Ololade Faniyi

Sep 29, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Diana Ejaita |Sarah N. Kanu |Ololade Faniyi

I am particularly intrigued by Mama’s description of Nigeria’s totalitarian military and authoritarian democratic structures as populist. Perhaps the most recent example of populist governance was President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, which clearly demonstrates how femocracy maps onto the rhetoric of populist governance.

Jun 28, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Ololade Faniyi

What books or kinds of books did you read growing up? My mom was intentional about raising a child who reads. I was, I think, seven when I got this little book filled with short English stories. She also got me the classical Nigerian texts—The Bottled Leopard, Things Fall Apart, etc. By the time I was ten, I got Richard Wright’s Black Boy as a birthday present, and it rocked my world.

May 19, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Wale Lawal |Ololade Faniyi |Kechi Nomu |Peace Onafuye

Ndidi Dike, Blackhood: A Living Archive, 2024. Installation view, Nigeria Imaginary at the Nigeria Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia. MARCO CAPPELLETI STUDIO / MUSEUM OF WEST AFRICAN ART (MOWAA). Ndidi Dike, Blackhood: A Living Archive, 2024. Installation view, Nigeria Imaginary at the Nigeria Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia. MARCO CAPPELLETI STUDIO / MUSEUM OF WEST AFRICAN ART (MOWAA).

Feb 27, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Wale Lawal |Ololade Faniyi |Kechi Nomu |Peace Onafuye

Lesotho women protesting violence against women at a National Women’s Day protest at National University of Lesotho. September 1993. K. Kendall / FLICKR. Lesotho women protesting violence against women at a National Women’s Day protest at National University of Lesotho. September 1993. K. Kendall / FLICKR. Exactly five years ago, The Republic publicly launched its first print issue, where we focused on race and identity in the modern world.

Feb 27, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Ololade Faniyi

Performance artist, Sethembile Msezane lifts her wings in protest at Cecil Rhodes statue removal, during the #RhodesMustFall Protests. Cape Town, South Africa. May 2015. SETHEMBILE MSEZANE.