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African

African Cooperation in the Age of Anti-Globalization

Abel B. S. Gaiya·May 22, 2025
Unlike nineteenth-century multipolarity where Africa had limited internal interaction and post-colonial bipolarity when South Africa was under apartheid, the present state of multipolarity under anti-globalization may create sufficient pressure and open up a window for Africa’s powers to pursue closer partnerships with each other. Read More...
AfricaApril/May 2025vol9-no2
Trump

Africa’s Opportunity in the Trumpian Age of American Transactionalism

Andréa Ngombet·May 22, 2025
Amid Trump’s disruptive return, Africa isn’t just reacting—it’s recalibrating. The continent has the opportunity to turn Washington’s unpredictability into a strategic advantage. Read More...
AfricaApril/May 2025vol9-no2
Climate

Africa’s Climate Future in a Fragmented Multipolar World

Chido Nyaruwata·May 22, 2025
Africa’s ability to shape its climate future in a multipolar world depends on deepening feminist, decolonial and intersectional approaches to foreign policy, development cooperation and justice. Read More...
AfricaApril/May 2025vol9-no2
Foreign Aid

Africa and the Politics of Foreign Aid

Blessing Simura·May 22, 2025
President Donald Trump’s major changes to the United States’ foreign aid programmes have put Africa in a position where the continent has to question its place in a multipolar world order and strive for its own growth. Read More...
AfricaApril/May 2025vol9-no2
Lagos Avenue

Lagos Avenue

Manasseh Azure Awuni·May 22, 2025
‘I had heard that police had raided Lagos Avenue. If that good Samaritan hadn’t come my way, I probably might have been paraded in front of the cameras and made it to the front pages of the tabloids that screamed: POLICE ARREST 54 ASHAWO GIRLS AT LAGOS AVENUE.’ Read More...
April/May 2025Fictionvol9-no2
Conversation in transit

Conversation in Transit

E. C. Osondu·May 22, 2025
‘When I boarded the Uber, my driver immediately identified me as African—specifically Nigerian. “You know, we know ourselves. We can tell when we see each other that we are from the same Africa,” he said.’ Read More...
April/May 2025Fictionvol9-no2
Sokari Douglas Camp

The Artist Who Terrified the Nigerian State

Wale Lawal·May 22, 2025
In 2015, when a steel bus Sokari Douglas Camp built to honour Ken Saro-Wiwa arrived in Nigeria, she didn’t expect the Nigerian state to arrest it. Ten years on with the bus still detained, the fearless sculptor reveals how one artwork shook the government and why memory, once forged in metal, can never be silenced. Read More...
April/May 2025Interviewsvol9-no2
AfCFTA

The Economic Uncertainties of the AfCFTA Amidst Regional Conflict

Eberechukwu Ezike·May 22, 2025
The AfCFTA’s potential to transform intra-African trade risks being undermined by the volatility created by instability in the Sahel and Great Lakes regions. Read More...
AfricaApril/May 2025vol9-no2
China

Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Africa a Development Catalyst or Debt Trap?

Magalie Masamba·May 22, 2025
As China’s Belt and Road Initiative is reshaping Africa’s economic landscape, opportunities in infrastructure development clash against rising debt, raising questions of sovereignty and long-term sustainability. Read More...
AfricaApril/May 2025vol9-no2
Climate

The Gendered Blindspots of Climate Policies

Imad Musa·May 22, 2025
Gender alone does not determine climate vulnerability, and an intersectional approach that accounts for class, economic status and sociocultural norms must be brought into climate policies to move beyond representation towards meaningful empowerment. Read More...
AfricaApril/May 2025vol9-no2

