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Open Country Mag is a multiplatform space for African literature. We exist to record literary culture in Africa; to make the deep archives of literary resources, data, and history available for use anywhere, from general reading to academia; and, crucially, to be a ladder for the next generation of African writers, thinkers, literary journalists, and curators, to provide necessary tools in..
Open Country Mag
3w ago
The Idembeka Creative Writing Workshop was established in 2022 by the Nigerian writers Frances Ogamba and Kasimma and the Zambian writer Mubanga Kalimamukwento. Its name is a combination of “ide,” the Igbo word for pillar, and “mbeka,” the Bemba word for star, and so it is meant to be a “pillar of light” for upcoming African writers. […]
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Open Country Mag
3w ago
In his first interview in three years, the Open Country Mag editor opened up on a range of issues in African and global literature, from The New York Times’ exclusion of Africans from its “Best Books of the 21st Century” list to the need for “sustained critical thinking about the state of Nigeria and Africa.”
The post “African writers are just not credited enough as innovators”: Otosirieze Speaks to <em>The Republic</em> appeared first on Open Country Mag ..read more
Open Country Mag
3w ago
Reflections on identity and expression in patriarchal Nigeria.
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Open Country Mag
1M ago
Billed as “a publishing event ten years in the making,” the wildly anticipated book is the story of four women in Nigeria, America, and elsewhere.
The post “A Publishing Event Ten Years in the Making”: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Announces Fourth Novel: <em>Dream Count</em> appeared first on Open Country Mag ..read more
Open Country Mag
1M ago
Staged by the Malawian artist Mirriam Francesca Nkosi, with sponsorship by Africa No Filter, it "focused on preserving, celebrating, and documenting these native plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them."
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Open Country Mag
1M ago
Hosted by the East African activist Name Redacted, with sponsorship by Africa No Filter, "conversations like these provide a counter-narrative to predominant Western narratives of 'coming out.'"
The post The OCM Curatorial Fellowship Presents: <em>One Foot in the Closet</em>, a Podcast for Queer & Beyond-the-Binary Africans appeared first on Open Country Mag ..read more
Open Country Mag
1M ago
20.35 Africa Vol. VII, guest-edited by Kwame Opoku-Duku, is introduced by managing editor Precious Okpechi: "A sense of belonging permeates the poems in this anthology, an acceptance of one’s place in a flawed world."
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Open Country Mag
2M ago
How a young priest from Onitsha, Nigeria, became the highest-ranking African and Black official of the Roman Catholic Church, and a storied icon of modern apostolicism.
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Open Country Mag
2M ago
At 91, the Catholic prelate is the most accomplished living African and Black religious minister, our oldest cover star, and our first outside literature and film.
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Open Country Mag
3M ago
Created by the Nigerian artists Vetum Galadima and Amaka Obioma, with sponsorship by Africa No Filter, it "combines museum technology and art direction to create a perspective for art preservation."
The post The OCM Curatorial Fellowship Presents: <em>Among Us</em>, Scans of Ancient Nok Art for an AR-scape appeared first on Open Country Mag ..read more