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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.

‘I Don’t Write Without Looking Back’ Wardah Abbas’ First Draft

Wardah AbbasAugust 26, 2020
The God of Colonization And Africa’s Post-Colonial Redemption

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimApril 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
‘Anger is Great for Writing.’ Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu’s First Draft

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuAugust 12, 2020
‘The Story Comes With Its Own Style’ Sada Malumfashi’s First Draft

Sada MalumfashiFebruary 26, 2020
‘I Don’t Believe in Canons.’ Ibrahim Anifowoshe’s First Draft

Ibrahim AnifowosheOctober 30, 2020
When We Talk of Freedom Hijabs, Respectability and What it Actually Means to be Free

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuOctober 14, 2019
Between Feminism and Islam My Personal Journey from ‘Muslim Feminist’ to ‘Muslimah’

Khadija Yusra SanusiFebruary 7, 2020
Reading Feminism What to Read on Feminism

Zahrah Nesbitt-AhmedOctober 13, 2018
Muslim Feminism Is Here to Stay The Mutual Inclusivity of Feminism and Islam

Wardah AbbasApril 24, 2020
Zata Iya A History of Hausa Feminist Writings

Sada MalumfashiDecember 13, 2019

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Special Focus: COVID-19

Expert Roundtable

The Excessive Debt Burdens of COVID-19 Development Financing in the Pandemic

Chimezie AnajamaMarch 31, 2021
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
Weathering the Storm COVID-19 and the Case for Universal Basic Income in Nigeria

Oluwaseyi SomefunJune 12, 2020
Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020
Children and COVID-19 What Happens When a Child Gets COVID?

Todah OpeyemiMarch 8, 2022
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
‘Only Science Can Save Mankind’ Coronavirus, the Death of Religion and the Resurrection of Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 3, 2020
Are We Victims of Pharmaceutical Half-Truths? The Politics of Clinical Trials in Africa

Charles BesidonneFebruary 22, 2021
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

Introducing 'The Black Atlantic'

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

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.

GambiaJune/July 2022Sierra LeoneThe Black Atlantic