Adenike Fapohunda, Author at The Republic

Chidimma Adetshina and the Danger of Xenophobia

Adenike Fapohunda·October 27, 2024

The rejection of Chidimma Adetshina by the South African public perhaps reflects a complex post-apartheid conception of Blackness—and more specifically, Black womanhood—that is rigid and unaccommodating to those who differ, whether by ethnicity or nationality. Read More...

Nigeria October/November 2024 South Africa

A Man, a Church, and the Exploitation of Vulnerable Congregations

Adenike Fapohunda·April 28, 2024

While he was alive, Prophet TB Joshua paraded himself as the second coming of Jesus Christ. Following his death, accusations of physical and sexual abuse by him on his congregations were reported in what is becoming a pattern amongst some religious leaders in Africa. Read More...

April/May 2024 Nigeria

The Not-So-Free Movement of People South Africa’s Haphazard Commitment to Open Borders

Adenike Fapohunda·September 1, 2023

South Africa’s complex migration policy highlights the contradiction between its commitment to free movement within the African continent and its stringent immigration regulations. The country’s political, philosophical, and economic underpinnings of free movement struggles against the AU's Agenda 2063 and international treaties. Read More...

August/September 2023 South Africa vol7-no3

“Stop Killing Us!” South Africa's Plague of Masculine Violence

Adenike Fapohunda·October 23, 2019

It is almost impossible to live in South Africa and be unaffected by prejudice; masculine violence in South Africa is a weaponization of this prejudice. Read More...

Ethiopia October/November 2019 South Africa Zimbabwe

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Adenike Fapohunda

Chidimma Adetshina and the Danger of Xenophobia

A Man, a Church, and the Exploitation of Vulnerable Congregations

The Not-So-Free Movement of People South Africa’s Haphazard Commitment to Open Borders

“Stop Killing Us!” South Africa's Plague of Masculine Violence

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