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The Development Zone That Never Was?

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Race and Identity in the Modern World
IN THIS ISSUE
⎈ National Belonging and Social Integration: Race and Migration in Mozambique by Nafeesah Allen; ⎈ Uncovering Edinburgh: Rethinking Empire and Race in Scotland by Henry Dee; ⎈ The Power of Social Media: Nigeria's Changing Feminist Movement by Cynthia Igodo; ⎈ Racism or Classism? Africa's Hidden Race Problem by Moses Ochonu; and much more. Read the entire issue.  
Nigeria

The Development Zone That Never Was?

June/July 2025Nigeria
Grief’s First Kiss is an Avalanche

​​​​​Grief Is the Hiding Place of Love

June/July 2025NigeriaReading
Detty December

Who Benefits From Nigeria’s Detty December?

June/July 2025Nigeria
Nigeria

The Development Zone That Never Was?

Gerhard Seibert·
June/July 2025Nigeria
·July 6, 2025
Grief’s First Kiss is an Avalanche

​​​​​Grief Is the Hiding Place of Love

Iruoma Chukwuemeka·
June/July 2025NigeriaReading
·July 6, 2025
Detty December

Who Benefits From Nigeria’s Detty December?

Jola Sonowo·
June/July 2025Nigeria
·July 6, 2025
Nigeria

The Development Zone That Never Was?

June/July 2025Nigeria
Grief’s First Kiss is an Avalanche

​​​​​Grief Is the Hiding Place of Love

June/July 2025NigeriaReading
Detty December

Who Benefits From Nigeria’s Detty December?

June/July 2025Nigeria
Security

Restrategizing Northern Nigerian Security Beyond Border Fences

June/July 2025Nigeria
Togo

Togo’s Fifth Republic Is Here—But at What Cost?

June/July 2025Togo
Ama Diaka

‘Read With Curiosity, Not Conclusion’ Ama Asantewa Diaka’s First Draft

First DraftGhanaInterviewsJune/July 2025
Nigeria

The Development Zone That Never Was?

Gerhard Seibert·
June/July 2025Nigeria
·July 6, 2025
Grief’s First Kiss is an Avalanche

​​​​​Grief Is the Hiding Place of Love

Iruoma Chukwuemeka·
June/July 2025NigeriaReading
·July 6, 2025
Detty December

Who Benefits From Nigeria’s Detty December?

Jola Sonowo·
June/July 2025Nigeria
·July 6, 2025

Economic Issues

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A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

Oluwaseun Oguntuase·
October/November 2020Special Focus: COVID-19vol5-no1
·October 16, 2020
Nigeria

Nigeria’s Unfinished Quest for Economic Independence

Osione Oseni-Elamah·
August/September 2024Best of 2024: EssaysNigeria
·September 29, 2024
Paul Kagame at an African Union summit

Pan-Africanism in Foreign Policy African Organizations as Pan-African Agents in the ‘New Scramble’

Chinweizu Okeke·
February/March 2021
·March 8, 2021
This photo is for our piece on If You No Get Money, Hide Your Face

If You No Get Money, Hide Your Face The Toxic Underbelly of Nigeria’s Employment System

Jerry Chiemeke·
October/November 2019
·November 16, 2019
African Continental Free Trade Area

A Fading Dream of Pan-Africanism? Addressing the Impasse around the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement

Prince Fater Audu·
AfricaAugust/September 2023vol7-no3
·September 1, 2023
Tinubu’s Fight or Flight Economy

TINUBU’S FIGHT OR FLIGHT ECONOMY

Busayo Akinmoju·
June/July 2024Nigeria
·July 7, 2024
Dangote

A Clash of Titans

Nmesoma Ekeugo·
NigeriaOctober/November 2024
·November 3, 2024
This is the feature image for our piece on the Internet in Nigeria

Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye Ajari·
vol3-no3
·September 6, 2019

The Enduring Malformation of West Africa Why Economics Alone Cannot Explain West Africa’s Slow Development

Abel B. S. Gaiya·
Best of 2023: EssaysFebruary/March 2023Nigeriavol7-no1
·February 9, 2023
 

Global Issues

Nigeria

Of Borders and Economy Can Nigeria’s Next President Chart a New Africa Foreign Economic Policy?

Abel B. S. Gaiya·
April/May 2023Nigeriavol7-no2
·May 22, 2023
Nigeria's Silent Enemy

The Resurgence of Ansaru Nigeria’s Silent Enemy

Abdullahi Murtala·
April/May 2020
·May 18, 2020
Fact-checking

The Politicization of Fact-Checking

Chioma Iruke·
AfricaFebruary/March 2025
·February 16, 2025

Black Boundaries The Multiple Borderings of African Lives

Lennon Chido Mhishi·
June/July 2017
·October 14, 2017
presidency

What’s Happening in Mali?

