Decolonizing Artificial Intelligence
With funding from the Open Society Foundation (OSF), The Republic is launching a student writing competition themed ‘Decolonizing Artificial Intelligence’. Read More...
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Current Issue Who Dey Fear Donald Trump?
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Wrappers of Rivers
In documenting and displaying the intricate cultures of wrapper tying and wrapper wearing in Rivers State, Aleruchi Kinika, the photographer behind the series, ‘Wrappers of Rivers’, says she ‘wanted to tell the story of the wrappers and Rivers people as one.’ Read More...
The Republic Has Just Won Funding From JournalismAI
The Republic is proud to announce that we’ve won $250,000 in grant funding from JournalismAI and the Google News Initiative! Read More...
V8, N4 Reimagining Nigerian Heritage
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Open Society Foundations Is Looking for Lagos Fellows
Open Society Foundations is calling for applications from Lagos-based thinkers for its Open Society Fellowship! Read More...
Portraits of Nigerian Hair
Obidike Arinze Nnanyelu, who created the Visual History of Nigerian Hair illustration series, discusses what it means as an artist to document hair-making in Nigeria and unpack its cultural significance. Read More...
‘I Hope That My Work Will Never Side with the Oppressor’ Dennis Mugaa’s First Draft
Kenyan writer and author of Half Portraits Under Water, Dennis Mugaa, believes that President William Ruto’s administration is authoritarian: ‘Young people genuinely want a better country, but we are living in a country that has been slowly sliding into authoritarianism over the past two years, since President Ruto’s government took over. Beyond that, his leadership has been very poor.’ Read More...
Looking for Ken Saro-Wiwa
The Republic: A Podcast is a narrative podcast series exploring pivotal Nigerian and broader African historical events and figures. In the second season, host Wale Lawal traces the life and legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa, one of nine non-violent Ogoni activists the General Sani Abacha military government brutally executed in 1995. Read More...
‘A Writer Who Has Nothing to Say Has Nothing to Write’ Otosirieze Obi-Young’s First Draft
Founder and editor of Open Country Mag, Otosirieze Obi-Young, believes African writers are not credited enough as innovators for their adaptiveness to solving problems on the page: ‘When Damon Galgut flits between the first- and third-person in one sentence in his book, “In a Strange Room”, the acknowledgement never transcends book reviews into literary culture essays or lists.’ Read More...
