The Republic

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Episodes: 16

Xavier
 Dec 6, 2025

Description

The Republic is a narrative podcast series exploring pivotal Nigerian and broader African historical events and figures. In the second season, host Wale Lawal traces the life and legacy of writer and activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa. For much of the 90s, Saro-Wiwa led a non-violent movement against oil pollution in the Niger Delta’s Ogoniland. The Nigerian government, however, responded by arresting and later executing Saro-Wiwa and 8 other activists. How did this incident reshape Nigeria’s trajectory?

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‘We All Stand Before History’
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 Feb 16, 2025
The Execution
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 Feb 09, 2025
The Ogoni 8
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 Feb 02, 2025
The Kangaroo Court
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 Jan 26, 2025
The Ogoni Crisis
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 Jan 18, 2025
The Political Rise of Ken Saro-Wiwa: Part II
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 Jan 11, 2025
The Political Rise of Ken Saro-Wiwa: Part I
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 Dec 29, 2024
Abacha’s Offer
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 Dec 22, 2024
Looking for Ken Saro-Wiwa
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 Oct 10, 2024
June 12: The Rest Is History
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 Nov 26, 2023
June 12: Hope Deferred
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 Nov 18, 2023
June 12: Freest and Fairest of Them All
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 Nov 11, 2023
SDP and NRC: Two Sides of the Same Coin
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 Nov 11, 2023
MKO: The Man Nigeria Waited to See
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 Oct 28, 2023
IBB: The ‘Evil Genius’
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 Oct 22, 2023
Introducing ‘The Republic’
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 Jun 11, 2023