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‘Beginnings are Easier Than Endings.’ Bim Adewunmi’s First Draft

Bim Adewunmi·October 8, 2021

Producer on This American Life and co-host of Thirst Aid Kit, Bim Adewunmi, says podcasts are not as easy to produce as they may sound. Read our interview. Read More...

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‘I Have Always Been an Eclectic Reader.’ Andrew Alli’s First Draft

Andrew Alli·October 1, 2021

Partner at Southbridge Group and former president and CEO of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Andrew Alli’s reading has always been ‘super-voracious’. Read our interview. Read More...

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Who Is Shade Thomas-Fahm?

Tomisin Awosika·September 23, 2021

Folashade Thomas-Fahm is reputed for being the first professionally-trained fashion designer in Nigeria. Read more. Read More...

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From Well-Worn Fatigues to Well-Tailored Suits Joseph Garba’s ‘Diplomatic Soldiering’

Afolabi Adekaiyaoja·September 22, 2021

In ‘Diplomatic Soldiering’, the late General Joseph Garba, one of Nigeria’s earliest foreign ministers, presents a case for the tacit but present ‘Big Brother’ role that Nigeria has sought to play across Africa. Read more. Read More...

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‘Tell an African Story!’ Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo’s First Draft

Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo·September 8, 2021

Academic and author of ‘Gender, Anti-Colonialism and Nationalism: Discussing the Legacies of African Women’, Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo, believes it is important that Africans tell our own stories. Read our interview. Read More...

August/September 2021 First Draft Interviews Nigeria vol5-no3

‘Changing Your Mind Is Underrated.’ Bomi Fagbemi’s First Draft

Bomi Fagbemi·September 8, 2021

Author of ‘The Shadow of Saint-Domingue’, Bomi Fagbemi, finds its difficult to separate good writing from a good story. Read our interview. Read More...

August/September 2021 First Draft Interviews Nigeria vol5-no3

Who Was Ojukwu? The Many Perceptions of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Charles Ekpo·September 8, 2021

Before he died in 2011, leader of the Biafran secessionist movement, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, had assumed four personalities: he was a hero, a villain, a rebel, and even a ‘one-Nigerianist’. Read more. Read More...

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Gender, Anti-Colonialism and Nationalism The Anti-Colonial Legacies of African Women

Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo·September 8, 2021

That women’s participation in anti-colonial and nationalist struggles may not be as obvious in existing literature does not mean such participation was peripheral. Read more. Read More...

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Egba Women Unite! Lessons from the Egba Women’s Anti-Colonial Movement

lanaire aderemi·September 8, 2021

For much of history, Egba market women have been erroneously (re)presented as ‘barbaric’ and ‘disorganized’. Such women, however, were indelible forces of anti-colonial resistance. Their legacies invite us to deconstruct anti-colonial struggles—a restorative and equally revolutionary act. Read more. Read More...

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Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Zikism The President and the Revolutionary Ideology He Denied

Akintunde Agunbiade·September 8, 2021

A troubled relationship with Zikism, the leftist political ideology Nnamdi Azikiwe inspired and drew his political base from, may explain his sudden yet prolonged fall from prominence. Read more. Read More...

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