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Oreoluwa George-Taylor

‘The Only Bad Writers Are Those Who Never Start.’ Oreoluwa George-Taylor’s First Draft

Oreoluwa George-Taylor·August 20, 2021
When author, Oreoluwa George-Taylor was writing ‘Everything I Desire is for Me’, she wanted a relatable entry point: ‘Most people hate fitting rooms, and most people have tried on something that didn’t fit quite right, so I knew readers would know what I meant.’ Read our interview. Read More...
August/September 2021First DraftInterviews

Dealing with National Health Emergencies in Nigeria COVID-19: Lessons from Polio Eradication

Charles Besidonne·August 19, 2021
Nigeria once accounted for more than half of the polio cases around the world but today, the country is polio-free. Now up against COVID-19, we can look to our experience with polio for lessons. Read more. Read More...
August/September 2021Special Focus: COVID-19

Your Power Ends Where Mine Begins The Redeeming Freedom of Queerness

OluTimehin Kukoyi·August 18, 2021
Personal power provides all human beings with the right to define themselves. It is an act of violence to exert such powers of definition over other people without their consent or participation, argues OluTimehin Kukoyi. Read more. Read More...
August/September 2021

Burnin’ & Lootin’ Respectability, Negative Peace and the Eswatini Protests

Zanta Nkumane·August 17, 2021
When a recent spate of pro-democracy protests spread across Eswatini, the untruth of the country’s peace and stability gained a global audience. Read more. Read More...
August/September 2021

A Climate Emergency What the IPCC’s 2021 Report Means for Africa

Oluwaseun Oguntuase·August 16, 2021
Major climate changes are now inevitable and irreversible the latest UN climate report has warned. What will this mean for Africa? Read more. Read More...
August/September 2021
Edwin Okolo

‘Adolescence Is a Relatively Young Concept.’ Edwin Okolo’s First Draft

Edwin Okolo·August 13, 2021
Writer and author of ‘Iyibo My First’, Edwin Okolo, wishes more people realized the novelty of adolescence: ‘As early as 150 years ago, you were a child, and then became an adult.’ Read our interview. Read More...
August/September 2021Best of 2021First DraftInterviewsNigeria

Reading Muslim Feminism What to Read on Feminism and Islam

Wardah Abbas·August 11, 2021
Muslim feminism is still very much an understudied field—the texts in this reading list set a path for understanding the various forms of feminism amongst Muslim women. Read more. Read More...
August/September 2021Library

Call for Submissions – Vol. 5, No. 4 ‘Head Above Water’: The Life and Legacy of Buchi Emecheta

The Republic·August 9, 2021
Deadline 12 September 2021: The Republic is currently accepting submissions for November 2021-January 2022 issue in which authors will the life and legacy of Buchi Emecheta. Read more. Read More...
August/September 2021

Towards an Islamic Intellectual Premium Nigerian Non-Muslim Political Leaders Need to Understand Islam

Abel B. S. Gaiya·August 9, 2021
Due to Islamic regulations uniquely governing the lives of Muslims even in the public sphere, more non-Muslims need to understand and engage with Islam. Read more. Read More...
August/September 2021
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‘I Think of Each Draft Like a Ladder With Rungs’ Eloghosa Osunde’s First Draft

