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Vol. 4, No. 4

#EndSARS and the Makings of a Historical Movement.

IN THIS ISSUE

COVER ESSAYS

⎈ The Revolution Generation: #EndSARS and the Fight for Nigeria's Heart by Abimbola Alaba; ⎈ Fela’s Republic and the #EndSARS Protests: How Nigeria's Youth Found their Voice by Motunrola Bisi-Afolabi;⎈ Looting as Catharsis: #EndSARS and the Crisis of Governance in Nigeria by Promise Frank Ejiofor; and ⎈ Anything Can Happen: #EndSARS and the Making of History by Joshua Segun-Lean. Read the entire issue.

Our #EndSARS Roundtable

Essays, interviews and other #EndSARS-related coverage by The Republic.

- Why We Must Remember Our Collective Memory of #EndSARS
  
  Ernest NwekeOctober 20, 2022
- ‘Enough is Enough.’ #EndSARS: Why Three Women Defied Governor Wike’s Protest Ban
  
  Shayera DarkOctober 23, 2020
- Cosmic Anger #EndSARS and the Making of a Movement
  
  Joshua Segun-LeanOctober 26, 2020
- Feminism is for the People The History in How Women Shaped the #EndSARS Protests
  
  Tritima AchigbuFebruary 1, 2021
- Lagos State Judicial Panel Updates Summary and Highlights of Lagos State Judicial Panel Sessions
  
  The RepublicNovember 2, 2020
- ‘Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!’ Our Readers Reflect on the #EndSARS Protests
  
  The RepublicFebruary 3, 2021
- ‘We Just Want to Live’ Youth and the #EndSARS Protests
  
  Zainab Onuh-YahayaFebruary 15, 2021
- Fela’s Republic and the #EndSARS Protests How Nigeria’s Youth Found their Own Voice
  
  Motunrola Bisi-AfolabiOctober 14, 2020

From Our EndSARS Issue

Anything Can Happen #EndSARS and the Making of History

Joshua Segun-LeanDecember 21, 2020

The Revolution Generation #EndSARS and the Fight for Nigeria’s Heart

Abimbola AlabaDecember 23, 2020

Looting as Catharsis #EndSARS and the Crisis of Governance in Nigeria

Promise Frank EjioforDecember 22, 2020

Fela’s Republic and the #EndSARS Protests How Nigeria’s Youth Found their Own Voice

Motunrola Bisi-AfolabiOctober 14, 2020

- Government Control in the Digital Age The Economic Impacts of Internet Shutdowns
  
  Osaye AjariDecember 2, 2020
- Anti-Racism Beyond the West Africa’s Place in the Global Anti-Racist Discourse
  
  Chinonye OtuonyeOctober 29, 2020
- Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents
  
  Chukwudi UkonneApril 17, 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

Banks vs Bitcoin The Politics of Cryptocurrency Regulation in Nigeria

Osivue Itseumah and Mubarak AbdulfataiMay 24, 2021
Africa’s Lost Decade Women and the Structural Adjustment Programme

Fadekemi AbiruSeptember 25, 2018
Teetering on the Edge of a Cliff Safeguarding Nigeria's Future Workforce

Misan RewaneSeptember 6, 2019
Xi-Led Growth? Nigeria at FOCAC 2018

Oreva OlakpeSeptember 11, 2018
Green Future or Black Gold? Is Nigeria’s Economic Future Still in Oil?

Kosi OgbuliJune 29, 2023
Where are African Victims? In the Emerging Working Class Anti-Globalization Discourse

Moses E. OchonuJuly 6, 2017
Recurring Repatriations What Has Been Done With Abacha’s Recovered Loot?

Afoma DikeNovember 22, 2022
If You No Get Money, Hide Your Face The Toxic Underbelly of Nigeria’s Employment System

Jerry ChiemekeNovember 16, 2019
Cash at Hand, Cash at Bank? The Puzzling Logic Behind Nigeria’s New Notes

Hillary EssienDecember 1, 2022

International Issues

Historical Issues

From the OAU to the AU Has the African Union Learned to Handle Conflicts Better?

