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With Difficulty Comes Ease

Not Just Another Woman’s Story

Seyi Lasisi·October 27, 2024
In her film, With Difficulty Comes Ease, Korede Azeez captures, with illuminating patience, the story of Nigerian women. She tells the story of women living under constant scrutiny, where their every action or inaction is subject to critical and often unjust judgment. Read More...
NigeriaOctober/November 2024
Adetshina

Chidimma Adetshina and the Danger of Xenophobia

Adenike Fapohunda·October 27, 2024
The rejection of Chidimma Adetshina by the South African public perhaps reflects a complex post-apartheid conception of Blackness—and more specifically, Black womanhood—that is rigid and unaccommodating to those who differ, whether by ethnicity or nationality. Read More...
NigeriaOctober/November 2024South Africa
Talk shows

Are Indie Creators the Future of Talk Shows in Nigeria?

Gabriella Opara·October 27, 2024
Talk shows in Nigeria have undergone a revolution with the rise of indie creators who have adopted confessional-style videos and personality interviews. Read More...
Best of 2024: EssaysNigeriaOctober/November 2024
Tanzania

The Political Dilemmas of Tanzania’s Music Artists

Karen Chalamilla·October 27, 2024
Owing to stifled freedom of speech coupled with minimal structural support, Tanzanian music artists are finding themselves without any political space beyond praising the ruling government. Read More...
October/November 2024Tanzania
Books

7 Books That Bring Elderly Characters to Life

Ìjàpá O·October 27, 2024
In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven books that bring elderly characters to life. Whether featuring a closeted grandpa in the UK or a sexually liberated seventy-five-year-old Nigerian woman in San Francisco, the books on this list prove that great fiction can centre around elderly characters too! Read More...
October/November 2024Read Something AfricanReading
Books Writers

Writers and the Contemporary Books They Believe Will Become Future Classics

Ijapa O·October 25, 2024
In our past First Draft interviews, we asked leading African writers about the contemporary books they believe will become classics in the future. Here’s what they told us. Read More...
First DraftInterviewsOctober/November 2024
Federalism

How To Wean Nigeria Off The ‘Feeding-Bottle’ Federalism

Doyin Olagunju·October 20, 2024
At the heart of Nigeria’s federalist gambit is the agitation by states for greater control over their local mineral resources. But in a fiscally federal Nigeria, who gets what, when and how? Read More...
NigeriaOctober/November 2024
Ghostroots Pemi Aguda

The True Cost of Female Agency

Edwin Okolo·October 20, 2024
In her debut collection, Ghostroots, ’Pemi Aguda challenges our assumptions about the complexities of female relationships, heightening the outcomes by casting them in, and sometimes against, a city that is both magnificent and macabre. Read More...
Best of 2024: EssaysNigeriaOctober/November 2024Reading
Protest Kenya

Kenya’s Season of Protests

Dennis Mugaa·October 20, 2024
Earlier this year, a new young generation of Kenyans went out to protest a crippling finance bill and a government that is undermining their future. The protests, though met by brutal state violence, have fundamentally shifted the Kenyan political landscape. Read More...
KenyaOctober/November 2024
Gender

Are You Laughing With Us or at Us?

Ugochukwu Damian Okpara·October 19, 2024
When I think of the growing trend of social media skits featuring male comedians who dress up as women, I think especially of the dehumanization of women and everyone who lives outside the rigid ends of the gender spectrum. Should a line be drawn on these performances? Or should we be increasingly unsettled? Read More...
Best of 2024: EssaysNigeriaOctober/November 2024

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Little Republic isn’t just a book, it’s also an ad Little Republic isn’t just a book, it’s also an adventure Each edition comes alive with interactive pages, including fun quizzes and interesting country facts that invites young people to play, learn, and explore Africa beyond the page. From discovering musical traditions to uncovering surprising cultural gems, every moment is designed to spark curiosity and pride. Celebrate Little Republic with us on 6 December from 2pm at the Fela Kuti: Afrobeats Rebellion Exhibition, at the Ecobank Pan African Centre, Lagos. Register to attend at the link in bio. It’s free.
We are delighted to introduce Little Republic, an 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.⁠ ⁠ The first edition, produced in collaboration with the French Embassy in Nigeria (@franceinnigeria), focuses on African Music, blending original writing and illustrations that celebrate music’s role in cultural and intergenerational pride and identity. Through immersive storytelling and vibrant visuals, it invites readers to experience the sounds and stories that have shaped the continent.⁠ ⁠ We’re marking its release with a special launch event at the Fela Kuti: Afrobeat Rebellion Exhibition, at the Ecobank Pan African Centre, Lagos.⁠ ⁠ It promises to be a great hang on 6 December from 2pm. Register to attend at the link in bio, so we can prepare to receive you. It’s free.
Milele Museum, one of the winners of our inaugural Milele Museum, one of the winners of our inaugural Advertising Initiative, is a hybrid cultural institution dedicated to safeguarding and digitizing Africa’s pre-colonial history and knowledge. By reimagining how history and art are taught, Milele Museum is helping build a futuristic Africa, one where heritage is experienced, not just studied. Through interactive art and immersive educational programs, they are actively decolonizing history education across the continent. ⁠ ⁠ Learn more about Milele Museum by clicking the image at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠
The Republic will be at the Ake Arts and Book Fest The Republic will be at the Ake Arts and Book Festival from 20–22 November 2025! Come say hi to some members of our team, celebrate literature and the arts, and explore our magazines, original artwork, tote bags, and more. We can’t wait to see you.
One of the winners of our inaugural Advertising In One of the winners of our inaugural Advertising Initiative, Homenkà is a Nigerian design studio and research collective dedicated to creating and co-creating objects and experiences that carry tradition forward. By blending ancestral knowledge with contemporary design, they explore new ways to sustain culture materially.⁠ ⁠ Learn more about Homenkà by clicking the image at the link in our bio.
Are you passionate about telling Nigeria's most im Are you passionate about telling Nigeria's most important stories? It is your time to shine.⁠ ⁠ Alongside the instructions on slides, we have also put together a database of the kinds of stories we’d love to publish (check it out by clicking this post at the link in our bio). Browse through, choose a story you want to tell, or send us a fresh idea of your own.⁠ ⁠ If this sparks something in you, send a three-paragraph pitch to editors@republic.com.ng with the email title 'On Nigeria'. Tell us your story idea, the title, how you plan to report it, who you’ll interview, where you’ll go, etc. All stories must be original reporting.⁠ ⁠ 💰 We’re paying N200,000–N500,000 for accepted stories.⁠ ⏳ Pitch deadline: 24 Nov 2025⁠ 📝 Story deadline: 11 Jan 2026⁠ ⁠ Please share with anyone you think should be telling Nigeria’s most important stories ⁠ ⁠
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