Kikwetu Journal, Pepper Coast Lit, Isele Magazine, and Tampered Press are currently available for your reading pleasure. Kikwetu Journal Kikwetu is an annual online literary journal that publishes both new and established writers from East Africa and beyond in English and Swahili. The current edition has contributions from among others Moses Abukutsa, Florence Onyango, Raheem […]
Lolwe, Yaba Left Review, ArabLit Quarterly, and Imbiza Journal are currently available for your reading pleasure. Yaba Left Review Yaba Left Review is an online periodical dedicated to the publication of works that combine mastery of craft with fresh perspectives on the human condition. The publication’s managing editor is Adeola Opeyemi and its editors Socrates […]
Ipikai, Shallow Tales Review, Mosi Oa Tunya Literary Review, and Fiyah Literary Magazine are currently available for your reading pleasure. Ipikai Ipikai, founded by Batsirai Chigama and Fungai Tichawangana is an initiative of the new Zimbabwe Poets Society. The first edition of the magazine edited by Tariro Ndoro features contributions by among others Samir Mtamba, […]
Lolwe, Transition, PREE, and The Journal of the Writers Project of Ghana are literary magazines/journals currently available for your reading pleasure. Lolwe Lolwe is an online literary magazine that publishes fiction, literary criticism, personal essays, photography, and poetry. The latest issue, which is the fifth, is guest-edited by Zambian writer Mali Kambandu, the US poet […]
Writers Space Africa, Open Country Mag, Pepper Coast Lit, and Masobe Quarterly are currently available for your reading pleasure. Pepper Coast Lit Pepper Coast Lit is a literary magazine that seeks to give attention to brave voices from the coast of Liberia. They accept poetry from around the world, cutting across any/and every theme and/or […]
The Journal of West Indian Literature, Doek, Umbu Africa, and Omenana are currently available for your reading pleasure. Journal of West Indian Literature The Journal of West Indian Literature has been published twice-yearly by Literatures in English, University of the West Indies since 1986. It is a University of the West Indies-led Caribbeanist project invested […]
The Johannesburg Review of Books, with first came about in 2017, celebrated its 5th year with its 50th edition. On May 1, 2017, a new publication called The Johannesburg Review of Books was introduced to the African literary ecosystem. The initiative was a collaboration between former editors of South Africa’s Books LIVE (www.bookslive.co.za) with the […]
Kikwetu, Arablit Quarterly, Lolwe, and Omenana are great reads from across the African literary ecosystem right now. Kikwetu Journal Born out of our Nairobi-based writing group in 2015, Kikwetu is an annual online literary journal that publishes both new and established writers from East Africa and beyond in English and Swahili. The newest edition of […]
Clarie Gor and Kelechi Njoku were revealed to be the inaugural A Long House Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellows on January 16, 2021. A Long House is a new frontier for black thought, stories, and critical discourse that was started in 2020. They announced themselves with a series of curated discussions featuring some of the most […]
The second edition of the Imbiza Journal for African Writing. guest edited by Barbara Boswell, is out in time for South Africa’s Women’s Month. The Imbiza Journal is a publishing platform for creative writing, criticism, academic writing and intellectual engagement for African thinkers, cultural workers and activists based in South Africa. The first edition of […]
Literary magazines Agbowo, Doek, and Shallow Tales Review are now out for your reading pleasure. Agbowó Since its establishment in 2017, Agbowó has remained a platform dedicated to the curation of literary and visual art from across Africa. Over the years, several issues of the annual Agbowó magazine have featured contributors from diverse regions in […]
Arablit Quarterly, Lolwe, Open Country, Mosi Oa Tunya, and Nataal are great reads from across the African literary ecosystem. Arablit Quarterly Recent edition: June 2021 ArabLit Quarterly is a literary magazine that brings together Arabic literature, essays, wordplay, art, music, and food in translation, founded in 2018 by Arablit.org’s M Lynx Qualey. The current issue […]
Issue 3 of DRR (Down River Road) with the theme “Asphyxia” was unveiled to the public on July 7, 2021. DRR (Down River Road) founded by writer, editor, and poet Clifton Gachagua and journalist and writer Franklin Sunday is an online and print journal that publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and ideas. The publication which was […]
The first issue of literary journal The Decolonial Passage, a themed collection on “Migration and Movement,” was published on July 5, 2021. In October 2020, The Decolonial Passage, a new literary journal founded by Los Angeles, USA-based Audrey Shipp, made a call out for entries. The new publication was for writers of all backgrounds engaged […]
Here is information on the latest issues of 8 literary magazines that offer some of the best writing by Africans on the continent and in the diaspora. They are listed in alphabetical order. Arablit Quarterly Recent Issue: March 2020 ArabLit Quarterly is a literary magazine that brings together Arabic literature, essays, wordplay, art, music, and […]
