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Vol. 5, No. 2

Modern Slavery in Africa.

IN THIS ISSUE

COVER ESSAYS

⎈ Under the Radar: Descent-based Slavery as a form of Contemporary Slavery by Bakary Camara, Marie-Christine Deleigne, Lotte Pelckmans, & Marie Rodet; ⎈ Wartime Forced Marriage and Sexual Slavery in Africa: Cases from Uganda and Sierra Leone by Allen Kiconco; and ⎈ Decolonizing Human Trafficking: Alternative Approaches to Understanding Modern Slavery by Oyinkansola Wumkes. Read the entire issue.

Reading Eid

Essays and Interviews on Islam, Muslim Identities and Cultures in Nigeria and across Africa.

Zata Iya A History of Hausa Feminist Writings

Sada MalumfashiDecember 13, 2019
‘Anger is Great for Writing.’ Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu’s First Draft

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuAugust 12, 2020
The God of Colonization And Africa’s Post-Colonial Redemption

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimApril 13, 2018
‘The Story Comes With Its Own Style’ Sada Malumfashi’s First Draft

Sada MalumfashiFebruary 26, 2020
Between Feminism and Islam My Personal Journey from ‘Muslim Feminist’ to ‘Muslimah’

Khadija Yusra SanusiFebruary 7, 2020
‘I Don’t Write Without Looking Back’ Wardah Abbas’ First Draft

Wardah AbbasAugust 26, 2020
Muslim Feminism Is Here to Stay The Mutual Inclusivity of Feminism and Islam

Wardah AbbasApril 24, 2020
‘I Don’t Believe in Canons.’ Ibrahim Anifowoshe’s First Draft

Ibrahim AnifowosheOctober 30, 2020
Reading Feminism What to Read on Feminism

Zahrah Nesbitt-AhmedOctober 13, 2018
‘Question Every Assumption.’ Habiba Ahut Daggash's First Draft

Habiba DaggashJune 3, 2020
God the Master Scientist COVID-19, Pandemics and Reconciling Religious Faith With Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 17, 2020
When We Talk of Freedom Hijabs, Respectability and What it Actually Means to be Free

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuOctober 14, 2019

Special Focus: COVID-19

Expert Roundtable

Dealing with National Health Emergencies in Nigeria COVID-19: Lessons from Polio Eradication

Charles BesidonneAugust 19, 2021
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
The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020
‘Only Science Can Save Mankind’ Coronavirus, the Death of Religion and the Resurrection of Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 3, 2020
(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
Shadow Pandemic COVID-19, Women and Girls in Nigeria

Cynthia IgodoNovember 8, 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
Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020

Introducing 'The Black Atlantic'

Our New Column for Stories about the Black Experience Around the World

What is Special Hair? A Black Woman’s Complicated Hair Journey

Izehi AmadasuApril 14, 2023

Irrespective of what anyone thinks, I have decided that the hair I was born with—this coarse, springy, dark hair that grows towards the sun—is special, not because of its length, thickness, texture, or any reason other than because it is my hair and I have decided to love it.

April/May 2023NigeriaThe Black Atlantic

Setting Sail for ‘Home’ Inheriting My Parents’ Longings for Freetown

Ade DaramySeptember 7, 2022

Half a century ago, I inherited my parents’ longings for Freetown, Sierra Leone. Unknown to me then, a two-week voyage home would became a lifelong journey. Read more.

Best of 2022GambiaJune/July 2022Sierra LeoneThe Black Atlanticvol6-no3