Wale Lawal, Boluwatife Akinro, Author at The Republic

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Wale Lawal and Boluwatife Akinro·August 25, 2021

Kenneth Ize and Mowalola Ogunlesi both present a distinct way of engaging with African history but this time the lesson is for Africans themselves and concerns what Africans consider to be history. Read more. Read More...

August/September 2021 Nigeria

Politics of Happiness

Boluwatife Akinro·January 18, 2021

The culture of happiness is the most powerful and pervasive agent in Nigeria today, and Nollywood is one of its biggest curators. Read more. Read More...

Best of 2021: Essays December 20/January 21 Nigeria

‘Writing is a Work of Care and hope.’

Boluwatife Akinro·May 27, 2020

Nigerian author, Boluwatife Akinro wants more critical thought about Nigerian pop culture. Read our interview. Read More...

April/May 2020 First Draft Interviews

The Prophetic Vision of Chinua Achebe

Boluwatife Akinro and Joshua Segun-Lean·January 13, 2020

Achebe had a keen grasp of how language demonstrated power, how power determined what was considered knowledge, and how this knowledge could become truth. Read More...

December 19/January 20 Editors Picks: Independence Day vol4-no1

Creating Africa

Boluwatife Akinro·June 24, 2019

In the global contest of looking, Africa has not been granted equal status. We stand apart as the Other, stared at, looked down upon, and most times, lacking the vantage point to return the gaze. Read More...

June/July 2019 vol8-no2