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S2 EP2: The Political Rise of Ken Saro-Wiwa (Part II)
What was it about the Ogoni movement that made it (to borrow from the American writer, Toni Cade Bambara) ‘irresistible’ to Ken Saro-Wiwa? Let’s find out together.
The second part of episode two of the second season of The Republic is now available wherever you listen to podcasts. Read More...
S2 EP2: The Political Rise of Ken Saro-Wiwa (Part I)
What was it about the Ogoni movement that made it (to borrow from the American writer, Toni Cade Bambara) ‘irresistible’ to Ken Saro-Wiwa? Let’s find out together.
The second episode of the second season of The Republic is now available wherever you listen to podcasts. Read More...
S2 EP1: Abacha’s Offer
Why did Ken Saro-Wiwa decline Abacha’s ministerial offer? Let’s find out together.
The first episode of the second season of The Republic is now available wherever you listen to podcasts. Read More...
The Last Guardians of Yoruba Door Carving
Yoruba carvers were once revered for their intricate spiritual and cultural door designs. The few carvers remaining today persevere against a world that increasingly overlooks the value of their art. Read More...
Did Africans Arrive in America Before Christopher Columbus?
The controversial hypothesis that Africans arrived in America before Christopher Columbus further complicates the historical relations between Africans and the Ameri-indigenous. The goal of either people, however, is a point of convergence—to decentre Columbus as an emblem of imperial history. Read More...
Is Nigeria Better Served with Parliamentary Governance?
Could a return to the parliamentary system provide the governance Nigerians yearn for? Read More...
The Quiet Politics of Lebanese Nigerians
The Lebanese in Nigeria form one of the country’s most dynamic diaspora communities, with a fascinating history marked by notable commercial success and subtle political influence. Read More...
Looking for Gaskiya Corporation
On a humid afternoon in May 2023, the photographer Eslah Yusuf and I searched for the building that housed Northern Nigeria’s oldest printing press and publishing house. Read More...
Remembering Kampala
For much of the sixties, Kampala was at the centre of literature in Africa, its status propelled by Makerere University and Rajat Neogy’s Transition Magazine. However, in the seventies, the violence of Idi Amin forced intellectuals and artists to flee the Ugandan capital and led to the end of Kampala’s cultural dominance in Africa. Read More...
Haile Selassie I and Pan-African Diplomacy
Perhaps a latecomer to pan-African ideology, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I was nevertheless unique in his contribution to pan-Africanism. He urged all those working for a united global Africa to consider pan-Africanism as not an end unto itself, but an indispensable means toward a broader horizon of a new humanity free from imperialism and exploitation. Read More...
