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Introducing ‘Little Republic’

Tomi Olugbemi·November 25, 2025

We are delighted to introduce ‘Little Republic’, an interactive children’s book series designed to introduce young readers and their families to the richness of Africa’s cultural heritage, mythology and storytelling traditions. Read More...

Dispatch October/November 2025

Call for Submissions: On Nigeria

The Republic·November 17, 2025

The Republic is now accepting pitches for our February–April 2026 issue, in which researchers, storytellers, photographers, journalists, illustrators and writers will critically explore ‘On Nigeria’, a panoramic reflection on the stories, histories, tensions, possibilities and lived realities that define Africa’s most populous country. Read More...

Dispatch October/November 2025

What Naira Decoupling Means for Nigeria’s Economy

Chibuzor Obi·November 9, 2025

For decades, oil has dictated the fate of the naira. When crude prices soared, the currency strengthened; when they collapsed, the naira buckled. This cycle, so familiar to Nigerians, once seemed unbreakable. Yet in 2025, something unusual happened: oil prices fell sharply, but the naira held its ground. What changed? Read More...

Nigeria October/November 2025

How a Flowing Veil Shaped My Identity

Aasiya Abubakar·November 9, 2025

‘The laffaya is elegant, but it is also instructive. It teaches you how to move, how to hold your head high. There is a sensuality in the way it wraps the body, not in the Western sense, but in the quiet power it gives.’ Read More...

Nigeria October/November 2025

Is the Spate of African Coups Affecting the French Economy?

Olayinka Ajala·November 9, 2025

Since 2021, France has witnessed a decline in economic growth. A key question is whether France’s ailing economy has any connection to the recent spate of coups and subsequent loss of key long-term allies in Francophone Africa. Read More...

October/November 2025

African Feminist Futures Beyond the UN Workshop Industrial Complex

Maggie LoWilla·November 9, 2025

Despite the United Nations’ workshop and log-frame fabrication of a particular kind of African woman who can be measured, trained and displayed for prime-time news, African women’s organizing has always exceeded these scripts. This decolonial feminist politics is both the product of 80 years of UN gender politics and its most potent challenger, pointing toward futures where empowerment becomes obsolete because African women already hold power in their own right. Read More...

October/November 2025

Rethinking the United Nations’ Role in Africa’s Development

Ayomide Johnson·November 2, 2025

The United Nations’ celebration of its 80th anniversary provides an opportunity to investigate the institution’s involvement in Africa and analyze an age-old academic question that has made its way into mainstream consciousness: Does the UN prioritize locally defined African needs or external northern interests? Read More...

October/November 2025

From Nigeria With Love

Anjola Olusola·November 2, 2025

‘I don’t recall the exact moment it dawned on me that almost everyone I called a friend had left Nigeria, but the realization was shattering. Having a friend leave you is heartbreaking, having them troop out one after the other, like soldiers off to battle, is decimating.’ Read More...

Nigeria October/November 2025

A Yoruba Woman’s Notes on Language as a Barrier, Bridge and Bedrock

Oyindamola Depo-Oyedokun·November 2, 2025

‘But how disturbing it is that my own language, one filled with so much beauty and melody, would be considered foreign to me. Why did I not think in my language? Why would my default language be one that was imposed by brutal colonialists on my ancestors’ lips?’ Read More...

Nigeria October/November 2025 The Black Atlantic

How African Women Are Fighting Climate Capitalism Today

Dieketseng Nzhadzhaba·October 26, 2025

African women are refusing to remain passive victims or data points in corporate climate monitoring. Instead, they are retooling their embodied knowledge of environmental destruction to build continental intelligence systems that challenge the very foundations of climate capitalism. Read More...

October/November 2025

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