February 2024

Is it Ethical to Study Somalia? Reflections of Diasporic-Continental Asymmetries of Power

Nasrin Warsame·February 28, 2024

Studying and researching Africa as a member of the diaspora is fraught with its own ethical challenges. Hence, the question: Is it ethical to study Somalia? Read More...

February/March 2024 Somalia

‘An African Feminist Manifesto’

Wale Lawal·February 27, 2024

For whom is the transformative potential of feminism new? Our latest issue, An African Feminist Manifesto, considers the imperatives for Black African feminism(s) in our uniquely uncertain times, plus more. Read More...

February/March 2024 Nigeria Vol8-no1

Funke Akindele’s Path to a Billion Naira

Assumpta Audu·February 27, 2024

Being a force in an industry is a difficult position to attribute to anyone. But after producing the top three highest-grossing movies in Nollywood and being the first and only filmmaker to surpass ₦1-billion-box-office sales, Funke Akindele has cemented herself as an entertainment titan. Read More...

February/March 2024 Nigeria Vol8-no1

A 40-Year-Old Japa Story

Oyindamola Depo-Oyedokun·February 27, 2024

From the ‘Checking Out’ of the 80s to today’s ‘Japa’ wave, Nigeria’s enduring struggle with brain drain has lasted far too long. Despite promises of change, the nation continues to grapple with familiar challenges that drive its citizens abroad in search of more; more opportunities, more peace of mind, and the ability to be more. Read More...

February/March 2024 Nigeria Vol8-no1

‘I Want My Writing to Sound on Paper How It Sounds in My Head and Heart’ Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein’s First Draft

Oluwatomisin Oredein·February 27, 2024

Academic and author, Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein, tends to pay less attention to books that fail to enhance her work. Read More...

February/March 2024 First Draft Interviews Vol8-no1

A Womanist Reading of African Women in Abrahamic Tradition

Kai Mora·February 27, 2024

Though the presence of Abrahamic tradition within global Black consciousness often finds expression through male-dominated narratives, a closer examination uncovers Black women at the very centres of the most path-altering moments in the tradition, offering analogues with which Black women have interpreted, reimagined and reclaimed their past, present, and future. Read More...

Best of 2024: Essays February/March 2024 Vol8-no1

The Menace of Skin-Bleaching in Nigeria

Foyin Ejilola·February 27, 2024

Cosmetic endeavours aimed at achieving lighter skin have led to the development of different skin-bleaching beauty methods that leave the body open to grave health repercussions. Read More...

February/March 2024 Nigeria Vol8-no1

The Disruptive Potential of Frida Orupabo’s Metamorphic Women

Kéchi Nne Nomu·February 27, 2024

To encounter a body in collage is to momentarily believe the human form is physically and even gesturally incapable of coming up against its own limitations. Frida Orupabo’s collages do this so well. They haunt the viewer with fond, familiar and unexpected shapes. Read More...

Best of 2024: Essays February/March 2024 Nigeria Vol8-no1

50 Years of Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen

Peace Yetunde Onafuye·February 27, 2024

In 1974, Buchi Emecheta’s novel, Second-Class Citizen, was published. While this novel has inspired a generation of African writers, the themes Emecheta explored—such as Black immigrant life in the UK and the ills of a patriarchal society—remain as relevant today as ever. Read More...

February/March 2024 Nigeria Reading Vol8-no1

Imperialism is the Arsonist of Our Forests

Aby L. Sène·February 27, 2024

In 1986, Thomas Sankara delivered his famous speech, Imperialism is The Arsonist of Our Forests and Savannas, in which he denounced imperialism as the main driver of environmental destruction. Today, the climate crisis has become a pretext for imperialist economic expansion, leading to an urgent need to reorient the African climate justice agenda. Read More...

February/March 2024 Vol8-no1

Month: February 2024

Is it Ethical to Study Somalia? Reflections of Diasporic-Continental Asymmetries of Power

‘An African Feminist Manifesto’

Funke Akindele’s Path to a Billion Naira

A 40-Year-Old Japa Story

‘I Want My Writing to Sound on Paper How It Sounds in My Head and Heart’ Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein’s First Draft

A Womanist Reading of African Women in Abrahamic Tradition

The Menace of Skin-Bleaching in Nigeria

The Disruptive Potential of Frida Orupabo’s Metamorphic Women

50 Years of Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen

Imperialism is the Arsonist of Our Forests

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