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Explainers, analyses, and essays on government policies, and political trends and movements around the continent

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

In Starrgirl, Ayra Starr does not ask you to reconsider Ayra Starr. She assumes you already know who she is and expects you to keep up. The title alone sends listeners a message before they press play. Her first two records were titled around age — 19 & Dangerous introduced a fearless, fast-talking teenager; The […]

Anjola Akinmade

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2 weeks ago

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

The Curious Case of Federal Might In Nigeria’s Elections

Nigerian politics has used the phrase “federal might” loosely, and it can mean different things depending on who says it and why. At a serious level, it means using the army, police, or federal security agencies to intimidate voters, seize or destroy result sheets, or physically prevent an outcome the federal government does not want.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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1 week ago

The Curious Case of Federal Might In Nigeria’s Elections

Nigerian National Parks Were Meant To Save Nature, Now They Shelter Terrorists

Nigeria’s national parks and game reserves were set up by colonial and post-independence governments to protect wildlife and forests. Today, several of them have become safe havens for terrorists, bandits, and kidnap gangs in the country. To understand why, we have to look past the immediate security failures and into a conservation system that has long been starved of money, staff, and proper management before any armed group ever set foot in these forests.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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1 week ago

Nigerian National Parks Were Meant To Save Nature, Now They Shelter Terrorists

The Pan-African Research Centre’s Radical Act of Making Space to Think

On Saturday, June 20th, a small crowd gathered at a converted room inside Padà, the guesthouse-turned-cultural-outpost in Onikan, Lagos, for the opening of A Luta Continua! Aesthetics of Popular Struggle in Nigeria. The free exhibition, organised in partnership with Archives of the Nigerian Left, also included an archiving workshop, a soft book launch and a […]

Anjola Akinmade

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1 week ago

The Pan-African Research Centre’s Radical Act of Making Space to Think
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