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Today in 1993, Nigerians voted in what is widely c Today in 1993, Nigerians voted in what is widely considered the freest and fairest election in the country’s history. #RPUBLCHistory⏳️⁠ ⁠ Chief Moshood Abiola was on track to be declared the winner before military head of state Ibrahim Babangida annulled the results. The event derailed a democratic transition, but also marked the beginning of the end for Nigeria’s socialist left.⁠ ⁠ In ‘The Shadow of June 12’, Baba Aye examines why the left, once central to Nigeria’s pro-democracy struggle, lost its footing in the aftermath June 12. The left had helped drive the resistance to military rule.⁠ ⁠ Organizations like the Campaign for Democracy, and other socialist groups organized protests, built coalitions, and set the ideological tone for a future democratic Nigeria. But when the time came to translate movement into political power, the left fractured.⁠ ⁠ The challenge wasn’t just state repression, but a lack of cohesive political strategy. After the annulment, some on the left backed Abiola. Others saw him as a symbol of capitalist elitism. Some were pulled by ethnic loyalties. The unity that once defined them splintered, and with it, their influence.By 1999’s return to civilian rule, many former leftists had joined the establishment.⁠ ⁠ June 12 haunts Nigeria not just because of what happened, Aye argues, but because of what didn’t.⁠ ⁠ Read more by clicking the image in the link in bio⁠ ___________⁠ 📝: Baba Aye⁠ 📷: Moshood Abiola at a press conference. 27 August 1993. Eddie Mulholland / IMS Vintage Photos.⁠
The Fading Pride of Ikoyi Cemetery #OnSite⚡⁠ ⁠ ⁠ After many years of poor maintenance, Ikoyi Cemetery now lies in quiet decay. It has transitioned into a fading archive of legacy and societal pride. Cemeteries like Ikoyi and Ajele reflected who a society chose to remember, and how remembrance shaped the civic and cultural life of Lagos. ⁠ ⁠ In the race to modernize, Lagos risks losing the values embedded in how it once honoured its past. To walk through Ikoyi Cemetery today is to witness the slow fading of collective memory—and with it, the pride of a city that once took remembrance seriously.⁠ ⁠ Today’s essay is a visual presentation by Kelechi Anabaraonye that illustrates the declining state of this final resting place and the contributing factors, like the modernization of Lagos, plaguing the space.⁠ ⁠ Read the full essay by clicking this image in the link in bio or our IG story.⁠ ⁠ ___________⁠ ⁠ 📝: Kelechi Anabaraonye (@jessekujagbor)⁠ 📸: Cover Photo Illustration by Dami Mojid (@dami_mojid) / THE REPUBLIC. Photography by Kelechi Anabaraonye.⁠ 🔍: Chinonye Otuonye, Yusuf Omotayo (@yusufomotayo), Wale Lawal (@wallelawal); Editors.
Today in 1932, South African playwright, Athol Fug Today in 1932, South African playwright, Athol Fugard, was born. #RPUBLHistory⏳️⁠ ⁠ On 11 June 1932, Harold Athol Fugard, South African actor, novelist and playwright of anti-apartheid works such as ‘Sizwe Bansi is Dead’, was born. He was born in Middleburg, South Africa to an Irish father and an Afrikaner mother.⁠ ⁠ Read more about South African politics by clicking the image in the link in bio. ⁠ ____________⁠ 📝: Mira-belle Ajayi⁠ 📷️: 1) Athol Fugard. IMDB⁠ 2)Athol Fugard in discussion at the University of California, 1991. Flexible Fotography/Flickr. ⁠ 3) Actors at a dress rehearsal for Blood Knot, Monomoy Theatre, Massachusetts, August 2014. Elliot Dodd/Sarah Sierszyn/Flickr. ⁠
The Timeless Solutions of the Gadaa System #OnSite The Timeless Solutions of the Gadaa System #OnSite⚡⁠ ⁠ As African states face a crisis of public trust in their democracies, academics and policymakers look to indigenous governance models as a substitute for the current system. One such substitute is the Oromo people’s Gadaa system. ⁠ ⁠ With its deep roots in communal involvement, consensus and responsibility, this long-standing system questions whether democracy is indeed a foreign institution on the African continent or whether justice and participatory democracy have long been part of the continent’s cultural and political fabric.⁠ ⁠ Author, Nicholas Kimble explores this ancient system of conflict resolution and how it measures up against Western democracy in Africa.⁠ ⁠ Read the full essay by clicking this image in the link in bio or our IG story.⁠ ⁠ ___________⁠ ⁠ 📝: Nicholas Kimble⁠ 📸: Illustration by Sheed Sorple Cecil / THE REPUBLIC.⁠ 🔍: Yusuf Omotayo (@yusufomotayo), Wale Lawal (@wallelawal); Editors.
Limited Edition Print Alert!🚨 This vibrant il Limited Edition Print Alert!🚨 This vibrant illustration by Shalom Ojo captures the electric energy of live theatre, referencing Wole Soyinka’s ‘Canticles of a Pyre Foretold’, staged at the Soyinka Theatre, University of Ibadan in 2024. Featured in our V9 N1 print issue, ‘Demas Nwoko’s Natural Synthesis’ and paired with the essay, ‘Towards a True Nigerian Theatre’ by Ijapa O, this artwork is a confluence of Nigeria’s enduring creativity and visual storytelling. Order now via the link on our IG story or click this reel via the link in our bio.
Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan and the Fragility of Gende Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan and the Fragility of Gendered Power in Africa #OnSite⚡⁠ ⁠ ⁠ After accusing Nigeria’s senate president of sexual harassment, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended for six months. Her case reveals a brutal truth about African politics: representation doesn’t always mean protection. African women in politics who speak out are often punished more harshly than the men they accuse.⁠ ⁠ Nigeria, despite signing global treaties and passing anti-violence laws, still protects its powerful more than its victims. Even women with status like Akpoti-Uduaghan are reminded just how precarious their power is. ⁠ ⁠ As feminist voices grow louder across the continent, the question becomes impossible to ignore:⁠ ⁠ If even a senator isn't safe when she speaks out, what does safety look like for the rest of us?⁠ ⁠ Read their perspective on the war between gender and African politics by clicking this image in the link in bio or our IG story.⁠ ⁠ ___________⁠ ⁠ 📝: Olajumoke Ayandele and Chioma Okafor⁠ 📸: Photo Illustration by Dami Mojid (@dami_mojid) / THE REPUBLIC. Source Ref: NATASHA AKPOTI / IG.⁠ 🔍: Ololade Faniyi (@lolamargaret_), Peace Yetunde Onafuye (@yetundeandbooks), Wale Lawal (@wallelawal); Editors.
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