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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
“We Remember Differently” What Really Happened in Biafra

Dominique OtigbahMarch 10, 2018
The Great Unravelling The Disintegration of the Nigerian State

Chris NgwodoDecember 6, 2017
Nigeria’s Missing Multipliers Women, Vision 2020 and Nigeria’s Legal Blindspot

Cynthia IgodoApril 6, 2020
Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Zikism The President and the Revolutionary Ideology He Denied

Akintunde AgunbiadeSeptember 8, 2021
From Well-Worn Fatigues to Well-Tailored Suits Joseph Garba’s ‘Diplomatic Soldiering’

Afolabi AdekaiyaojaSeptember 22, 2021
On the National Red Line Negotiating Nigeria’s ‘Non-Negotiable’ Unity

Chukwudi UkonneJanuary 27, 2021
Efuru Turns 50 6 Writers Visit Select Pages from Flora Nwapa's Debut Novel

The RepublicFebruary 23, 2017
For the People, Without the People The Crisis of Representation in Nigerian Politics

Dafe oputuMay 9, 2019
Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents

Chukwudi UkonneApril 17, 2020
The Prophetic Vision of Chinua Achebe Reclaiming Africa's Past, Writing Its Present, Shaping Its Future

Boluwatife Akinro and Joshua Segun-LeanJanuary 13, 2020
Poet in the Time of Buhari Nigeria at 59

Moyosore OrimoloyeOctober 1, 2019

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
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
Southern Africa’s Persistent Dilemma Coronavirus and the Lost Legacy of the AIDS Epidemic

Liam James KingsleyNovember 2, 2020
‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

Hakeem Onapajo and Jelili AdebiyiMarch 30, 2020
Dealing with National Health Emergencies in Nigeria COVID-19: Lessons from Polio Eradication

Charles BesidonneAugust 19, 2021
God the Master Scientist COVID-19, Pandemics and Reconciling Religious Faith With Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 17, 2020
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
Unprofitable Diseases Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa?

Francisco PerezNovember 17, 2020
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
‘Only Science Can Save Mankind’ Coronavirus, the Death of Religion and the Resurrection of Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 3, 2020
The Excessive Debt Burdens of COVID-19 Development Financing in the Pandemic

Chimezie AnajamaMarch 31, 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
  
  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

Where are African Victims? In the Emerging Working Class Anti-Globalization Discourse

Moses E. OchonuJuly 6, 2017
The Excessive Debt Burdens of COVID-19 Development Financing in the Pandemic

Chimezie AnajamaMarch 31, 2021
Banking on Women Development’s Neoliberal Sexism

Fadekemi AbiruMay 22, 2020
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
What Does Africapitalism Actually Mean? Power, Gender and the Promise of Africapitalism

Immaculata AbbaJanuary 20, 2022
The Grind Goes Online Work in the Digital Economy

Marie EhinomenSeptember 18, 2019
Pan-Africanism in Foreign Policy African Organizations as Pan-African Agents in the ‘New Scramble’

Chinweizu OkekeMarch 8, 2021
Zombiescapes Africa's Megacity Addiction

Dafe oputuJuly 11, 2019

International Issues

Where are African Victims? In the Emerging Working Class Anti-Globalization Discourse

Moses E. OchonuJuly 6, 2017
A New Imperialism? Russia-Africa Relations in the Twenty-First Century

Blessing Simura, George Mudimu and Fadzai ChipatoAugust 24, 2020
Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa

Oluwaseyi VincentMay 11, 2020
John Magufuli’s Baby Fever What the President of Tanzania Gets Wrong about Population Growth in Africa

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeJuly 30, 2019
I Know Why the Mockingbird Sings Between America's Blackness and Whiteness

Aarshin KarandeMarch 1, 2019
The Resurgence of Ansaru Nigeria’s Silent Enemy

Abdullahi MurtalaMay 18, 2020
Southern Africa’s Persistent Dilemma Coronavirus and the Lost Legacy of the AIDS Epidemic

