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January 16, 2025

60 Notable Books of 2024

From Teju Cole, Reem Gafar, and Dinaw Mengestu to Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Abi Dare, and Nadifa Mohamed: the notable books of 2024 by Africans.
Open Country Mag

January 14, 2025

Our Top Stories of 2024

From a groundbreaking Profile of Cardinal Arinze to a feature on Liberia’s lack of a literary bookstore, to the story of a novelist-cum-soldier: these stories of artists and industry shapers in African literature, Nollywood, and culture defined our year.
Otosirieze
Cardinal Arinze celebrates Pontifical High Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the Feast of Corpus Christi in London on June 20, 2019. Photo credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

October 14, 2024

“African writers are just not credited enough as innovators”: Otosirieze Speaks to The Republic

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.”
Ada Nnadi
Otosirieze. Illustrated by Kevwe Ogini for The Republic.

October 4, 2024

“A Publishing Event Ten Years in the Making”: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Announces Fourth Novel: Dream Count

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.
Ada Nnadi
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

August 21, 2024

The Creed of Cardinal Arinze

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.
Otosirieze
Cardinal Arinze prepares for Pontifical High Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the Feast of Corpus Christi in London on June 20, 2019. Photo credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

June 14, 2024

Apply to CANEX Writing Workshop, Led by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The 10-day workshop, set for Aburi, Ghana, is a collaboration between CANEX Book Factory, the James and Grace Adichie Foundation, and Narrative Landscape Press Limited.
Narrative Landscape Press
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Credit: Narrative Landscape Press.

May 16, 2024

Register for SBMEN’s Virtual 2-Day Proofreading Course in May 2024

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

April 9, 2024

“Thinking Through Tremor”

Morality as an uncanny city in Teju Cole’s second novel: “And if we are to think of music as a sort of shield for him, then we are invited to think of his dead friend as having once played that same role in his life.”
Reyumeh Ejue
Teju Cole - Tremor

March 25, 2024

“A Richness of African Consciousness”: How a Spiritual Novel Influenced a Music Album

Booker Prize winner Ben Okri, author of The Famished Road, and Ghanaian rapper Delasi, with the EP The Audacity of Free Thought, in a deep, rare reflection on storytelling, art forms, and their quests for origins.
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera
"I do not consider The Famished Road Trilogy as just books of fiction," says Delasi. Ben Okri (L) by Mat Bray. Delasi (R) by Charles Lawson.

February 26, 2024

20.35 Africa Calls for Submissions to Volume 7, Guest-Edited by Thea Matthews & Kwame Opoku-Duku

20.35 Africa

January 26, 2024

The Anticipated Books of 2024

From Chigozie Obioma, Teju Cole, and Akwaeke Emezi to Safia Elhillo, Olumide Popoola, and Tares Oburumu: the anticipated books of 2024.
Open Country Mag
Open Country Mag: The Anticipated Books of 2024

January 11, 2024

60 Notable Books of 2023

From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Teju Cole, and Leila Aboulela to DK Nnuro, Momtaza Mehri, and Fatin Abbas: the notable books of 2023 by Africans.
Open Country Mag
Open Country Mag: The Notable Books of 2023

December 28, 2023

Our Top Stories of 2023

From major Profiles of actors Rita Dominic and Chidi Mokeme to the inspiring stories of chess master Tunde Onakoya and poet Tares Oburumu, to revealing dives into craft: these stories show our range.
Otosirieze
Evelyne Ily as Prisca in Mami Wata

December 26, 2023

On Our Third Anniversary, a Note of Gratitude

Otosirieze

October 23, 2023

Enrol for SBMEN’s 2-Weekend Virtual Writing & Criticism Course: November 2023

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

August 22, 2023

SBMEN Announces 4-Weekend Fiction & Non-Fiction Editing Course for September 2023

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

July 25, 2023

Arinze Ifeakandu Signs US and UK Deals for Debut Novel Say You’re Here (Exclusive)

The manuscript in progress has been acquired by Scribner in the US and W&N in the UK.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Arinze Ifeakandu by Lawren Simmons for ID UK

July 18, 2023

Sarah Ladipo Manyika Is Curious About Culture Icons

In Between Starshine and Clay, the novelist interviews Toni Morrison, Michelle Obama, and Wole Soyinka, among other major Black figures in the arts and politics. “One of the things that was the most surprising was the actual extent to which they forged their own path,” she said.
Otosirieze
Sarah Ladipo Manyika on Facebook

July 3, 2023

Submit to Issue II of LIPFest’s Márọkọ

Uchenna Emelife

May 2, 2023

Announcing The Open Country Mag Curatorial Fellowships, Sponsored by Africa No Filter

The instructors are Lumen Prize winner Minne Attairu, A Nasty Boy founder Innanoshe Akuson, and Open Country Mag editor Otosirieze.
Open Country Mag
The Next Generation of African Literature Covers Open Country Mag. Covers designed by Emmimade Studio.

