OPEN COUNTRY MAG @OpenCountryMag
Essential, in-depth stories contextualizing African literature, Nigerian film, and culture. Publisher of @folionigeria. Founder: @otosirieze. opencountrymag.com [email protected] Joined May 2020-
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Booker Prize (@TheBookerPrizes) winner Ben Okri (@benokri), author of “The Famished Road,” and Ghanaian rapper Delasi (@Delasimusic), with the EP “The Audacity of Free Thought,” in a deep, rare reflection on storytelling, art forms, and their quests for origins. opencountrymag.com/a-richness-of-…
Director, producer, and screenplay writer Ebuka Njoku and producer Lorenzo Menakaya (@LorenzoMenakaya) on their professional journeys and the making of their Netflix No. 1 hit. opencountrymag.com/how-yahoo-plus…
As a salesman of youth power, Africa’s most influential millennial curator (@Chude) reinvented himself from new media maven to political power player, and, now, a wellness advocate. Each iteration transformed culture. One left him scarred. opencountrymag.com/cover-story-ch…
Whenever he begins a new book, part of Galgut's grapple is to find the story's voice, a mode different from previous books but consistent in conveying his "authentic innermost call." He did not think he had arrived at a point where he could say he had his own voice. You can read “The Methods of Damon Galgut” here: opencountrymag.com/cover-story-th…
Originally planned for December 2021, to mark our first anniversary, our in-depth special issue profiles 16 African writers and curators who have impacted, disrupted, reshaped, and even created literary culture in the last five years. opencountrymag.com/the-next-gener…
Born into the music of one of Nigeria’s most famous families, Yeni Kuti is working to preserve the great legacy of her father Fela. opencountrymag.com/folio-nigeria/…
Grace Yakubu created the documentary series Haske Matan Arewa so that northern Nigerian women could “see that they are capable of greatness.” opencountrymag.com/folio-nigeria/…
“I want to say peculiarity is the order of the day, since the process is quite different each time. But I’m also relatively habitual; I do my same old things and in time I find the poems have a certain shape when collected. My approach with all my books was to work language through cognitive and emotional experience; I had been writing all these poems (which would become Painted Blue with Saltwater) when I was suddenly approached by the idea of a recipe book as conceit, and How to Cook a Ghost was drafted in basically no time,” says the poet Logan February in our 2022 Next Generation series. opencountrymag.com/logan-february…
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LIPFest Craft and Development Lab (@LagosPoetryFest), a new four month virtual development program for poets, spoken word artists, and writers from Nigeria and the African diaspora opens call for submission. The Lab builds on the Lagos International Poetry Festival’s long standing commitment to nurturing literary talent and supporting the development of ambitious contemporary African writing and performance practices. Cohort 1 will feature facilitation and mentorship from Romeo Oriogun, Titilope Sonuga, and Nick Makoha. Applications are currently open and close on Friday, 3 July 2026. #opportunity #lipfest #africanliterature
Behind Funke Akindele’s 7.2-billion-naira box office dominance is Valentine Chukwuma, her top editor at Scene One Productions. In an industry that overlooks underdog talents, the 31-year-old, who once made skits to escape poverty, has cut five of its six most profitable films of all-time. opencountrymag.com/film-editor-va…
The Nigerian social critic riled up online controversies through blunt, unsparing commentary on African literature, politics, and establishment culture. His style has been criticized as abrasive, dismissive, and even unfair. But, in his persistent alarm, he foresaw a moral decay. opencountrymag.com/ikhide-ikheloa…
The Gbagyi are an ethnic minority in Nigeria’s vastly diverse Northern Central region, with scant representation in mainstream arts and literature. With Before the Mango Ripens, a historical novel set during a 1970s Christian tussle, an emigrant daughter shares an untold chapter. opencountrymag.com/afabwaje-kuria…
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Saraba Magazine (@Sarabamag) is seeking previously published work for its Revival Project and unpublished work for its general submission category. The Revival Project is a multi-phase archival and editorial initiative aimed at reclaiming, digitising, and celebrating significant African writing currently inaccessible to the modern digital reader. For this, the magazine wants previously published work (fiction, poetry, and nonfiction) that is currently inaccessible online. They are interested in the “hidden” gems: the essay from a 2009 print-only magazine issue, the short story tucked behind the paywall of a reputable literary journal, or the poem from a magazine that has since folded. The deadline to submit your work for this category is 31 August 2026. General Submission For our general submission, send your unpublished work in any of the magazine’s broad categories: fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. The maximum word count for prose is 5,000 The deadline to submit your work for this category is 30 June 2026. For detailed submission guidelines, visit: saraba.submittable.com/submit #AfricanLiterature #Opportunitiesforwriters #SarabaMagazine
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Egunjobi’s (@Tai_Egunjobi) father was a professor of botany who once co-owned a cinema house in the ‘70s, in Ibadan, with a Lebanese businessman. He was a reader and raised his son — who was born in Nairobi, Kenya — on Yoruba folktales and Greek myths, on the pages of Harlequin
Egunjobi’s (@Tai_Egunjobi) father was a professor of botany who once co-owned a cinema house in the ‘70s, in Ibadan, with a Lebanese businessman. He was a reader and raised his son — who was born in Nairobi, Kenya — on Yoruba folktales and Greek myths, on the pages of Harlequin romances and Tell. Books became young Egunjobi’s first fascination. Cinema came later, as revelation. opencountrymag.com/taiwo-egunjobi…
Wole Soyinka has some advice for young writers: “Prepare to collect your rejection slips.” Here, Soyinka reminds writers that the rejection is part and parcel of the life of an artist. He suggests that the long, often tortuous process of writing, revising, submitting, “shoving rejection slips in the cupboard,” regrouping, and writing again is what ultimately builds a writer's resilience and momentum. Video credit: Louisiana Channel’s (@LouisianaChann) “Advice to the Young” on YouTube Cut by: Writer’s Coven #quote #reel #viral #africanliterature #wolesoyinka
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