February 2025

The Power of Looking at the Everyday

Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing·February 16, 2025

In her narrative feature debut, Mambar Pierrette, Cameroonian documentarian, Rosine Mbakam, captures life in crisis-stricken Cameroon and the resilience and fortitude that Cameroonian women must embody every day. Read More...

Cameroon February/March 2025

Cameroon’s Hi-Tech Illusion

Georges Macaire Eyenga·February 16, 2025

Cameroon is currently led by the world’s oldest president, who, in recent years, has taken significant steps to ‘modernize’ the state through digital technology. With Paul Biya seeking re-election in 2025, Cameroonians have an added reason to pay critical attention to his national technological agenda. Read More...

Cameroon February/March 2025

The Politicization of Fact-Checking

Chioma Iruke·February 16, 2025

The role and perception of fact-checking in regions with fragile trust in media and government has sparked recent debates, as analysts question its effectiveness amid partisan exploitation by political actors. Read More...

Africa February/March 2025

Will Africa See More Protests In 2025?

Pelumi Salako·February 16, 2025

The African continent was rife with different protests in 2024. With many of the triggers that caused the protests not attended to, 2025 may see these protests skyrocket. Read More...

Africa February/March 2025

‘The Worst Thing to Tell a Poet Is That There Is No Money in Writing Poetry’ Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto’s First Draft

Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto·February 16, 2025

Nigerian poet and author of ‘The Last Time I Saw My Father’, Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto, believes many African stories are underappreciated: ‘The literary landscape is vast, and countless voices and stories have yet to receive the attention they truly deserve. It is not always about a single book but rather the collective body of work from diverse regions, cultures, and languages.’ Read More...

February/March 2025 First Draft Interviews Nigeria

10 Books That Shaped Black History Over the Last Century

Kai Mora·February 16, 2025

In our latest book recommendation, historian Kai Mora compiles a list of books that shaped Black history over the last century. From a book about the Haitian Revolution to one about the rise and fall of the Wolof Empire, these books exemplify the dynamism in the application of Black thought and history. Read More...

Africa February/March 2025 Read Something African Reading

S2 EP7: ‘We All Stand Before History’

Wale Lawal·February 16, 2025

How have the Ogoni people been able to come to terms with the execution of the Ogoni Nine, and deal with the unresolved environmental crisis caused by oil exploration till this day? What does the crisis in Ogoni and the Niger Delta more broadly tell us about what it means to be Nigerian? The seventh episode of the second season of The Republic is now available wherever you listen to podcasts. Read More...

Nigeria Podcasts The Republic Podcast

The Mad Scramble for Congo

Poncia Nyembo·February 9, 2025

At the heart of Congo’s prolonged crises is a scramble for its natural resources, similar to the precolonial scramble for Africa. All hands must be on deck this time to protect the over 100 million Congolese lives caught in this unfortunate unending war. Read More...

Democratic Republic of the Congo February/March 2025

How to Make Climate Action Africa-Friendly

Ifeanyi Nsofor and Molly Ogbodum·February 9, 2025

Climate change is heating up the globe, causing poverty, destroying livelihoods, and making life unbearable. Addressing this crisis in Africa requires democratizing climate action and simplifying its messaging to make it accessible to everyone. Read More...

Africa February/March 2025

Congo-Brazzaville’s Chinese Roulette

Andréa Ngombet·February 9, 2025

As new co-chair of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) until 2027, what does the relationship between the Republic of Congo (or Congo-Brazzaville) and China illuminate about global economic interests, political alignments and geostrategy? Read More...

Congo-Brazzaville February/March 2025

Month: February 2025

The Power of Looking at the Everyday

Cameroon’s Hi-Tech Illusion

The Politicization of Fact-Checking

Will Africa See More Protests In 2025?

‘The Worst Thing to Tell a Poet Is That There Is No Money in Writing Poetry’ Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto’s First Draft

10 Books That Shaped Black History Over the Last Century

S2 EP7: ‘We All Stand Before History’

The Mad Scramble for Congo

How to Make Climate Action Africa-Friendly

Congo-Brazzaville’s Chinese Roulette

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