Tomisin Awosika·
January 2022MaliNews
·January 17, 2022
Ruto

Is President William Ruto Facing a Global Publicity Crisis?

Winnie Rugutt and Fridah Njoki·
April/May 2025Kenya
·May 11, 2025

Scotland Has Agreed to Return 17 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Tomisin Awosika·
April/May 2022NewsNigeria
·April 19, 2022
Foreign Aid

Africa and the Politics of Foreign Aid

Blessing Simura·
AfricaApril/May 2025vol9-no2
·May 22, 2025
African Union

The Three Horsemen of the African Union Can the AU Chart a New Path after 60 years?

Otobong Inieke·
AfricaOctober/November 2023
·October 20, 2023
 

Historical Issues

Books

10 Books That Shaped Black History Over the Last Century

Kai Mora·
AfricaFebruary/March 2025Read Something AfricanReading
·February 16, 2025

Amos Tutuola’s Unwonted Predicament A Writer's Many Controversies

Sanya Osha·
August/September 2019Library
·August 30, 2019

‘A Symbol of Hope’ 120 Years After It Was Stolen, Germany Is Returning Ngonnso’ to Cameroon

Tomisin Awosika·
Best of 2022CameroonJune/July 2022News
·July 5, 2022
 

Political Issues

Algeria

Algeria’s Golden Opportunity

Lotfi Sour·
AlgeriaApril/May 2025vol9-no2
·May 22, 2025

French Connections Did Senegal's Macky Sall Fund France's Marine Le Pen?

Hillary Essien·
February/March 2023NewsSenegal
·March 12, 2023

‘I Don’t Think in Yoruba’ Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Enduring Politics of Local Languages

Tito Kolawole·
April/May 2023Nigeria
·May 2, 2023

Burnin’ & Lootin’ Respectability, Negative Peace and the Eswatini Protests

Zanta Nkumane·
August/September 2021
·August 17, 2021

What is a ‘Consensus Candidate’?

The Republic·
December 2022Elections 101Nigeria
·December 15, 2022
Governor

Have Nigerian Governors Lost Their Powers?

Afolabi Adekaiyaoja and Peter Yohanna·
June/July 2025Nigeria
·June 1, 2025
electoral

Why Is Everyone Talking About the 2021 Electoral Amendment Act? RxNews 20 December 2021

Chiamaka Dike·
December 2021NewsNigeria
·December 20, 2021

After Zimbabwe’s Diet Coup A New Dawn for Zimbabweans?

Itai Michael Preston Choto·
December 17/January 18Zimbabwe
·December 21, 2017
Tinubu

The End of the Kingmaker? Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Pyrrhic Victory

Yusuf Omotayo·
February/March 2023NigeriaNigeria Decides 2023: Essays
·March 2, 2023
 

Social Issues

Books

7 Books to Read Before Leaving University

Peace Yetunde Onafuye·
April/May 2024Read Something AfricanReading
·May 19, 2024
Noo Saro-Wiwa

‘There Is a Battle Between Relaying Stories Thematically Versus Chronologically’ Noo Saro-Wiwa’s First Draft

Noo Saro-Wiwa·
April/May 2024First DraftInterviewsNigeriavol8-no2
·May 19, 2024
Kumi

The Interior and Emotional Connections of African Poetry

Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto·
NigeriaOctober/November 2024Reading
·November 17, 2024
African Philosophy

African Philosophy Cannot Be a Thing

Idowu Odeyemi·
AfricaApril/May 2024
·April 14, 2024
Best Books

Our Favourite Books of 2023

Peace Yetunde Onafuye·
AfricaDecember 23/January 24Read Something AfricanReading
·December 24, 2023
Black Music

Sampling and the ‘New Fela’ Complex Is the Ethical Preservation of Black Music Possible?

