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Vol. 4, No. 3

Russia’s Africa?

IN THIS ISSUE

COVER ESSAYS

⎈ Kremlin's Renewed Interest: Russia's Emerging Threat to Elections in Africa by Tabitha Mwangi x Chimwemwe Fabiano; ⎈ A New Imperialism? — Russia-Africa Relations in the Twenty-First Century by Blessing Simura x George Mudimu x Fadzai Chipato ⎈ A Changing Dynamic: The Evolution of Russia-Africa Relations by Aaliyah Vayez; and ⎈ The Kremlin's North African Gateway: A Discourse — Western Sahara, Crimea and Russia's Interest in Morocco by Dylan Yachyshen. Read the entire issue.

Editors' Picks: Independence Day 2020

Recommended reading by The Republic's editors, on Nigeria 60 years after declaring independence.

Phobia or Scapegoatism? The Nigerianization of Crimes in South Africa

Hakeem OnapajoSeptember 20, 2019
Nollywords Lionheart, Language and the Ghost of Our Colonial Past

Ore OgunbiyiNovember 18, 2019
“We Remember Differently” What Really Happened in Biafra

Dominique OtigbahMarch 10, 2018
A Wake-Up Call? The Recent Travel Restrictions on Nigerians

Zainab UsmanMarch 9, 2020
Efuru Turns 50 6 Writers Visit Select Pages from Flora Nwapa's Debut Novel

The RepublicFebruary 23, 2017
The Prophetic Vision of Chinua Achebe Reclaiming Africa's Past, Writing Its Present, Shaping Its Future

Boluwatife Akinro and Joshua Segun-LeanJanuary 13, 2020
An Irony of History The Complicated Legacy of Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 31, 2020
Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents

Chukwudi UkonneApril 17, 2020
Zata Iya A History of Hausa Feminist Writings

Sada MalumfashiDecember 13, 2019
When Nigerians, Zimbabweans, and Rhodesians Talked About Race Revisiting Nigeria – Zimbabwe Relations

Brooks MarmonJune 7, 2019
Poet in the Time of Buhari Nigeria at 59

Moyosore OrimoloyeOctober 1, 2019
Pseudo Hope: A Discourse On Nigeria's Vision 2020 and Future Development

Bibiana Ossai and John BabalolaApril 3, 2020

The Latest Online

Special Focus: COVID-19

Expert Roundtable

‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

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

Charles BesidonneAugust 19, 2021
‘Only Science Can Save Mankind’ Coronavirus, the Death of Religion and the Resurrection of Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 3, 2020
‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

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

Paula AkugizibweAugust 14, 2020
The Excessive Debt Burdens of COVID-19 Development Financing in the Pandemic

Chimezie AnajamaMarch 31, 2021
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
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

From Our Latest Issue

Kremlin’s Renewed Interest Russia’s Emerging Threat to Elections in Africa

Tabitha Mwangi and Chimwemwe FabianoJuly 24, 2020

A Changing Dynamic The Evolution of Russia-Africa Relations

Aaliyah VayezSeptember 14, 2020

A New Imperialism? Russia-Africa Relations in the Twenty-First Century

Blessing Simura, George Mudimu and Fadzai ChipatoAugust 24, 2020

The Kremlin’s North African Gateway? Western Sahara, Crimea and Russia’s Interest in Morocco

Dylan YachyshenJuly 31, 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
  
  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
The Excessive Debt Burdens of COVID-19 Development Financing in the Pandemic

Chimezie AnajamaMarch 31, 2021
Teetering on the Edge of a Cliff Safeguarding Nigeria's Future Workforce

Misan RewaneSeptember 6, 2019
On a Coding Diet The Place for STEM Development in Nigeria

Fife OgundeSeptember 3, 2019
Where are African Victims? In the Emerging Working Class Anti-Globalization Discourse

Moses E. OchonuJuly 6, 2017
‘Na Money Be Fine Bobo’ The Politics of Poor Taste

C. S. LozieJanuary 24, 2020
Zombiescapes Africa's Megacity Addiction

Dafe oputuJuly 11, 2019
Big Dreams and Grand Ambitions Nigeria’s Vision 2020—How far?