January 16, 2025

60 Notable Books of 2024

From Teju Cole, Reem Gafar, and Dinaw Mengestu to Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Abi Dare, and Nadifa Mohamed: the notable books of 2024 by Africans.
Open Country Mag

January 14, 2025

Cardinal Arinze celebrates Pontifical High Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the Feast of Corpus Christi in London on June 20, 2019. Photo credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

Our Top Stories of 2024

From a groundbreaking Profile of Cardinal Arinze to a feature on Liberia’s lack of a literary bookstore, to the story of a novelist-cum-soldier: these stories of artists and industry shapers in African literature, Nollywood, and culture defined our year.
Otosirieze

October 14, 2024

Otosirieze. Illustrated by Kevwe Ogini for The Republic.

“African writers are just not credited enough as innovators”: Otosirieze Speaks to The Republic

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.”
Ada Nnadi

October 4, 2024

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“A Publishing Event Ten Years in the Making”: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Announces Fourth Novel: Dream Count

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.
Ada Nnadi

August 21, 2024

Cardinal Arinze prepares for Pontifical High Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the Feast of Corpus Christi in London on June 20, 2019. Photo credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

The Creed of Cardinal Arinze

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.
Otosirieze

June 14, 2024

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Credit: Narrative Landscape Press.

Apply to CANEX Writing Workshop, Led by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The 10-day workshop, set for Aburi, Ghana, is a collaboration between CANEX Book Factory, the James and Grace Adichie Foundation, and Narrative Landscape Press Limited.
Narrative Landscape Press

May 16, 2024

Register for SBMEN’s Virtual 2-Day Proofreading Course in May 2024

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

April 9, 2024

Teju Cole - Tremor

“Thinking Through Tremor”

Morality as an uncanny city in Teju Cole’s second novel: “And if we are to think of music as a sort of shield for him, then we are invited to think of his dead friend as having once played that same role in his life.”
Reyumeh Ejue

March 25, 2024

"I do not consider The Famished Road Trilogy as just books of fiction," says Delasi. Ben Okri (L) by Mat Bray. Delasi (R) by Charles Lawson.

“A Richness of African Consciousness”: How a Spiritual Novel Influenced a Music Album

Booker Prize winner Ben Okri, author of The Famished Road, and Ghanaian rapper Delasi, with the EP The Audacity of Free Thought, in a deep, rare reflection on storytelling, art forms, and their quests for origins.
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

February 26, 2024

20.35 Africa Calls for Submissions to Volume 7, Guest-Edited by Thea Matthews & Kwame Opoku-Duku

20.35 Africa

January 26, 2024

Open Country Mag: The Anticipated Books of 2024

The Anticipated Books of 2024

From Chigozie Obioma, Teju Cole, and Akwaeke Emezi to Safia Elhillo, Olumide Popoola, and Tares Oburumu: the anticipated books of 2024.
Open Country Mag

January 11, 2024

Open Country Mag: The Notable Books of 2023

60 Notable Books of 2023

From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Teju Cole, and Leila Aboulela to DK Nnuro, Momtaza Mehri, and Fatin Abbas: the notable books of 2023 by Africans.
Open Country Mag

December 28, 2023

Evelyne Ily as Prisca in Mami Wata

Our Top Stories of 2023

From major Profiles of actors Rita Dominic and Chidi Mokeme to the inspiring stories of chess master Tunde Onakoya and poet Tares Oburumu, to revealing dives into craft: these stories show our range.
Otosirieze

December 26, 2023

On Our Third Anniversary, a Note of Gratitude

Otosirieze

October 23, 2023

Enrol for SBMEN’s 2-Weekend Virtual Writing & Criticism Course: November 2023

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

August 22, 2023

SBMEN Announces 4-Weekend Fiction & Non-Fiction Editing Course for September 2023

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

July 25, 2023

Arinze Ifeakandu by Lawren Simmons for ID UK

Arinze Ifeakandu Signs US and UK Deals for Debut Novel Say You’re Here (Exclusive)

The manuscript in progress has been acquired by Scribner in the US and W&N in the UK.
Paula Willie-Okafor

July 18, 2023

Sarah Ladipo Manyika on Facebook

Sarah Ladipo Manyika Is Curious About Culture Icons

In Between Starshine and Clay, the novelist interviews Toni Morrison, Michelle Obama, and Wole Soyinka, among other major Black figures in the arts and politics. “One of the things that was the most surprising was the actual extent to which they forged their own path,” she said.
Otosirieze

July 3, 2023

Submit to Issue II of LIPFest’s Márọkọ

Uchenna Emelife

May 2, 2023

The Next Generation of African Literature Covers Open Country Mag. Covers designed by Emmimade Studio.

Announcing The Open Country Mag Curatorial Fellowships, Sponsored by Africa No Filter

The instructors are Lumen Prize winner Minne Attairu, A Nasty Boy founder Innanoshe Akuson, and Open Country Mag editor Otosirieze.
Open Country Mag

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