Eloghosa Osunde·August 6, 2021
When Eloghosa Osunde was working on her debut novel, VAGABONDS!, she learnt that writing it was the easy part: ‘Writing a book changes you. At the idea stage of any work, there are all these plans you have for what you will do with a story.’ Read our interview. Read More...
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Today in 1922, Joseph Ki-Zerbo was born. #RPUBLCHi Today in 1922, Joseph Ki-Zerbo was born. #RPUBLCHistory⏳️⁠ ⁠ On 21 June 1922, Joseph Ki-Zerbo was born in Toma, Upper-Volta (now Burkina Faso). As a historian, politician and writer, Ki-Zerbo is recognized as one of Africa's foremost thinkers.⁠ ⁠ Read more about Burkinabé politics by clicking the image in the link in bio⁠ ____________⁠ 📝: Ibukun Olokode x Ugonna Eronini⁠ 📷: 1)Joseph Ki-Zerbo / Wikimedia Commons.⁠ 2)Joseph Ki-Zerbo / Wiki.⁠ 3)Thomas Sankara at the UN headquarters, New York, 1984. Milton Grant/UN Photo.
Nok and Africa’s Disregard for Prehistory #OnSi Nok and Africa’s Disregard for Prehistory #OnSite⚡⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠Who stole our past, and why did we let them?⁠ ⁠ Nok art, 2,500 years old, locked in glass boxes in Paris. A German university training archaeologists on Nigeria’s Nok Valley, with none of them African. An ancient Ethiopian feminist philosophy rediscovered in Norway, while Addis Ababa looked the other way.⁠ ⁠ In today’s essay, Odafin Odafe Okoh confronts the question at the heart of Africa’s heritage crisis: Why do African leaders continue to treat precolonial history as dispensable? And what happens to a society that allows the world to define its past?⁠ ⁠ It’s a timely, cultural report about imperial theft but more hauntingly, it is about African amnesia, state-sanctioned silence and the quiet burial of our most powerful intellectual legacies.⁠ ⁠ Read the full essay by clicking this image in the link in bio or our IG story.⁠ ⁠ ___________⁠ ⁠ 📝: Odafin Odafe Okoh⁠ 📸: Photo illustration by Ezinne Osueke (@ezinne.o.osueke) / THE REPUBLIC. Source Ref: WIKIMEDIA. Nok Art / African Art Gallery.⁠ 🔍: Ada Nnadi (@horneddaughter), Yusuf Omotayo (@yusufomotayo), Wale Lawal (@wallelawal); Editors.
Today in 1920, Amos Tutuola was born. #RPUBLCHisto Today in 1920, Amos Tutuola was born. #RPUBLCHistory⏳️⁠ ⁠ On 20 June 1920, Amos Tutuola was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria. He was a Nigerian novelist whose works featured rich Yoruba folklore written in nonstandard English. Many of his books featured stories he had heard as a child.⁠ ⁠ Swipe to learn more and read more about Amos Tutuola by clicking the image at the link in our bio.⁠ ____________⁠ 📝: Ibukun Olokode and Ugonna Eronini⁠ 📷: 1) Amos Tutuola. Francoise Huguier/Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center/The University of Texas at Austin. ⁠ 2) Amos Tutuola. Wikimedia Commons.⁠
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What Is the Place of Nollywood in the World? #OnS What Is the Place of Nollywood in the World? #OnSite⚡⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Despite being the world’s second-largest film industry by volume, Nollywood remains startlingly absent from the global spaces where culture is consumed. On a train from Paris to Lille for Series Mania—the largest TV festival in Europe—Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi browses the in-train film catalogue: French, Italian, Indian, American. Nollywood? Not there. Even on the flight over, Nigerian films were buried under ‘World’ then ‘African.’⁠ ⁠ Nollywood has topped Netflix global charts (Aníkúlápó, Shanty Town), attracted streaming giants like Amazon and Netflix, and sent delegations to Europe’s most prestigious festivals. Yet, the industry remains on the margins: overlooked by the Oscars, sidelined by global distributors and perpetually asked to prove its worth.⁠ ⁠ Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi’s essay draws from the Series Mania Forum (where ten Nollywood filmmakers joined Africa’s cultural elite) to ask urgent questions: Why does Hollywood exist in Nigeria but not vice versa? Is the industry being undermined by its obsession with volume over quality? What happens if streamers pull out completely? And why hasn’t Nollywood, despite decades of output, been invited to sit at the table of global cinematic power?⁠ ⁠ With commentary from Kunle Afolayan, Mimidoo Bartel and Blessing Uzzi, this essay is a sharp reflection on race, gatekeeping, cultural capital and the complex politics of distribution.⁠ ⁠ Read the full essay by clicking this image in the link in bio or our IG story.⁠ ⁠ 📌 Check the pinned comment for our question of the day. ___________⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 📝: Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi (@ahmad_adedimeji)⁠ 📸: Photo illustration by Ezinne Osueke (@ezinne.o.osueke) / THE REPUBLIC. Source Ref: UNSPLASH. Nollywood sign / RIPPLES NIGERIA. ⁠ 🔍: Ijapa O (@ijapa_o), Peace Yetunde Onafuye (@yetundeandbooks), Wale Lawal (@wallelawal); Editors.
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