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WEEK 17: DECOLONISING NIGERIA – CAN WE BUILD A TRULY AFRICAN NATION?

Circle, Week 17 is up: Decolonising Nigeria – Can We Build a Truly African Nation? A few questions…
Speculative Repair: A Framework for Reimagining Nations

A Global Editorial Review The Question We Must Ask Every society carries wounds. Some are visible—crumbling infrastructure, empty…
THE SPECULATIVE REPAIR CIRCLE

The Abacha years were not just a dictatorship. They were a system designed to make resistance impossible. And…
WEEK 12: THE STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM – WHEN THE IMF CAME CALLING

By 1985, Nigeria faced economic collapse after an oil boom, leading to General Buhari’s ousting by General Babangida,…
Speculative Repair – WEEK 11: THE 1979 CONSTITUTION – THE PROMISE THAT LIED

After Nigeria’s civil war, military rule persisted under General Gowon until his 1975 coup. General Mohammed’s 1979 constitution…
The Ghost in Our Breadline: Why the 1967 War is Every Nigerian’s Problem

In “The City He Never Returned To,” the author reflects on their parents’ escape from the Nigerian Civil…
WEEK 10: THE BIAFRAN WAR

– THE PREVENTABLE CATASTROPHE THE FACTS (What Actually Happened) THE ROAD TO WAR (1960–1966) Nigeria began its independence…
SPECULATIVE REPAIR – WEEK 9: THE CREATION OF STATES

Nigeria’s transition from three regions to 36 states has fostered a dependency culture on federal handouts, undermining true…
SPECULATIVE REPAIR – WEEK 7: THE JULY 1966 COUNTER‑COUP & THE POGROMS

Subtitle: How a Failed Repair Became a Massacre 🔥TRENDING TOPIC HOOK: The January 1966 coup was a failed…
Can Fiction Address Historical Violence?

Can fiction address historical violence without softening truth? This essay considers memory, ethics, witness, and repair in literary…