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Tinubu’s Year of Unstable Policies

Yusuf Omotayo·May 26, 2024

In its first year, the Tinubu administration has been characterized by hasty decisions and haphazardly thought policies, a situation that has greatly stalled Nigeria’s progress. Read More...

April/May 2024 Nigeria

The Swimmer

Olumide Popoola·May 26, 2024

‘Here I was on a Sunday morning, sober, alone, in the river without doing anything, just lying on my back, the water holding me.’ An excerpt from Olumide Popoola’s novel, Like Water Like Sea. Read More...

April/May 2024 Nigeria Reading

The Perfect Target

Timinepre Cole·May 22, 2024

Bobrisky’s swift descent from social prominence to the confines of Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison is a stark reminder that no amount of wealth or status can fully insulate LGBTQ+ individuals from the pervasive forces of transphobia and homophobia in Nigeria. Read More...

April/May 2024 Nigeria

Nigeria Imaginary

Wale Lawal·May 19, 2024

Our latest issue, Nigeria Imaginary, considers the restorative potential of Nigerian art and invites readers to explore the Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale, plus more. Read More...

April/May 2024 Nigeria vol8-no2

Toyin Ojih Odutola’s Theories of Place

Kéchi Nne Nomu·May 19, 2024

The Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale brings together artists who are diverse in their styles, influences, affiliations with place, and interpretations of nationhood and history. Among them is Toyin Ojih Odutola, whose artistic instincts already bypass easy conceptions of place, belonging and history. Read More...

April/May 2024 Nigeria vol8-no2

Yinka Shonibare and the Case for Nigeria at the Venice Biennale

Mobólúwajídìde Joseph·May 19, 2024

Through Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, the Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale presents a Nigeria that is more about routes than roots. A Nigeria that diagnoses its struggles with intricately imagined jokes while holding up a mirror to structural violence and broken promises. And a Nigeria that allows its children to return again and again in an ever-expanding array of visions and alternative futures. Read More...

April/May 2024 Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria vol8-no2

Ndidi Dike’s Thesis on the Nigerian Condition

Chimezie Chika·May 19, 2024

‘Nigeria Imaginary’, the theme of the Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale, is a daring call to not just imagine Nigeria as a restored entity but to also dream its future into reality. Through Ndidi Dike, viewers experience the distinctly Nigerian desire to connect what Nigeria once was, what it is now and what it might become. Read More...

April/May 2024 Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria vol8-no2

Who Will Bury Mr. Taiwo?

Yusuf Omotayo·May 19, 2024

It took the Nigerian government 51 years to formally honour Taiwo Akinkunmi, the man who designed the Nigerian flag. Now, months after his death, his body remains in a morgue as his family awaits a state burial. Read More...

April/May 2024 Nigeria vol8-no2

‘There Is a Battle Between Relaying Stories Thematically Versus Chronologically’ Noo Saro-Wiwa’s First Draft

Noo Saro-Wiwa·May 19, 2024

Travel writer and author of Black Ghosts: A Journey into the Lives of Africans in China, Noo Saro-Wiwa, travelled to Guangzhou after reading about the African community in China. Read More...

April/May 2024 First Draft Interviews Nigeria vol8-no2

The Songs of Jos

Emmanuel Esomnofu·May 19, 2024

For a long time, the city of Jos has grappled with violence fuelled by religious and ethnic differences. But today, Jos is home to musicians and creative communities who are giving language to the traumas they witnessed growing up. Read More...

April/May 2024 Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria vol8-no2

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