans?

Itai Michael Preston ChotoDecember 21, 2017
Students in the Struggle for Kenyan Democracy A Brief History of University Student Activism in Kenya

Kasajja ByakikaDecember 1, 2021
Religion Reinvented The Cult of Mao and Societal Change in China's Cultural Revolution

Kenddrick ChanApril 1, 2018
Lagos State Judicial Panel Updates Summary and Highlights of Lagos State Judicial Panel Sessions

The RepublicNovember 2, 2020
Moving Beyond Semantics Examining the ‘Biafran Genocide’ Claim

Amarachi IhekeFebruary 21, 2020
Under the Radar Descent-based Slavery as a Form of Contemporary Slavery

Marie Rodet, Bakary Camara, Marie-Christine Deleigne and Lotte PelckmansJune 7, 2021
“Siasa ni Mchezo Mchafu” The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Kenyan Politics

Edwin ChegeFebruary 3, 2018
Rethinking African Progress African Development and the Significance of Sacrificial Generations

Abel GaiyaSeptember 7, 2020

Social Issues

The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem

Fife OgundeMarch 20, 2020
‘Language is resilient’ Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún’s First Draft

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀súnApril 1, 2020
Our Post-Truth Era Media and the Globalization of Misinformation

Nnaemeka IjiomaNovember 1, 2019
Deceptions of Innovations Investigating the Claims of Big Tech

Aarshin KarandeMarch 6, 2020
White Extinction: Who Gives a Damn? The Case for a Common-Sense Rainbow

Jeff PearceMarch 1, 2019
‘Na Money Be Fine Bobo’ The Politics of Poor Taste

C. S. LozieJanuary 24, 2020
Between Feminism and Islam My Personal Journey from ‘Muslim Feminist’ to ‘Muslimah’

Khadija Yusra SanusiFebruary 7, 2020
We Need New Names Who is the African Writer?

Ibrahim AnifowosheJanuary 17, 2020
Colouring inside the Politically Personal Nanjala Nyabola's Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics

Stella NjogoMay 9, 2019

Technological Issues

Detty December in Nigeria: ‘People are Tired of COVID-19 Protocols’

Todah OpeyemiDecember 24, 2021
Our Post-Truth Era Media and the Globalization of Misinformation

Nnaemeka IjiomaNovember 1, 2019
Unprofitable Diseases Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa?

Francisco PerezNovember 17, 2020
Dennis Osadebe’s Near Future Art in The Republic V3 N3

The RepublicSeptember 9, 2019
Uneven Playing Fields Nigeria and the Digital Divide

Osivue ItseumahNovember 29, 2019
The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020
A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020
Deep Unlearning? AI and Africa’s Struggling Public Institutions

Victor FamubodeMay 29, 2020
Electrons Are Free but Not Electricity Finding the Right Price for Electricity in Nigeria

Tam AlexNovember 18, 2020