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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

S2 EP5: The Ogoni 8

Wale Lawal·February 2, 2025

Following the murders of the Ogoni chiefs, Rivers State military administrator, Lieutenant Colonel Dauda Musa Komo, and the Abacha regime finally had their way in to disrupt MOSOP. On May 22 1994, Komo held a press conference, where he accused MOSOP of the murders. But how did the government decide who to arrest? The fifth episode of the second season of The Republic is now available wherever you listen to podcasts. Read More...

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Jeriq’s Onitsha Gospel

Ebri Kowaki·January 26, 2025

Jeriq’s music acts as a reminder that there’s an established path to success, and by choosing to make the music he does, the artist may just be the most prolific preacher to the Igbos in this decade. Read More...

December 24/January 25 Nigeria

Setting Forth from Ebrohimie Road

Ijapa O·January 26, 2025

The producer and director of Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory, Kola Tubosun, discusses the making of the documentary and the significance of the setting to Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka’s life. Read More...

December 24/January 25 Interviews Nigeria Wole Soyinka

Jelili Atiku’s Dance of Justice and Sacrifice

Chimezie Chika·January 26, 2025

Though Atiku’s art confronts external issues, it is more an art that demands inwardness, reflection, and contemplation of what we are, what we want, and what we want our world to be. Read More...

December 24/January 25 Nigeria

What Is in a Yorùbá Name?

Ancci·January 26, 2025

In her second collection, Ceremony for the Nameless, Theresa Lola explores the significance of names and naming in Yorùbá culture. Read More...

December 24/January 25 Nigeria Reading

S2 EP4: The Kangaroo Court

Wale Lawal·January 26, 2025

On 19 January 1994, General Abacha sent a federal ministerial committee to Ogoniland to meet with Ken Saro-Wiwa in Bori. Lieutenant Colonel Komo, who acted as the official guide of the Committee, saw the tour as an opportunity to impress Abacha. With such differing goals between Saro-Wiwa and Lieutenant Komo, what kind of collision was about to happen? Let’s find out together. The fourth episode of the second season of The Republic is now available wherever you listen to podcasts. Read More...

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Tinubu’s Precious Frenchship

IGWE KELECHI NJOKU·January 19, 2025

Amid growing anti-French sentiments in former African colonies, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s relationship with France raises the question of whether Nigeria will become Paris’s new inroad into Africa. Read More...

December 24/January 25 Nigeria

Gboyega Oyetola’s Blue Ministry

S. Adebote·January 19, 2025

Nigeria’s Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy aims to harness the nation’s vast maritime potential but can Minister Gboyega Oyetola successfully navigate these complex waters? Read More...

December 24/January 25 Nigeria

Why Nigerians Love Agony Aunts

Victor Ola-Matthew·January 19, 2025

For a while now, agony aunt columns in Nigerian media have offered Nigerians some of the most convenient routes for addressing intimate and societal issues, and navigating the complexities of relationships and cultural norms. Read More...

December 24/January 25 Nigeria

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