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Vol. 9, No. 1

DEMAS NWOKO’S NATURAL SYNTHESIS

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EDITOR'S FOREWORD

COVER INTERVIEW

COVER ESSAY

COVER ESSAY

THE MINISTRY OF ARTS / MUSIC DEPT.

THE MINISTRY OF ARTS / THEATRE DEPT.

THE MINISTRY OF ARTS / LITERATURE DEPT.

THE MINISTRY OF CLIMATE CHANGE X THE ENVIRONMENT

THE MINISTRY OF CLIMATE CHANGE X THE ENVIRONMENT

THE MINISTRY OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS

THE MINISTRY OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS

THE MINISTRY OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS / FIRST DRAFT INTERVIEWS

THE MINISTRY OF GENDER X SEXUALITY

THE MINISTRY OF MEMORIES

THE MINISTRY OF WORLD AFFAIRS

THE MINISTRY OF WORLD AFFAIRS

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‘Natural Synthesis,’ by Diana Ejaita

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Illustrators: Ekundayo R. Baiyegunhi, Sheed Sorple Cecil, Sarah N. Kanu, Kevwe Ogini, Shalom Ojo, Charles Owen, and Dami Mojid.
Issue Design: Wale Lawal and Dami Mojid
Editors: Wale Lawal, Yusuf Omotayo, Peace Onafuye and Ada Nnadi
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Vol. 8, No. 1

An African Feminist Manifesto Introduction
IN THIS ISSUE
FOREWORD
An African Feminist Manifesto: The Republic V8, N1 by Wale Lawal
COVER ESSAY
An African Feminist Manifesto: Towards Decolonial Worldmaking by Ololade Faniyi;
FEATURED ESSAYS
Funke Akindele’s Path to a Billion Naira: How the ‘Queen of Wakapass’ Seized the Heart of Nollywood by Assumpta Audu; A 40-Year-Old Japa Story: With a New Generation of Andrews Checking Out, Did Nigeria Really Survive? by Oyindamola Depo-Oyedokun; War Against Melanin: ​​​The Menace of Skin-Bleaching in Nigeria by Foyin Ejilola; ‘We Have the Same Destiny’: Geopolitical Projections in West Africa and the Wider Continent by Otobong Inieke; (Non)Apology Cannot Mean Repair: King Charles’ Non-Apology to Kenyans by Mumbi Kanyogo; Sacrifice and Rebirth: A Womanist Reading of African Women in Abrahamic Tradition by Kai Mora; How to Build a Dream Body: The Disruptive Potential of Frida Orupabo’s Metamorphic Women  by Kéchi Nne Nomu; The Adah Archetype: 50 Years of Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen by Peace Yetunde Onafuye; Shadows of a Forgotten Past: Unveiling the Truth of White Nanny, Black Child: Exploring the Untold Stories of Informally Fostered African Children in the UK by Jamila Pereira; and Imperialism is the Arsonist of Our Forests: Towards an African Climate Justice Agenda by Aby L. Sène.  
FIRST DRAFT
‘I Want My Writing to Sound on Paper How It Sounds in My Head and Heart’ by Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein
ART
⎈ Cover Illustration: ‘Women are Different, 2024’, by Diana Ejaita ⎈ Issue Design: Wale Lawal and Dami Mojid ⎈ Illustrators: Dami Mojid, Kevwe Ogini and Charles Owen.
Forthcoming
In our next issue, The Republic will critically discuss Neo-colonialism in Africa