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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.

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

Dafe oputuMay 9, 2019
An Irony of History The Complicated Legacy of Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 31, 2020
“We Remember Differently” What Really Happened in Biafra

Dominique OtigbahMarch 10, 2018
Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents

Chukwudi UkonneApril 17, 2020
When Nigerians, Zimbabweans, and Rhodesians Talked About Race Revisiting Nigeria – Zimbabwe Relations

Brooks MarmonJune 7, 2019
Efuru Turns 50 6 Writers Visit Select Pages from Flora Nwapa's Debut Novel

The RepublicFebruary 23, 2017
Lagbaja, Something for You The Legacy of Our Second Democracy Superhero

Olamide Adio OlanrewajuDecember 6, 2019
Phobia or Scapegoatism? The Nigerianization of Crimes in South Africa

Hakeem OnapajoSeptember 20, 2019
Nigeria’s Missing Multipliers Women, Vision 2020 and Nigeria’s Legal Blindspot

Cynthia IgodoApril 6, 2020
The Great Unravelling The Disintegration of the Nigerian State

Chris NgwodoDecember 6, 2017
Pseudo Hope: A Discourse On Nigeria's Vision 2020 and Future Development

Bibiana Ossai and John I. BabalolaApril 3, 2020
A Wake-Up Call? The Recent Travel Restrictions on Nigerians

Zainab UsmanMarch 9, 2020

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

Liam James KingsleyNovember 2, 2020
The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020
‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

Hakeem Onapajo and Jelili AdebiyiMarch 30, 2020
Unprofitable Diseases Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa?

Francisco PerezNovember 17, 2020
For the Community, By the Community COVID-19, Design and Handwashing Infrastructure in Nigeria

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Mambidzeni MadzivireJanuary 25, 2021
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020

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

Women Like Olabisi The Understated Significance of Nigerian Market Women

Aderonke Adeola and Donna EtiebetOctober 30, 2019
Poor Institutions or Unfair Power Dynamics? Notes from Sierra Leone’s Alluvial Diamond Industry

Shaquille GilpinJuly 6, 2020
Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimSeptember 7, 2019
Money Today, Gone Tomorrow? The Case for Indexing Taxes in Nigeria

Daniel OlikaFebruary 3, 2020
Africa’s Development Path The Role of Institutions

Oluwaseyi VincentNovember 6, 2018
Nation Forgotten Nigeria’s Neglected Pensioners

Wole OlayinkaMarch 13, 2020
Who’s Afraid of Saving Money? The Political Economy of Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund

Daniel OlikaSeptember 16, 2019
Maga Don Pay Nigeria's Culture of Cybercrime

Stephen AgwaiborSeptember 6, 2019
‘Na Money Be Fine Bobo’ The Politics of Poor Taste

C. S. LozieJanuary 24, 2020

International Issues

Eritrean Identity and Migration Discourse as Shaped by Indefinite National Service and Education Reforms

Mirielle McMillinJuly 5, 2017
Black Boundaries The Multiple Borderings of African Lives

Lennon Chido MhishiOctober 14, 2017
Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents

Chukwudi UkonneApril 17, 2020
Southern Africa’s Persistent Dilemma Coronavirus and the Lost Legacy of the AIDS Epidemic

Liam James KingsleyNovember 2, 2020
“Siasa ni Mchezo Mchafu” The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Kenyan Politics

Edwin ChegeFebruary 3, 2018
Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa

Oluwaseyi VincentMay 11, 2020
The Elephant in the China Shop Race in Sino-African Relations

Bénédicte KinkoloMarch 1, 2019
A New Imperialism? Russia-Africa Relations in the Twenty-First Century

Blessing Simura, George Mudimu and Fadzai ChipatoAugust 24, 2020
The Blacker the Berry Race and the Devaluation of Black Lives in America

Oyinkansola AdepitanMarch 1, 2019

Historical Issues

Remembering Biafra Violence and Nigeria's Long Road to Redemption

Precious ArinzeOctober 27, 2017
Moving Beyond Semantics Examining the ‘Biafran Genocide’ Claim

Amarachi IhekeFebruary 21, 2020
Reading Biafra What to Read on the Nigerian Civil War

Dominique OtigbahFebruary 10, 2018

Political Issues

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

Dylan YachyshenJuly 31, 2020
The Great Unravelling The Disintegration of the Nigerian State

Chris NgwodoDecember 6, 2017
What We Think about when We Think about Elections Revisiting Political Ideology in Nigeria

Naro Omo-Osagie and Chukwuka Gideon IsikaMay 9, 2019
Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents

Chukwudi UkonneApril 17, 2020
Weathering the Storm COVID-19 and the Case for Universal Basic Income in Nigeria

Oluwaseyi SomefunJune 12, 2020
‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

Hakeem Onapajo and Jelili AdebiyiMarch 30, 2020
An Irony of History The Complicated Legacy of Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 31, 2020
A Post-Coup World? Mali and the Slow Decline of Military Dictatorships

Promise Frank EjioforOctober 7, 2020
The Resurgence of Ansaru  Nigeria’s Silent Enemy

Abdullahi MurtalaMay 18, 2020

Social Issues

We Need New Names Who is the African Writer?

Ibrahim AnifowosheJanuary 17, 2020
‘Sometimes, Less Can Be More.’ Muzz Muhammad’s First Draft

Muzz MuhammadJuly 29, 2020
Capitalism Central A History of Lagos and Migration

Nnamdi EhirimJune 30, 2017
The Power of Social Media Nigeria's Changing Feminist Movement

Cynthia IgodoMarch 1, 2019
‘Writing never dies.’ Promise Frank Ejiofor's First Draft

Promise Frank EjioforMarch 5, 2021
Destination 中国 Unravelling Nigerian Migrations to China

Oreva OlakpeAugust 8, 2017
Songs in the #EndSARS Protests How Music Captured the Frustrations of Young Nigerians

Adekunle FaladeMarch 3, 2021
‘I am only interested in writing that thrills and challenges me.’ TJ Benson’s First Draft

TJ BensonOctober 9, 2020
The Spiritual Dimensions of Exile South Sudanese Refugees in Arua Town, Uganda

Liz StorerMarch 31, 2018

Technological Issues

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

Tam AlexNovember 18, 2020
Africa’s Misinformation Struggles The Impact of Misinformation on Africa and African Media

Christopher AjuloSeptember 6, 2019
Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimSeptember 7, 2019
‘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
The Current State of AIDS And the Future of Global Security

Obinna ChukwuDecember 2, 2017
Deceptions of Innovations Investigating the Claims of Big Tech

Aarshin KarandeMarch 6, 2020