February/March 2025 Archives

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

Language Is the First Casualty of Exile

Dami Ajayi·February 9, 2025

In the autumn of 2019, while Professor Femi Oyebode and I walked along Prescott Street, he told me that language is the first casualty of exile. I have watched my use of the English language lose its colonial stance for a more limber approach that is quick-witted and light-hearted. Read More...

February/March 2025 Nigeria

The Restorative Genius of Zambian Women

Mwinji Siame·February 9, 2025

Zambian women are pioneering a new museum culture that is revolutionizing cultural preservation through a fusion of digital technology and indigenous knowledge systems, challenging Western colonial institutions’ claims to being rightful custodians of African heritage. Read More...

February/March 2025 Zambia

‘Romance Works Deserve Mainstream Attention’ Tomilola Coco Adeyemo’s First Draft

Tomilola Coco Adeyemo·February 9, 2025

Romance writer and author of A Very Gidi Christmas, Tomilola Coco Adeyemo, says her debut novel was an attempt to rewrite the love stories of her loved ones: ‘In my head, I was writing a universe where the things that were wrong in real life became right.’ Read More...

February/March 2025 First Draft Interviews Nigeria

7 Books That Will Bring Some Drama to Your Reading

Ìjàpá O·February 9, 2025

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of books that will bring some drama to your reading. From the story about the struggles of women in war-torn Liberia to an exploration of the brutal realities faced by queer people for living authentically, these plays will spice up your reading with some drama. Read More...

February/March 2025 Read Something African Reading

The Captive Democracy of South Africa’s Coalition Governance

Rekgotsofetse Chikane and David Everatt·February 2, 2025

Coalition governance offers potential for enhancing democracy in theory; but the dominance of party-political funding and influence of elite and commercial interests from the minerals-energy-finance sectors risk exacerbating political and economic inequalities in South Africa. Read More...

February/March 2025 South Africa

Idris Elba and the Reification of Things Fall Apart

Mike Ekunno·February 2, 2025

News of Idris Elba starring in the screen adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart has generated mixed opinions. These opinions have raised questions about why works of fiction are often treated as real, rather than imitations of reality. Read More...

February/March 2025 Nigeria

The Dutch Disease of Nigeria’s Oil Sector

Khadijat Raimi·February 2, 2025

While Nigeria has experienced oil-fuelled growth, over-reliance on the sector and a lack of diversification have kept the economy shackled, raising critical questions about Nigeria’s ability to move beyond resource dependence. Read More...

February/March 2025 Nigeria

Being Pro-Women Is Not Anti-men

Viggie Oke·February 2, 2025

Why are boys’ issues often used to derail the conversation when issues affecting girls are raised? Until men recognize that our true battle is against patriarchy and not feminism, we will remain stuck, unable to achieve meaningful progress. Read More...

February/March 2025 Nigeria

A Queer Dream of New and Unassimilable Things

Ololade Faniyi·February 2, 2025

As the rest of the world watches the exodus of American users from TikTok to RedNote, it reveals a telling paradox: Western claims to digital freedom depend on portraying contexts like Africa and Asia as uniquely hostile repressive Others, while masking their own suppression of queer expression—a power dynamic that the Global South has long been co-opted to maintain. Read More...

February/March 2025 Nigeria

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