Liam James KingsleyNovember 2, 2020
The New Mobility Apartheid? The Case for Vaccine Cosmopolitanism

Promise Frank EjioforMay 26, 2021
The Elephant in the China Shop Race in Sino-African Relations

Bénédicte KinkoloMarch 1, 2019

Historical Issues

A Pair of Broad Bottoms Saartjie Baartman and the Perpetual Public Spectacle of Blackness

Boetumelo Julianne NyasuluJune 29, 2020
Former Oyo State Governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, Has Died

Tomisin AwosikaJanuary 12, 2022
Who Was Wuraola Esan?

Tomisin AwosikaJanuary 27, 2022

Political Issues

Politicians and Men of God The Political Manipulation of Religion in Nigeria

Abdulrasheed IsahJanuary 25, 2019
Lessons from the Third Force Nigeria's 2019 Elections in Review

Oluwamayowa IdowuMay 9, 2019
Curators of Forcible Evictions The Problem with Lagos State

Amaka Y. OnyemenamMarch 20, 2019
Wartime Forced Marriage and Sexual Slavery in Africa Cases from Uganda and Sierra Leone

Allen KiconcoJune 2, 2021
Trade Not Aid Revisiting Obama's Legacy in Africa

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeAugust 2, 2017
After Zimbabwe’s Diet Coup A New Dawn for Zimbabweans?

Itai Michael Preston ChotoDecember 21, 2017
We Have Work to Do Five Lessons for Pro-democracy Activists from the Twitter Ban

Selma Ewurama HammondJune 14, 2021
The Dynamic Evolution of Russo-African Relations Africa’s Struggle for Agency in a New Power Tussle

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 17, 2020
Looting as Catharsis #EndSARS and the Crisis of Governance in Nigeria

Promise Frank EjioforDecember 22, 2020

Social Issues

‘I Read Towards My Biases.’ Grieve Chelwa’s First Draft

Grieve ChelwaJuly 2, 2021
The Spiritual Dimensions of Exile South Sudanese Refugees in Arua Town, Uganda

Liz StorerMarch 31, 2018
Agitating the State Biafran Money, Memes and Mobility

Vivian Chenxue LuNovember 14, 2017
I Know Why the Mockingbird Sings Between America's Blackness and Whiteness

Aarshin KarandeMarch 1, 2019
‘Writing is a Piece of Work.’ Victor Ehikhamenor’s First Draft

Victor EhikhamenorJuly 8, 2020
Is There No Humanity in Africa? Rethinking Africa in Three Stories

Ẹniọlá Ànúolúwapọ́ ṢóyẹmíMarch 1, 2019
‘Changing Your Mind Is Underrated.’ Bomi Fagbemi’s First Draft

Bomi FagbemiSeptember 8, 2021
Odunsi the Engine’s ‘rare.’ Authenticity and the Alté Lineage in Nigerian Pop Culture

Yaa AddaeMarch 1, 2019
A Day Without Women The #WomensMarch and Feminism in Trump's America

Chidinma Irene NwoyeFebruary 23, 2017

Technological Issues

Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019
Banks vs Bitcoin The Politics of Cryptocurrency Regulation in Nigeria

Osivue Itseumah and Mubarak AbdulfataiMay 24, 2021
The Grind Goes Online Work in the Digital Economy

Marie EhinomenSeptember 18, 2019
Deep Unlearning? AI and Africa’s Struggling Public Institutions

Victor FamubodeMay 29, 2020
For the Community, By the Community COVID-19, Design and Handwashing Infrastructure in Nigeria

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Mambidzeni MadzivireJanuary 25, 2021
Dennis Osadebe’s Near Future Art in The Republic V3 N3

The RepublicSeptember 9, 2019
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
The Current State of AIDS And the Future of Global Security

Obinna ChukwuDecember 2, 2017
Africa’s Misinformation Struggles The Impact of Misinformation on Africa and African Media

Christopher AjuloSeptember 6, 2019