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Now, he and his GOP enablers are peddling the Second Big Lie: that January 6 was just legitimate protest. It’s the crucial ingredient in convincing America to return them—and him—to power. I felt as though I had stumbled across a crime scene so violent that I couldn’t process it, let alone synthesize the images in …
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One of the projects on which I am working is a history of the law of slavery in practice. You may think that you know the broad outlines of the story of slavery – at least in respect of the Atlantic slave trade. But this short video – for which both script and animation are …
The issuing of an arrest warrant by U.S. officials for a prominent Nigerian policeman has exposed a corruption scandal in Nigeria that is being met with mixed reactions. Instagram influencer and cyber criminal Ramon Abbas, better known as "Hushpuppi," poses in a photo posted to his Instagram page on July 1, 2019. hushpuppi/Instagram The charismatic head …
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A Nigerian soldier looks on during a military patrol in a pro-Biafra zone in the southeastern city of Aba. Cristina Aldehuela/AFP/Getty Images The resurgence of separatism in Nigeria—a consequence of the federal government’s failure to provide security in the face of multiple threats—is stirring memories of the country’s deadly civil war. Who are the main separatist …
Two books bring much-needed African viewpoints to the country’s colonial history Colonial administrators in Lagos with messengers from the interior, c1910 © Hulton Archive/Getty Images A definitive account of the big bang that brought their country into being has long eluded Nigerian historians. Although attempts were made in the 1970s, notably led by Obaro Ikime, …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 