October/November 2024 Archives

Kenya’s Season of Protests

Dennis Mugaa·October 20, 2024

Earlier this year, a new young generation of Kenyans went out to protest a crippling finance bill and a government that is undermining their future. The protests, though met by brutal state violence, have fundamentally shifted the Kenyan political landscape. Read More...

Kenya October/November 2024

Are You Laughing With Us or at Us?

Ugochukwu Damian Okpara·October 19, 2024

When I think of the growing trend of social media skits featuring male comedians who dress up as women, I think especially of the dehumanization of women and everyone who lives outside the rigid ends of the gender spectrum. Should a line be drawn on these performances? Or should we be increasingly unsettled? Read More...

Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria October/November 2024

‘I Hope That My Work Will Never Side with the Oppressor’ Dennis Mugaa’s First Draft

The Republic·October 18, 2024

Kenyan writer and author of Half Portraits Under Water, Dennis Mugaa, believes that President William Ruto’s administration is authoritarian: ‘Young people genuinely want a better country, but we are living in a country that has been slowly sliding into authoritarianism over the past two years, since President Ruto’s government took over. Beyond that, his leadership has been very poor.’ Read More...

First Draft Interviews Kenya October/November 2024

7 Books That Are Time Machines in Disguise

Ìjàpá O·October 17, 2024

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven books that are time machines in disguise. These books will take you from the Nigerian civil war era to pre-apartheid South Africa, and even many centuries back to the expedition that brought the first African to the Americas. Read More...

October/November 2024 Read Something African Reading

Looking for Ken Saro-Wiwa

The Republic·October 14, 2024

The Republic: A Podcast is a narrative podcast series exploring pivotal Nigerian and broader African historical events and figures. In the second season, host Wale Lawal traces the life and legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa, one of nine non-violent Ogoni activists the General Sani Abacha military government brutally executed in 1995. Read More...

Nigeria October/November 2024

Did Africans Arrive in America Before Christopher Columbus?

Kai Mora·October 13, 2024

The controversial hypothesis that Africans arrived in America before Christopher Columbus further complicates the historical relations between Africans and the Ameri-indigenous. The goal of either people, however, is a point of convergence—to decentre Columbus as an emblem of imperial history. Read More...

October/November 2024

7 Books That Will Help You Survive the Boredom of Lagos Traffic

Ìjàpá O·October 13, 2024

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven books that will help you survive the boredom of Lagos traffic. Whether a short story collection or a science fiction novella, the books on this list have intriguing plot structures that will immerse you into their worlds, transporting you far from the frustrating stop-and-go of Lagos traffic. Read More...

October/November 2024 Read Something African Reading

Nollywood’s Unrefined Portrayal of Sex Work and Sex Workers

Seyi Lasisi·October 13, 2024

Nigerian filmmakers must break free from ingrained stigma, clichés, caricature characters, and internalized disdain for sex work by taking a step further in investigating the lives and individual choices of their characters to challenge normative perceptions and create lasting, meaningful art. Read More...

Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria October/November 2024

What Really Shaped the 2024 Edo Governorship Election?

Afolabi Adekaiyaoja·October 13, 2024

APC’s Monday Okpebholo has been declared governor-elect following the recently concluded Edo governorship election. What factors contributed to his victory? Read More...

Nigeria October/November 2024

Nigeria Losing the Olympics Is Only the Beginning

Ernest Nweke·October 13, 2024

Nigeria’s unimpressive performance in the just concluded Olympics despite a budget of ₦12 billion points to deeper systemic failures, rather than a mere lack of preparation and raises causes for major concern. Read More...

Nigeria October/November 2024

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