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![]() Cover of September 2021 with
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | |
Editor-in-chief | Otosirieze Obi-Young |
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Categories | African literature and Nollywood |
Frequency | online weekly |
First issue | 2020 |
Country | Nigeria |
Based in | Lagos |
Language | English |
Website |
opencountrymag |
Open Country Mag is a Nigerian magazine that covers African literature, the Nigerian film industry, and culture. It was founded in 2020 by writer Otosirieze Obi-Young. [1]
University of Maryland's Department of African and African American Studies has described it as "one of the most important and ambitious platforms for African writers." [2]
Open Country Mag publishes culture journalism, commentary, book and film reviews, new writing, book excerpts, and is reputed for its longform profiles. [3] These include cover story features on writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Teju Cole, Damon Galgut, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Maaza Mengiste, and Chinelo Okparanta, and actor Rita Dominic. [4]
Contributors include Dangarembga, Leila Aboulela, Diriye Osman, Chibundu Onuzo, Jamal Mahjoub, and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu. [5]
In March 2023, the magazine announced that it was now the publisher of Folio Nigeria, [6] a content platform that was the exclusive media affiliate of CNN in Africa. [7] The same year, it announced a fellowship for African curators. [8] [9] [10]
![]() | |
![]() Cover of September 2021 with
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | |
Editor-in-chief | Otosirieze Obi-Young |
---|---|
Categories | African literature and Nollywood |
Frequency | online weekly |
First issue | 2020 |
Country | Nigeria |
Based in | Lagos |
Language | English |
Website |
opencountrymag |
Open Country Mag is a Nigerian magazine that covers African literature, the Nigerian film industry, and culture. It was founded in 2020 by writer Otosirieze Obi-Young. [1]
University of Maryland's Department of African and African American Studies has described it as "one of the most important and ambitious platforms for African writers." [2]
Open Country Mag publishes culture journalism, commentary, book and film reviews, new writing, book excerpts, and is reputed for its longform profiles. [3] These include cover story features on writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Teju Cole, Damon Galgut, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Maaza Mengiste, and Chinelo Okparanta, and actor Rita Dominic. [4]
Contributors include Dangarembga, Leila Aboulela, Diriye Osman, Chibundu Onuzo, Jamal Mahjoub, and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu. [5]
In March 2023, the magazine announced that it was now the publisher of Folio Nigeria, [6] a content platform that was the exclusive media affiliate of CNN in Africa. [7] The same year, it announced a fellowship for African curators. [8] [9] [10]