Kanayo Ndubuaku

10/04/2025

The extractive economic model left behind by colonialism still affects the way modern corporations approach business in Africa.

For more than half a century, the Niger Delta region, a wetland which lines the Gulf of Guinea,has been home to numerous oil extraction from multinational foreign oil companies.

The article looks at the impact of environmental pollution and contamination while capturing efforts towards the remediation and restoration of the environment.

https://kanayo.substack.com/p/colonialism-and-the-pattern-of-resource?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5jr9y&triedRedirect=true

08/01/2025

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have experienced coups since 2020 which have suspended democratic rule and brought military authorities to power.

Threats to democracy are widespread today not because of civil wars, coups, or military aggression alone but because leaders with autocratic tendencies leverage democratic institutions—legislatures, media, elected officials, and the courts—to consolidate executive power.

Read how the civil society in Nigeria is combating democratic erosion and advocating reforms.

Combating democratic erosion and advocating reforms.

08/01/2025

From Ibadan, Abuja to Okija in Anambra State, an estimated number of 70 people have died in a stampede as they jostled to collect bags of rice for the Christmas celebration.

The article looks at what is causing acute hunger and food shortages and what can be done.

Combating food shortage requires behavioural change, collective responsibility and public awareness.

25/12/2024

Although climate change poses one of the greatest threats to the planet and the future of youths, young leaders are demonstrating the power of innovation and determination in addressing this global challenge.

Read how young people are leading the way forward with solutions

Building and maintaining agency, optimism, and resilience in the face of a polycrises.

08/10/2024

Overtime, Hip-hop has provided a platform for addressing social issues as musicians have often engaged in social commentary through their music.

These artists go as far as infusing creative devices, indigenous lingos, and slang to appeal to the cultural sensibilities of their homegrown fanbase.

I wrote about the hip-hop culture and social change in Nigeria.

https://kanayo.substack.com/p/hip-hop-addressing-social-issues

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30/09/2024

In the late nineteenth century, Pan-Africanism as an ideology was born in response to the economic exploitation of the African continent by European colonization.

https://kanayo.substack.com/p/pan-africanism-and-a-strong-united

18/05/2023

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In an attempt to address fraud and malpractice, Nigeria introduced the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and the INEC Result Viewing Portal, which veri...

28/04/2023

Renewable energy is helping rural communities access reliable, lower-cost energy.