This essay honours two polyglot Nigerian intellectuals—Harvard University’s Abiola Irele and Oxford University’s Raufu Mustapha—who died abroad a month apart from each other in July and August 2017 respectively.
As early as 1808, Francois Marie Charles Fourier, a strange and brilliant utopian socialist and philosopher, preached that the development of any civilization d... Read More...
Sino-African relations have waxed stronger in recent years, developing from political engagement in the 1960s to trade, economic relations, and technological ex... Read More...
The Nigerian Civil War (also known as the Biafran War), from 1967 to 1970, was a complex conflict that still has a tight hold on politics and society in Nigeria... Read More...
As we settle into the second half of 2017, The Republic is pleased to announce the first instalment of our annual August Reading. Every year, our August Reading... Read More...
On the 17th of March 2017, the Nobel prize-winning poet and playwright, Derek Walcott, passed away on his native island of St. Lucia. He was 87. I fir... Read More...