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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.

The God of Colonization And Africa’s Post-Colonial Redemption

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimApril 13, 2018
Reading Feminism What to Read on Feminism

Zahrah Nesbitt-AhmedOctober 13, 2018
God the Master Scientist COVID-19, Pandemics and Reconciling Religious Faith With Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 17, 2020
‘I Don’t Write Without Looking Back’ Wardah Abbas’ First Draft

Wardah AbbasAugust 26, 2020
Zata Iya A History of Hausa Feminist Writings

Sada MalumfashiDecember 13, 2019
Between Feminism and Islam My Personal Journey from ‘Muslim Feminist’ to ‘Muslimah’

Khadija Yusra SanusiFebruary 7, 2020
When We Talk of Freedom Hijabs, Respectability and What it Actually Means to be Free

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuOctober 14, 2019
‘Question Every Assumption.’ Habiba Ahut Daggash's First Draft

Habiba DaggashJune 3, 2020
‘I Don’t Believe in Canons.’ Ibrahim Anifowoshe’s First Draft

Ibrahim AnifowosheOctober 30, 2020
Muslim Feminism Is Here to Stay The Mutual Inclusivity of Feminism and Islam

Wardah AbbasApril 24, 2020
‘The Story Comes With Its Own Style’ Sada Malumfashi’s First Draft

Sada MalumfashiFebruary 26, 2020
‘Anger is Great for Writing.’ Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu’s First Draft

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuAugust 12, 2020

Special Focus: COVID-19

Expert Roundtable

‘Only Science Can Save Mankind’ Coronavirus, the Death of Religion and the Resurrection of Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 3, 2020
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 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
Children and COVID-19 What Happens When a Child Gets COVID?

Todah OpeyemiMarch 8, 2022
‘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
(Purse) Strings Attached From Dependency to Decolonization in Global Health

Paula AkugizibweAugust 14, 2020
Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020
Shadow Pandemic COVID-19, Women and Girls in Nigeria

Cynthia IgodoNovember 8, 2021
The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020

Introducing 'The Black Atlantic'

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

Notes on Absence

Ìdòwú Ọdẹ́yẹmíApril 21, 2024

One only realizes the notions of love in one’s life when they become absent. Read the sequel to ‘Living in America, Leaving Nigeria’.

April/May 2024The Black Atlantic

Departures Reflections on the Burden of Parting

Chukwuemeka FamousFebruary 20, 2024

For days, I struggled to grasp this somewhat unsettling realization that a member of my family would leave not just Nigeria, but Africa, miles away from home and family.

February/March 2024NigeriaThe Black Atlantic

Living in America, Leaving Nigeria Notes on the House that Needs Saving

Ìdòwú Ọdẹ́yẹmíDecember 2, 2023

Living in America as an African is quite different from living somewhere in Africa. If anything, Americans will make you forget your own insignificance on earth.

December/January 2023NigeriaThe Black Atlantic