Mind Makers Four Authors on the Books that Changed Their Minds
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Month: October 2022
‘People Seem to be Trying to Reconnect with Nature’ In Conversation with Nengi Omuku
‘I thought about how we’ve all gone through this traumatic event, the pandemic, and faced endless loss and illness,’ Nengi Omuku says. ‘I realized, via scrolling on social media and watching the news, that people seem to be trying to reconnect with nature and choosing to acknowledge all that it has given us.’ Read More...
‘Self-Decolonization Must Be Ongoing or Else You Get Lost’ Leiyo Singo’s First Draft
Tanzanian writer, Leiyo Singo, believes Maasaiphobia in Tanzania has some roots in the country’s educational system. Read our interview. Read More...
COP Returns to Africa Have the Wrong Chickens Come Home to Roost?
Regardless of Egypt’s motivations or whether or not COP 27 is ‘African’, the vast majority of the consequences wrought by the climate crisis, are. Africa, therefore, needs to confront the crisis head-on. Read More...
COP27: Abigael Kima’s Cautious Optimism An Interview with Climate Activist, Abigael Kima
Africa is an important voice in the climate debate, Abigael Kima argues ahead of COP27. ‘Because although we are only responsible for 0.5 per cent of historical emissions and less than 4 per cent of the global emissions at the moment, we are the most negatively impacted.’ Read More...
Collaborative and Experimental The Evolution of Afrobeats and Its Current Landscape
Afrobeats has evolved commercially, sonically and collaboratively over the years. We need to strike a balance between commending Afrobeats for its global success and protecting the genre, so its authenticity is not diluted for global markets. Read More...
New Discoveries The Authors We Wish We Discovered Earlier
There may be numerous African authors we wish we discovered earlier but is there a right time to discover a great author or a good book? Read More...
‘For the People, by the People’ Rebuilding Trust in Nigeria’s Democratic Structures
For decades, Nigerian citizens have been denied the opportunity to contribute to shaping the laws and policies they are governed by. The notion that political engagement is the preserve of the elite has eroded public trust in democratic structures. In order for this trust to be restored, this author argues, the innate power of civic society to shape the political destiny of the nation needs to be re-emphasized. Read More...
Serious Hunger Nigeria in the 2022 Global Hunger Index
For the second year in a row, Nigeria ranks 103rd out of 121 countries facing hunger in the 2022 Global Hunger Index. Read More...
Why We Must Remember Our Collective Memory of #EndSARS
Two years since the #EndSARS protests, Nigeria’s youth are determined to neither forgive nor forget those who abandoned them in their hour of need. In 2023, they will take the protest to the polls. Read More...