Zainab Kuku·
April/May 2023Nigeria
·May 16, 2023

The Nigeria Imaginary Cover Art Contest Winner

The Republic·
April/May 2024Dispatch
·May 3, 2024
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Looking for Solace Queerness, Colonialism, and the Power of Trust in Accra, Ghana

Muzz Muhammad·
FieldworkGhanaOctober/November 2019
·October 18, 2019

The Bittersweet Aftertaste of Victory When University Campaigns to Repatriate Stolen Art Take a Toll

Ore Ogunbiyi·
December 22/January 23NigeriaUnited Kingdomvol6-no3
·December 8, 2022

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Iruoma Chukwuemeka’s review of ‘Grief’s First Kiss is an Avalanche’ presents Wendy Okeke’s debut poetry collection as a poignant meditation on love and loss. She situates Okeke within a tradition of Nigerian writers who confront deeply personal themes, noting how the poet gives grief a universal resonance.⁠
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Through 16 poems, Okeke explores different forms of loss, from the death of a father to fractured friendships and heartbreak. Chukwuemeka highlights pieces like ‘A Toast to a Man Who Always Lifted My Spirit’ and ‘Grief is My Favourite Colour’ for their vivid portrayal of sorrow. ⁠
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But the collection is not only about pain. Chukwuemeka notes that poems like ‘Yellow For My Warmth’ and ‘Bloom’ celebrate sensuality, and female agency.⁠
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📷: Illustration by Shalom Shoyemi / THE REPUBLIC.⁠
🔍: Ìjàpá O (@Ijapa O), Peace Yetunde Onafuye (@yetundeandbooks); Editors.
Today in 2003, an eight-day general strike over fu Today in 2003, an eight-day general strike over fuel subsidy in Nigeria ended. #RPUBLCHistory⌛⁠
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On 8 July 2003, a general strike by Nigerian trade unions in protest of a hike in the cost of fuel was called off. The strike started after President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration announced a reduction of subsidy on fuel and pump price jumped from 26 naira to 40 naira per litre.⁠
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📝: Adams Adeosun and Ugonna Eronini⁠
📷: 1)Occupy Nigeria protest, Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, 2012. TemiKOGBE/Flickr. ⁠
2)Fuel Subsidy is Gone? KOLAWOLE OREOLUWA / WIKIPEDIA.⁠
Will fencing Nigeria's borders address its insecur Will fencing Nigeria's borders address its insecurity crisis? #RPUBLCNews📡⁠
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Nigeria's low ranking in the 2025 global terrorism index creates an urgency to establish effective counterterrorism measures.⁠
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In June, the nation's chief of defence staff, General Christopher Musa, suggested the creation of fences along Nigeria's borders.⁠
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We talked to Prof. Michael Uguweze, an associate professor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who discussed the impact of this suggestion on Nigeria's counterterrorism strategy.⁠
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🔍: Dami Mojid (@dami_mojid), Peace Yetunde Onafuye (@yetundeandbooks), Yusuf Omotayo (@yusufomotayo), Tomi Olugbemi (@bytomilade); Editors.⁠
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The Development Zone That Never Was? #OnSite⚡️ The Development Zone That Never Was? #OnSite⚡️⁠
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Nearly 25 years ago, Nigeria and São Tomé and Príncipe launched a bold experiment: the Joint Development Zone (JDZ), a shared offshore oil venture that promised to transform São Tomé’s economy. At the time, hopes were sky-high with predictions that the tiny island nation's GDP would soar.⁠
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But as Gerhard Seibert reveals in our latest essay, that dream never quite materialized. Instead, the JDZ turned into a ‘white elephant’. From the start, the project was plagued by irregularities and a lack of transparency. Major oil companies showed interest, drilled wells, and exited after finding no commercially viable reserves.⁠
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Seibert underscores how heavily São Tomé had pinned its hopes on the JDZ to nation-building and poverty alleviation. Now, as the country approaches 50 years of independence on 12 July 2025 , the JDZ stands as a cautionary tale. It’s a stark reminder that not every oil dream leads to riches.⁠
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Read the full essay at the link in bio⁠
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📝: Gerhard Seibert⁠
📷: Photo illustration by Dami Mojid (@dami_mojid) / THE REPUBLIC.⁠
🔍: Yusuf Omotayo (@yusufomotayo), Peace Yetunde Onafuye (@yetundeandbooks), Wale Lawal (@wallelawal); Editors. ⁠
Today in 1998, MKO Abiola died at the age of 60. # Today in 1998, MKO Abiola died at the age of 60. #RPBULCHistory⌛⁠
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On 7 July 1998, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, also called MKO Abiola, died under controversial circumstances.⁠
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Learn more about MKO Abiola in Season 1, Episode 2 of our podcast. Listen now by clicking the image in the link in bio⁠
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📷: 1) Moshood Abiola with H.E. Pankratiy, Metropolitan of Stara Zagora and head of the Department for Ecumenical relations of the Bulgarian Orthodox church. Wikimedia Commons.⁠
2)Portrait of M. K. O. Abiola from his 1993 Presidential campaign. Wikimedia Commons.⁠
3)MKO Abiola Park, Ojota, Lagos, 5 February 2022. Wikimedia Commons.
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