In 2022, our authors centered Nigeria and Africa in the world’s biggest questions. From cultural criticism to political longform, here’s our best writing of the year.
Best of 2022
Spectres of Famine The Ukraine War and the East African Grain Trade
By misdiagnosing the structural forces that sustain food insecurity in North and East Africa, popular opinion succumbs to a shallow understanding of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Read more. Read More...
The Reality of Press Freedom in Nigeria What Are Journalists Saying?
While media crackdowns have become more visible in recent years, Nigeria’s history speaks to the issue’s persistence. Read more Read More...
Africa’s Energy Deficit A Crack in Africa’s Geopolitical Foundation
Over 600 million people across Africa do not have access to electricity; this energy deficit contributes to debilitating economic realities—lowered productivity and higher costs of living. Read more. Read More...
‘We Move’ The Subversive Economy of the Lagos Danfo
We’re always looking at African cities through the eyes of the West. But what if we looked at African cities through their own eyes? Through, for instance, the eyes of the danfo? Read more. Read More...
Health Versus Capitalism Is Capitalism Making Us Sicker?
There is a growing conflict between the incentives of capitalism and establishing a world in which we all have the right to health. Read more. Read More...
The Obasanjo Doctrine The Importance of Foreign Policy in Present-Day Nigeria
Olusegun Obasanjo’s foreign policy successes did not always translate domestically. It appears the Obasanjo administration sometimes sacrificed domestic stability for improved foreign relations. Read more. Read More...
Children and COVID-19 What Happens When a Child Gets COVID?
Globally, the impacts of COVID-19 on children have been understated. Many parents don’t know how to take care of their children if they get Covid. Read more Read More...
The Dilemma of a Ruling Party The Challenges Ahead of APC’s Quest to Retain Power
The biggest challenge to APC holding on to power is not the lumbering opposition, but internal divisions that threaten to destroy the party. Read more. Read More...
The Right to Love The Fallacy of Homophobia in Postcolonial Africa
‘African homophobia’ is a distinct variant of global homophobia because it is based on unique theoretical foundations that blend prejudices imported from non-African (mostly Western and Islamic) contexts. Read more. Read More...
The Madness of Competition Squid Game in the Nigerian Imagination
Much like Nigeria, in Squid Game, players emerge victorious not really due to their skills but due in large measure to cheating. Success is a matter of survival of the fittest but the fittest is the trickster. Read more. Read More...
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