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The President’s Lau Lau Spending

Yusuf Omotayo·September 29, 2024

Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came into office, his economic policies have worsened the cost and standard of living of Nigerians. While the president’s rhetoric suggests he understands the sacrifices Nigerians are making, his lifestyle and the excesses of those around him, suggest otherwise. Read More...

August/September 2024 Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria

How October 1 Became a National Treasure

Yinka Adetu·September 29, 2024

Ten years since its release, Kunle Afolayan’s October 1 remains a brilliant cinematic exercise at using Nigeria’s independence story to investigate deeper, systemic issues rooted in our country’s colonial experience. Read More...

August/September 2024 Nigeria

7 Books to Help You Understand Nigeria Today as the Country Turns 64

Peace Yetunde Onafuye and Ìjàpá O·September 29, 2024

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of books that will help you understand Nigeria today as the country turns 64. From Chinua Achebe’s timeless critique of leadership failures to Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s nuanced exploration of modern Nigerian life, these books provide insightful perspectives on Nigeria’s past, present, and future. Read More...

August/September 2024 Read Something African Reading

7 Nigerian Writers and the Topics They Like Reading About

Ijapa O·September 27, 2024

In our past First Draft interviews, we asked Nigerian writers such as ’Pemi Aguda, Wardah Abbas, and Dami Ajayi about the topics they like reading about. Here’s what they told us. Read More...

August/September 2024 First Draft Interviews Reading

The Republic Has Received Funding From the Open Society Foundations

The Republic·September 27, 2024

The Republic is proud to announce that we’ve received $200,000 in grant funding from the Open Society Foundations (OSF)! Read More...

August/September 2024 Dispatch

Nigeria Needs a New Progressive Movement

Abel B. S. Gaiya·September 22, 2024

Nigeria needs a new progressive movement; one that is not domain-constrained and disuniting like the Izala Society and Christian Social Movement of Nigeria, not extremist and exclusionary like Boko Haram, not tactically constrained like SERAP, not discrete like the End Bad Governance protest movement, not ideologically constrained like the Obidient movement, and not diachronically and synchronically constrained like Nkrumahism. Read More...

August/September 2024 Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria

Listening to Five Years of Burna Boy’s ‘African Giant’

Fortune Akande·September 22, 2024

Five years after its release, Burna Boy’s fourth studio album, African Giant, continues to resonate with listeners. Has it earned its place as a modern classic? Read More...

August/September 2024 Nigeria

The Artist Archiving Igbo Life and Spirituality through Indigenous Aesthetics

Iruoma Chukwuemeka·September 22, 2024

How Chiagoziem Nneamaka Orji is making Igbo culture and spirituality more accessible through digital art. Read More...

August/September 2024 Nigeria

7 Wole Soyinka Plays That Feel Like They Were Written Today

Ìjàpá O·September 22, 2024

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven Wole Soyinka plays that feel as though they were written today. Whether first performed in 1960 or focused on specific issues like war or military dictatorship, the plays on this list feel eerily relevant to our present time and circumstances. Read More...

August/September 2024 Read Something African Reading

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Oluwafemi Fadahunsi·September 20, 2024

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