Culture & Society
‘A Novel Is an Endurance Sport’ Zainab Omaki’s First Draft
Writer, PhD Candidate and author of ‘Who’s Writing Who? Literary Cultural Appropriation and Ethnicity in Nigeria’, Zainab Omaki, thinks it is difficult to disagree with fiction. Read our interview. Read More...
What Is Going On in Burkina Faso? What to Know About the Eight Men Trapped in a Zinc Mine.
On 16 April, eight miners went missing after heavy rains caused flash floods at Trevali Mining Corporation’s Perkoa Mine, Burkina Faso. Read more Read More...
‘African Countries Need to Speak With One Voice’ Tabitha Mwangi’s First Draft
Lecturer and author of ‘Kremlin’s Renewed Interest: Russia’s Emerging Threat to Elections in Africa’, Tabitha Mwangi, is sceptical about foreign interest in Africa. Read our interview. Read More...
‘What is the Story Here?’ Aiwanose Odafen’s First Draft
Author of ‘Tomorrow I Become A Woman’, Aiwanose Odafen, left an accounting background to fully pursue writing. Read our interview. Read More...
The Reality of Press Freedom in Nigeria What Are Journalists Saying?
While media crackdowns have become more visible in recent years, Nigeria’s history speaks to the issue’s persistence. Read more Read More...
‘Sometimes What People Want Is Information, Not News’ Ayodeji Rotinwa’s First Draft
Journalist and editor at African Arguments, Ayodeji Rotinwa, thinks more Africans should be interested getting Africa’s stolen artefacts back from the West. Read our interview. Read More...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, Has ‘Joined His Ancestors’ Aged 83
On 22 April, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, died at the Afe Babalola University, Teaching Hospital in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Read more. Read More...
‘Politics Is Not Moral Charity’ Blessing Simura’s First Draft
Since the Ukraine crisis, writer and author of ‘The Age of Great Power Rivalry’, Blessing Simura, has been thinking a lot about Western diplomacy. Read our interview. Read More...
Scotland Has Agreed to Return 17 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Politicians in Scotland have voted to return 17 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. So far, four Benin Bronzes have been returned to Nigeria by Western institutions. Read more. Read More...
Home, Or Not? Love, Like Jollof Rice, Is Better Homemade
I was in love with a man who felt like home. But what do you do when home no longer feels like it? Where do you run to? Where do you go? Read more. Read More...
