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Vol. 5, No. 1

COVID-19: Global Lessons from Africa.

IN THIS ISSUE

COVER ESSAYS

⎈ (Purse) Strings Attached: Global Health from Dependency to Decolonization by Paula Akugizibwe;⎈ Southern Africa's Persistent Dilemma: Coronavirus and the Lost Legacy of the AIDS epidemic by Liam James Kingsley; and ⎈ Unprofitable Diseases: Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa? by Francisco Perez. Read the entire issue.

Special Focus: COVID-19

Expert Roundtable

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

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 17, 2020
A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020
Unprofitable Diseases Ebola, COVID-19 and the Return of Industrial Policy in Africa?

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

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 3, 2020
For the Community, By the Community COVID-19, Design and Handwashing Infrastructure in Nigeria

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Mambidzeni MadzivireJanuary 25, 2021
Dealing with National Health Emergencies in Nigeria COVID-19: Lessons from Polio Eradication

Charles BesidonneAugust 19, 2021
Shadow Pandemic COVID-19, Women and Girls in Nigeria

Cynthia IgodoNovember 8, 2021
‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

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

Paula AkugizibweAugust 14, 2020
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
Are We Victims of Pharmaceutical Half-Truths? The Politics of Clinical Trials in Africa

Charles BesidonneFebruary 22, 2021
Algeria’s Indefinite Pause What Will COVID-19 Mean for Algeria’s Year-long Protests?

Temi IbirogbaApril 20, 2020

Editors' Picks: Nigeria at 60

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

The Civil Soldier The Political Legacy of Olusegun Obasanjo

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 4, 2021
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
‘My Reading Interests Are Eclectic.’ Ayisha Osori's First Draft

Ayisha OsoriMay 14, 2021
Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Zikism The President and the Revolutionary Ideology He Denied

Akintunde AgunbiadeSeptember 8, 2021
The Prophetic Vision of Chinua Achebe Reclaiming Africa's Past, Writing Its Present, Shaping Its Future

Boluwatife Akinro and Joshua Segun-LeanJanuary 13, 2020
Egba Women Unite! Lessons from the Egba Women’s Anti-Colonial Movement

Lanaire AderemiSeptember 8, 2021
Pseudo Hope: A Discourse On Nigeria's Vision 2020 and Future Development

Bibiana Ossai and John BabalolaApril 3, 2020
For the People, Without the People The Crisis of Representation in Nigerian Politics

Dafe oputuMay 9, 2019
Zata Iya A History of Hausa Feminist Writings

Sada MalumfashiDecember 13, 2019
From Well-Worn Fatigues to Well-Tailored Suits Joseph Garba’s ‘Diplomatic Soldiering’

Afolabi AdekaiyaojaSeptember 22, 2021

From Our Latest Issue

(Purse) Strings Attached From Dependency to Decolonization in Global Health

Paula AkugizibweAugust 14, 2020

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

Francisco PerezNovember 17, 2020

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

Liam James KingsleyNovember 2, 2020

For the Community, By the Community COVID-19, Design and Handwashing Infrastructure in Nigeria

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Mambidzeni MadzivireJanuary 25, 2021

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

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020

This photo is for our essay on A monstrous Overlap

A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020

COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

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

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 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

Why Is Tax Collection Low in Nigeria? Historical and Cultural Explanations for Nigeria’s Low Domestic Resource Mobilization

Paul JegedeDecember 14, 2020
Pan-Africanism in Foreign Policy African Organizations as Pan-African Agents in the ‘New Scramble’

Chinweizu OkekeMarch 8, 2021
Africa’s Lost Decade Women and the Structural Adjustment Programme

Fadekemi AbiruSeptember 25, 2018
Government Control in the Digital Age The Economic Impacts of Internet Shutdowns

Osaye AjariDecember 2, 2020
Nigeria and Climate Change Global Trends and Local Challenges

Habiba DaggashJune 18, 2018
Poor Institutions or Unfair Power Dynamics? Notes from Sierra Leone’s Alluvial Diamond Industry

Shaquille GilpinJuly 6, 2020
Gendering Social Protection The Lessons for Africa

Chimezie AnajamaFebruary 14, 2020
A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020
The Grind Goes Online Work in the Digital Economy

Marie EhinomenSeptember 18, 2019

International Issues

John Magufuli’s Baby Fever What the President of Tanzania Gets Wrong about Population Growth in Africa

Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeJuly 30, 2019
The Evolution of the Base Nation How the US Military Lost Its International Appeal

Obinna ChukwuJuly 18, 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
Lessons in Mutualism 50 Years of Sino-Nigerian Relations

Oreva OlakpeFebruary 10, 2021
Uneven Playing Fields Nigeria and the Digital Divide

Osivue ItseumahNovember 29, 2019
Phobia or Scapegoatism? The Nigerianization of Crimes in South Africa

Hakeem OnapajoSeptember 20, 2019
Poor Institutions or Unfair Power Dynamics? Notes from Sierra Leone’s Alluvial Diamond Industry

Shaquille GilpinJuly 6, 2020
The Blacker the Berry Race and the Devaluation of Black Lives in America

Oyinkansola AdepitanMarch 1, 2019

Historical Issues

Students in the Struggle for Kenyan Democracy A Brief History of University Student Activism in Kenya

Kasajja ByakikaDecember 1, 2021
The Art of Conversation Proverbs in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

Gerald AdewoleJanuary 29, 2020
Gender, Anti-Colonialism and Nationalism The Anti-Colonial Legacies of African Women

Nnenna Ifeanyi-AjufoSeptember 8, 2021

Political Issues

An Irony of History The Complicated Legacy of Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Chukwudi UkonneAugust 31, 2020
Reading China What to Read on Africa-China Relations

Oreva OlakpeNovember 17, 2018
Human Rights in Buhari’s Nigeria Contextualizing Human Rights in Buhari’s Nigeria

Romola AdeolaMay 6, 2017
Wartime Forced Marriage and Sexual Slavery in Africa Cases from Uganda and Sierra Leone

Allen KiconcoJune 2, 2021
‘We Just Want to Live’ Youth and the #EndSARS Protests

Zainab Onuh-YahayaFebruary 15, 2021
Who’s Afraid of Saving Money? The Political Economy of Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund

Daniel OlikaSeptember 16, 2019
Edo State’s Struggle for Meaning The 2020 Edo State Governorship Election in Retrospect

Ope AdetayoNovember 30, 2020
The Spiritual Dimensions of Exile South Sudanese Refugees in Arua Town, Uganda

Liz StorerMarch 31, 2018
Sọ̀rọ̀ Sókè is not a Metaphor #EndSARS and the Music Protest Tradition

Blossom MaduafokwaMarch 10, 2021

Social Issues

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

Mirielle McMillinJuly 5, 2017
‘I Am a Mood Reader.’ Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed’s First Draft

Zahrah Nesbitt-AhmedJune 17, 2020
Biafra and the Politics of Blame The Neo-Biafran Consciousness and Its Challenges

Philip U. EffiongDecember 23, 2017
‘I Edit as I Write, Unfortunately.’ Sa’eed Husaini’s First Draft.

Sa'eed HusainiDecember 18, 2020
Come and See The Redeeming Inventiveness of Kenneth Ize and Mowalola Ogunlesi

Wale Lawal and Boluwatife AkinroAugust 25, 2021
‘Writing a Novel Is Fun.’ Peace Adzo Medie’s First Draft

Peace Adzo MedieOctober 29, 2021
Some Teachers Curse Students The Human Costs of Nigeria’s Failing Public School System

Habeeb AsudemadeJuly 22, 2020
‘The Lesson is in Design’ Merlin Uwalaka’s First Draft

Merlin UwalakaFebruary 19, 2020
Amos Tutuola’s Unwonted Predicament A Writer's Many Controversies

Sanya OshaAugust 30, 2019

Technological Issues

A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
Banks vs Bitcoin The Politics of Cryptocurrency Regulation in Nigeria

Osivue Itseumah and Mubarak AbdulfataiMay 24, 2021
No More Insufficient Funds Yahoo Yahoo and Cybercrime’s International Ecosystem

Adewale OloworekendeAugust 28, 2019
Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019
Dealing with National Health Emergencies in Nigeria COVID-19: Lessons from Polio Eradication

Charles BesidonneAugust 19, 2021
Deep Unlearning? AI and Africa’s Struggling Public Institutions

Victor FamubodeMay 29, 2020
Are We Victims of Pharmaceutical Half-Truths? The Politics of Clinical Trials in Africa

Charles BesidonneFebruary 22, 2021
Teetering on the Edge of a Cliff Safeguarding Nigeria's Future Workforce

Misan RewaneSeptember 6, 2019