Culture & Society
God the Master Scientist COVID-19, Pandemics and Reconciling Religious Faith With Science
Accommodationists insist that during crisis moments like the current COVID-19 pandemic, scientists should lead with research and innovation while the believers should pray to God to bestow scientists with the knowledge to produce the needed vaccines. Read more. Read More...
‘I’m Obsessed with Hauntings.’ ’Pemi Aguda’s First Draft
Nigerian author and writer, ’Pemi Aguda writes because the fictional worlds give her some semblance of power. Read our interview. Read More...
‘Dead Body No Dey Do Shakara’ Frank Aig-Imoukhuede, Pidgin Stew & One Literary Bowl of Thoughts
Despite being a language spoken nationwide, Pidgin seems to have gained little attention from both established writers and the new writers who are fronting the Nigerian online literary experience. Read more. Read More...
Africa Will Always Have History Art and Literature in My Sleepless Pursuit of African Pasts
Africa has always had literature. The continent has always had art and history, too. But which future can exist without proper recognition of the past? Read more. Read More...
‘Writing is a Piece of Work.’ Victor Ehikhamenor’s First Draft
Nigerian artist, writer and photographer, Victor Ehikhamenor started reading late but described the feeling as torrential when he began. Read our interview. Read More...
‘Only Science Can Save Mankind’ Coronavirus, the Death of Religion and the Resurrection of Science
Science-centrists, who are convinced of the success of science in modeling the world, view all faith-centric responses to COVID-19 as an antithesis to ‘common-sense approaches’ to public health. Read more. Read More...
‘Historians Value Closure.’ Moses Ochonu’s First Draft
Nigerian historian and author, Moses Ochonu finds the ending of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart disappointing. Read our interview. Read More...
A Pair of Broad Bottoms Saartjie Baartman and the Perpetual Public Spectacle of Blackness
Not even in fiction is Saartjie Baartman spared the reduction to her physical features that attends her life in Europe. Read more. Read More...
Politics of Exposure The Visual Economy of HIV/AIDS in South Africa
When tracking the progression of Mendel’s photo portfolios and imagery, however, there is a shift from representations of suffering, pain, and death of people with HIV/AIDS to those in which he aims to show people in a ‘positive, individualized way’. Read more. Read More...
‘Mistakes Make Our Stories Worth Telling.’ Nnamdi Ehirim’s First Draft
Nigerian author, Nnamdi Ehirim considers imperfection not a challenge to writing, but an underlying feature. Read our interview. Read More...
