An African Feminist Manifesto

Vol. 8, No. 1

AN AFRICAN FEMINIST MANIFESTO

In This Issue

EDITOR'S FOREWORD

COVER ESSAY

THE MINISTRY OF ART / BOOKS DEPT.

THE MINISTRY OF ART / FILM DEPT.

THE MINISTRY OF ART / PHOTO DEPT.

THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS x THE ECONOMY

THE MINISTRY OF CLIMATE X ENVIRONMENT

THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH

THE MINISTRY OF MEMORIES

THE MINISTRY OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS

THE MINISTRY OF WORLD AFFAIRS

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‘Women are Different,’ by Diana Ejaita

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Editors: Wale Lawal, Yusuf Omotayo, Peace Onafuye and Victoria Audu
Issue Design: Wale Lawal and Dami Mojid
Illustrators: Dami Mojid, Kevwe Ogini and Charles Owen
Funding Partners: The Open Society Foundations Ideas Workshop

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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.

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In our next issue, The Republic will critically discuss Neo-colonialism in Africa⎈

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Vol. 8, No. 1