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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

Genesis of a Revolutionary Robert Mugabe’s Political Formation

Brooks Marmon·September 8, 2021

Robert Mugabe, the dictator who ruled Zimbabwe for more than three decades, had revolutionary beginnings. He was shaped by a tumultuous brew of pan-African nationalism, associated authoritarianism, and his own startling yet grossly under-discussed political rise. Read more. Read More...

August/September 2021 South Africa vol5-no3 Zimbabwe

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...

August/September 2021 Biafra Editors Picks: Independence Day Nigeria vol5-no3

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...

August/September 2021 Cameroon Ethiopia International Women's Day - Essays Kenya Nigeria South Africa vol5-no3 Zimbabwe

Fearless Fighter The Revolutionary Life of Vera Chirwa

Boetumelo Julianne Nyasulu·September 8, 2021

In the freedom-fighting legacy of Malawi’s Vera Chirwa, you see the power of emotion and feelings, often devalued in women, as the driver of her activism. Read more. Read More...

August/September 2021 International Women's Day - History Malawi vol5-no3

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...

August/September 2021 Editors Picks: Independence Day International Women's Day - Essays Nigeria vol5-no3

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...

August/September 2021 Editors Picks: Independence Day Nigeria vol5-no3

The Shadow of Saint-Domingue The First Great African Revolution

Bomi Fagbemi·September 8, 2021

The Haitian Revolution was a pivotal moment in the history of the African diaspora, but it encouraged as much Black revolutionary zeal as it deterred. Read more. Read More...

August/September 2021 vol5-no3

Who is Irene Cohen? The Re-Discovery of Feminist Freedom in Modern-Day Angola

Amandla Ayah·June 15, 2020

Every year, Irene Cohen and Deolinda Rodrigues, two Angolan nationalists, are eulogized on Angolan Women’s Day on March 2; their short and tragic lives are made emblematic of African feminism and national pride. Read more. Read More...

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