Recommended reading by The Republic‘s editors, on Nigeria’s independence and wider political history.
Editors Picks: Independence Day
‘Love Does Not Win Elections’ Ayisha Osori's First Draft
Author and development practitioner, Ayisha Osori ran for office in 2014 and recently changed how she thinks about Nigeria’s political processes. Read our interview. Read More...
The Wizard of Kirsten Hall Who Was Herbert Macaulay?
75 years ago, Herbert Macaulay, one of the most iconic Nigerians of all time, died. Perhaps his greatest legacy was to establish a political party, Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP), which became a vehicle for Nigerian nationalism. Read more Read More...
On the National Red Line Negotiating Nigeria’s ‘Non-Negotiable’ Unity
The Aburi conference held in Ghana in January 1967 was one of the few times that Nigeria’s unity was ever truly ‘negotiated. Read more. Read More...
An Irony of History The Complicated Legacy of Chief Obafemi Awolowo
Peer, predecessor or successor, Awolowo’s unequivocal articulation of a clear and consistent political ideology places him above anyone else in Nigeria’s political history. Read more. Read More...
Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents
While many are of the opinion that Nigeria started out on the right path politically and somehow derailed, there is a divergent school of thought suggesting that Nigeria always lacked progressive leadership from the get-go. Read More...
Nigeria’s Missing Multipliers Women, Vision 2020 and Nigeria’s Legal Blindspot
Development plans like Vision 2020 failed by design, resting on legal frameworks that near-completely overlooked women—half the population—in Nigeria. Read More...
Pseudo Hope: A Discourse On Nigeria's Vision 2020 and Future Development
Nigeria may still be able to achieve its Vision 2020 goals, after 2020. Read More...
A Wake-Up Call? The Recent Travel Restrictions on Nigerians
It will be a grave mistake to treat Nigeria’s recent US visa ban as a one-off event, rather than a larger issue of limited leverage in a rapidly changing world that we seem ill-prepared to navigate. Read More...
The Prophetic Vision of Chinua Achebe Reclaiming Africa's Past, Writing Its Present, Shaping Its Future
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...
Zata Iya A History of Hausa Feminist Writings
The feminist champions of Hausa literature have their pens ready, full of fire, energy and imagination, emitting hidden truths through their words, and steadily reinventing the narratives of women in Northern Nigeria. Read More...