Onyenekenwa EnehMarch 23, 2020
Why Is Tax Collection Low in Nigeria? Historical and Cultural Explanations for Nigeria’s Low Domestic Resource Mobilization

Paul JegedeDecember 14, 2020

International Issues

The New Mobility Apartheid? The Case for Vaccine Cosmopolitanism

Promise Frank EjioforMay 26, 2021
Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa

Oluwaseyi VincentMay 11, 2020
The Kremlin’s North African Gateway? Western Sahara, Crimea and Russia’s Interest in Morocco

Dylan YachyshenJuly 31, 2020
The Evolution of the Base Nation How the US Military Lost Its International Appeal

Obinna ChukwuJuly 18, 2017
Pan-Africanism in Foreign Policy African Organizations as Pan-African Agents in the ‘New Scramble’

Chinweizu OkekeMarch 8, 2021
The Roots of Violence Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis

P.J. KponyoMarch 2, 2020
Kremlin’s Renewed Interest Russia’s Emerging Threat to Elections in Africa

Tabitha Mwangi and Chimwemwe FabianoJuly 24, 2020
A New Imperialism? Russia-Africa Relations in the Twenty-First Century

Blessing Simura, George Mudimu and Fadzai ChipatoAugust 24, 2020
Closed for Business Lessons from Nigeria's Border Closure

Abdulrasheed IsahFebruary 10, 2020

Historical Issues

Amos Tutuola’s Unwonted Predicament A Writer's Many Controversies

Sanya OshaAugust 30, 2019
Traditions and Trust Medical Ethics in the African Context

Busayo AkinmojuJuly 19, 2021
Ken Saro-Wiwa’s ‘Sozaboy’ What War Literature Teaches Us About the Political Economy of Violence

Ndidi AkaharaJuly 28, 2021

Political Issues

Lessons from the Third Force Nigeria's 2019 Elections in Review

Oluwamayowa IdowuMay 9, 2019
Looting as Catharsis #EndSARS and the Crisis of Governance in Nigeria

Promise Frank EjioforDecember 22, 2020
Is all Jihad in Africa Local? Africa and Militant Jihadism

Jumo AyandeleMay 25, 2019
A Changing Dynamic The Evolution of Russia-Africa Relations

Aaliyah VayezSeptember 14, 2020
African Tech for African Problems Should We Be Celebrating Big Tech in Africa?

Emeka Joseph NwankwoSeptember 7, 2019
Trapped in a Militarized Democracy The Armed State of Nigeria's Political Space

Fisayo AjalaMay 9, 2019
Lagos State Judicial Panel Updates Summary and Highlights of Lagos State Judicial Panel Sessions

The RepublicNovember 2, 2020
Japá Young Nigerians’ Search for Prosperity and Its Effect on Political Participation in Nigeria

John BabalolaJuly 30, 2021
Elections on Hold Between Nigeria’s Postponed Elections and Nigeria’s Electoral Outcomes

Abdulrasheed IsahFebruary 18, 2019

Social Issues

Booked and Busy The Politics of Literary Prizes

Innocent IloNovember 4, 2020
Black Orpheus and the Organic Intellectual Remembering Abiola Irele and Raufu Mustapha

Adekeye AdebajoMarch 1, 2019
‘Are the people in this story I’m telling recognizably human?’ Saratu Abiola’s First Draft

Saratu AbiolaApril 8, 2020
Art as Protest What the Black Arts Movement Can Teach Today’s Artists

Boluwatife AkinroApril 7, 2019
Songs in the #EndSARS Protests How Music Captured the Frustrations of Young Nigerians

Adekunle FaladeMarch 3, 2021
‘Write As Yourself and Write What You Know.’ Nanjala Nyabola's First Draft

Nanjala NyabolaApril 16, 2021
A Laughing Giant The Everlasting Humour of Chinua Achebe

Wale LawalNovember 16, 2017
‘I Want a Writing Process.’ Lennon Mhishi’s First Draft

Lennon Chido MhishiJune 11, 2021
‘Who has time for undecided authors?’ Dominique Otigbah’s First Draft

Dominique OtigbahMarch 11, 2020

Technological Issues

Traditions and Trust Medical Ethics in the African Context

Busayo AkinmojuJuly 19, 2021
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
Electrons Are Free but Not Electricity Finding the Right Price for Electricity in Nigeria

Tam AlexNovember 18, 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
Dealing with National Health Emergencies in Nigeria COVID-19: Lessons from Polio Eradication

Charles BesidonneAugust 19, 2021
Uneven Playing Fields Nigeria and the Digital Divide

Osivue ItseumahNovember 29, 2019
A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020