Sarah LaniyanSeptember 1, 2023
Nation Forgotten Nigeria’s Neglected Pensioners

Wole OlayinkaMarch 13, 2020
The Case for Affirmative Action Historical Injustices Demand Rectification

Ìdòwú Ọdẹ́yẹmíNovember 10, 2023

Political Issues

‘Obidience’ or Sacrifice Can Peter Obi Actually Lead Nigeria?

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 25, 2022
The Bellwether State What Ekiti State Can Tell Us About the 2023 Election

Adekunle AdewumiJuly 6, 2022
To Whom ‘Too Much’ is Given INEC’s Disappointing Conduct of the 2023 Presidential Election

Yusuf OmotayoMarch 14, 2023
Beyond the Polls Was 25 February A Proxy Referendum on Nationhood?

David Momoh-AbrahamApril 27, 2023
Of Borders and Economy Can Nigeria’s Next President Chart a New Africa Foreign Economic Policy?

Abel GaiyaMay 22, 2023
How to Write about Boko Haram 'Eat the Heart of the Infidel'

Sa'eed HusainiApril 14, 2017
Nigeria’s ‘Pentecostal’ Presidency Ebenezer Obadare's Pentecostal Republic

Kasope AleshinloyeMay 9, 2019
Visual Politics in Apartheid South Africa How Images Shaped the Anti-Apartheid Movement

Emmanuela OnyiloforMarch 1, 2019
The Many Sins of INEC How the 2023 Elections Exposed INEC’s Incompetence

Chike IbewuikeApril 20, 2023

Social Issues

African Legend Dillibe Onyeama (1951-2022)

Afoma DikeNovember 14, 2022
Under the Radar Descent-based Slavery as a Form of Contemporary Slavery

Marie Rodet, Bakary Camara, Marie-Christine Deleigne and Lotte PelckmansJune 7, 2021
Embracing the Multitude Names and a Philosophy of the Fluid Self

Ìjàpá OJuly 18, 2022
A Pair of Broad Bottoms Saartjie Baartman and the Perpetual Public Spectacle of Blackness

Boetumelo Julianne NyasuluJune 29, 2020
Books As Ammunition How I Found Solace in Rereading Buchi Emecheta’s ‘Second Class Citizen’

Ope AdedejiMay 17, 2021
Big Brother as a Window Into Nigerian Politics Why Do We Respond to Reality TV and our Elections so Differently?

Afolabi AdekaiyaojaJanuary 16, 2023
Nation Forgotten Nigeria’s Neglected Pensioners

Wole OlayinkaMarch 13, 2020
Navigating Misconceptions Can Contemporary African Music Escape ‘Afrobeats’?

Kathleen AnazaNovember 16, 2022
I Know Why the Mockingbird Sings Between America's Blackness and Whiteness

Aarshin KarandeMarch 1, 2019

Technological Issues

A Bill for Startups The House of Representatives Has Passed the Nigeria Startup Bill

Tomisin AwosikaJuly 28, 2022
A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020
Are We Victims of Pharmaceutical Half-Truths? The Politics of Clinical Trials in Africa

Charles BesidonneFebruary 22, 2021
Banks vs Bitcoin The Politics of Cryptocurrency Regulation in Nigeria

Osivue Itseumah and Mubarak AbdulfataiMay 24, 2021
Our Post-Truth Era Media and the Globalization of Misinformation

Nnaemeka IjiomaNovember 1, 2019
The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020
Africa’s Energy Deficit A Crack in Africa’s Geopolitical Foundation

Otobong IniekeApril 26, 2022
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
Where Are the Medics? The Scramble for Africa’s Healthcare Workers

Charles EbikemeJuly 20, 2022